Orono Brewing Company opened with a bang on NYE 2014 and ever since then we’ve been doing exactly what we want to do: brewing the best beer we possibly can and sharing it with friends. We love beer and we love bringing people together. We believe in paying attention to every detail, to collaboration and evolution, and to sharing the OBC experience with our growing community. It all starts with our small, tight-knit production team led by co-owner Asa Marsh-Sachs. Asa combines the experiential education and creativity of nearly a decade spent running home-brew stores with a deep dedication to running a top tier production brewery. He’s built an all-start team and together they weave the art and science of brewing together masterfully.
Tap at restaurant. Pours hazy yellow orange, medium white head, decent lacing. Aroma and flavor fairly nondescript. Not really anything special here. Look away.
16 oz. can. Aroma is tame. Flavor has light melon, mild juicy grapefruit, and a soft floral hint underneath the fruit. Bready malt backbone. Texture starts juicy and turns dry. Above average without doubt but was expecting a bit more.
Can. Hazy amber beer with a cream head. tropical fruit aroma. tropical fruit and light earth flavor with citrus. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Tropical fruit and light earth linger with citrus.
16oz can pours a hazy orange with tons of rocky, sudsy white head. Nose has pineapple and mango and orange and some vanilla. Flavor has honey and flowers and some French toast, pineapple curd and mango sherbet. Creamy finish. Fun.
4 pack at home. Cloudy yellow orange and frothy head. Nose is tropical citrus. Tastes of pineapple, apricot, grassy, white grape. Medium bodied easy drinking no bitters
5 oz. Flavor is a citrus is a hint with the Sabro showing in a mild way but it’s there. Raw coconut. Body of this was fuller with a oat like chewiness. Good amount of juice. Real nice example of the style.
16 oz. Aroma has notes of peaches, papaya, orange, bread. Pours murky golden with a one finger cream white head with excellent retention; leaves some soapy lacework. Taste has a moderate pithy bitterness and just a little sweetness; very juicy. Excellent.
Bottle from my brother, I think: pours reddish with a pink head. Aroma is slightly funky plus raspberry notes. Taste is subdued raspberry, mild sourness, light general funk. Mild but pleasant sour.