7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Gold, bright, with a creamy head. Herbaceous hop nose, a little orangey and some biscuity pale malts. Balanced palate, with a fair bit of bitterness, and lots of pale malt. Hop expression is mainly herbaceous, but not powerful. Think late 90s IPA, but without the excessive crystal malt.
Tried
on 30 Dec 2023
at 05:01
6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from Land & Sea. Looks like shit - that dull, oxidized murky appearance of a hazy gone wrong. Smells okay - fruity and kveiky. On the palate, similar. It's not tight, that's for sure. The fruity hop character is middling - some stone fruit, some tropical stuff. The kveik lends some esters, too, but they don't really add anything. The malts are a bit of a let down - if this got a bit oxidized it shows mostly in the malt base. So when it's all put together, it's not bad, but a bit of a letdown given that Land & Sea is one of the better breweries up island and this seems at the low end of what I'd expect from them.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jul 2022
at 05:29
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from the brewery. Golden colour, not much head. Pours bright. Grainy, slightly sweet pale malt note, with a warm bready finish. Not much bitterness or hop aromatics, as per the style. I’m not a big Cream Ale fan but this does hit the style quite well…I’d score it better at a competition than I am here.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jul 2022
at 04:58
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Hazy and pale, medium head. Phenolic aroma, just some low key plastic stuff. Lots of ginger in there, a bit of wheat, but still it’s pretty sticky and the phenols aren’t ideal.
Tried
on 19 Jul 2022
at 06:14
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Purplish colour, opaque. This contains bloob and spruce tips. Both come through on the nose, especially the spruce tips. Decent bitterness, almost spicy but that’s really the interplay between the hop and spruce. Mildly tart. This comes together pretty well all told.
Tried
on 19 Jul 2022
at 06:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pale amber, bit of chill haze, thin head. Piney hops on the nose with light orangey notes. Soft malts, light toffee but mostly orangey hops. Good balance.
Tried
on 19 Jul 2022
at 06:11
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Very pale, opaque, thick head. Dank hop nose with tropical fruits. Moderate bitterness but bright fruits. Soft sweet malt base. Light acidity but this is bringing the brightness.
Tried
on 19 Jul 2022
at 06:11
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cloudy gold, small white head. Dry fruity nose. Fruity, malt anf carbo both soft with medium bitterness. Average lacing
Tried
on 20 Sep 2021
at 01:04
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Pale Yellow, fast fading white head. Grapefruit nose. Thin watery fruity palate. Light lacing
Tried
on 20 Sep 2021
at 01:00
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 2.5
On tap. Pours a hazy lemonade color with little head. Aromas of lemons and wheat. Flavors follow same but with some phenols and lemon cleaner. Needs some work.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Nov 2019
at 23:56