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Pontoon Brewing was founded by longtime pals who are passionate about developing radically awesome brews for the Pontoon Lifestyle. What's the Pontoon Lifestyle?! It's a way to embrace Southern leisure with a fresh, modern exuberance. It's that sweet lookin' party platform on the horizon, rocking out to your favorite tunes and waving the ol' Red White and Blue as high as she blows. Pontoon Brewing is inspired by the South's beautiful lakes and waterways, cocktail coves, and awesomely scrumptious beer. Our carefully crafted brews are unique, flavorful, and best enjoyed with friends and family.
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
16 oz. can from GB Bottle Shop & Tasting Bar, Orlando, FL. Cute label. Pours a motor oil black color with a dark tan head and very good retention. A few spots of lacing. Coconut and chocolate aroma. The taste follows the nose. Strong, sweet, artificial coconut syrup flavor with limited chocolate notes and a boozy finish. I like sweet beers, but this is too sweet and boozy. Low carbonation. Slick mouthfeel. Medium body. Not bitter.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Mar 2022
at 21:09
2.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
16 oz can from Total Wine. Pours a super dark brown color with a large, thick tan head and excellent retention. Good lacing. Aroma of brown sugar, maple syrup and whiskey. The taste follows the nose. Sickly sweet brown sugar and molasses flavors with a light alcohol/whiskey finish. Not balanced at all. Not enough vanilla and lactose to smooth things out. I like sweet beers, but this isn't good. Strong medicinal flavor. Slick, sticky mouthfeel. Heavy body. Below average carbonation. The 8.0% ABV is not well hidden. Disappointing.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Mar 2022
at 23:13
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
16 oz. can from Whippoorwhill Beer House & Package Store, Orlando, FL. Pours a really dark brown color with mahogany highlights and a thick light tan head and great retention. Fair lacing. Smokey / burnt malt aroma. The flavor is similar to the aroma, featuring dark roasted malts with less smoke. Some dark chocolate bitterness and faint coffee notes in the finish. Tastes more like a stout than a porter. Smooth and clean with a creamy mouthfeel. Medium-heavy body. Below average carbonation. The 7.5% ABV is very well hidden. Really good.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Feb 2022
at 19:13
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Black. Lots of chocolatem lots of coffee, caramel, sweet, lactose, sourish note.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Feb 2022
at 19:07
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Slightly hazy yellow. Cereals, candy, artificial, fruitiness, vanilla, milk, sweet and sourish, lactose.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Feb 2022
at 18:52
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Murky yellow. Coconut, mango, vanilla, milk, sweet-sourish.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Feb 2022
at 18:51
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
16 oz. Drank it around last Halloween. I seemed to have lost my review of this. I remember liking it. Chestnut brown pour with a beige head. Pretty typical for a brown ale with pumpkin pie spices.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Feb 2022
at 20:03
6.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Sweet, too sweet, really, but the marshmallow, peanut butter, and chocolate play together nicely for a little while, at least until the cloying lactose makes the back end a saccharine mess. Not every stout has to taste like a sundae.
Tried
on 28 Jan 2022
at 01:10
7/10
Not doubting that legit fancy vanilla was sourced for this but it tastes like straight vanilla extract, no offence! Just maybe it should have been blended differently. Or the base acts weird with the oak vanilla and the 3 other types of vanilla?
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2022
at 20:44
7/10
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jan 2022
at 15:19