cagarvie (40235) reviewed Sea Hag IPA from New England Brewing Company 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can Cheers Tom ... Copper ... sweet pine hop ... sweet fruity light american hop ... little bitter ... little smokey caramel.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Thanks to tronraner for sharing this at the April Get Together! Pours a clear caramel color with a large off-white ehad. Aroma of dark caramel. Sweet caramel flavor with some dryness that comes in at the finish.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of Degarth. Vintage 2004. Pours an unclear amber golden with a bubbly, off-white head that dissipates completely in no time. Fat aroma of caramel and overripe fruit. Full-bodied with plenty of sweet caramel notes, overripe fruit, herbs and toffee. Has a slight touch of hops in the finish. Quite lovely really and seems to get better with age. 250308
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottled. An unclear dark amber beer with a rim of orange head. The aroma is acidic malty combined with notes of wood - I thought it had been barrel-aged. The flavor is slightly acidic with strong notes of over ripe fruits as well as lighter notes of wood. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.
notalush (7362) reviewed Wet Willy from New England Brewing Company 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Sampled at Manhattan Cask Fest - cloudy brown beer - aroma of scotch, oak, vanilla, coconut, roasted nuts - kind of boozy up front, but it mellows out, revealing coconut, oak, banana, some flowery notes, and background spices - notes of brown sugar makes things a little too sweet - alcohol is heavy in the finish, but the scotch flavors make it a little more tolerable - there are a lot of conflicting flavors going on that make this a confusing experience.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cloudy dark amber with bubbly short lasting head. Sweet vinious aroma with caramel and alcohol notes. Sweet flavor with alcohol, caramel, smoke and overripe fruits. Warming alcohol in the end.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
From bottle, 10A Papsoes New Zealand vs US blind tasting. Pours hazy orange with no head. Dense fruity and alcohol aroma. Light oxidised aroma. Flavour is dark sweetish and malty. Solid caramel note and a woody dry flavour. Ends dry, bitter and warming alcohol. Mild spiced note. Very solid flavour. A bit oxidised.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled, vintage 2004
Hazy nut brown-red color, no head. Malty-chocolaty and also very barley-wineish aromas. Hard stuff, not very easy to drink: smoked ham, vanilla liquer and caramel. Barley wine kind of roasted. Liquerish palate. Just too simple BW without any character.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottled (2004 vintage, thanks jjpm74!). Amber colour, not much head. Aroma is plum, raisins, alcohol as well as some wood and vanilla. Flavour is vanilla, wood, oak, caramel malts, alcohol and a bunch of raisins. Also some strange licoriceish raisiny notes. Quite sweet brew, good for sipping, but not for drinking any faster at all. Wellbalanced.
Drake (22940) reviewed Sea Hag IPA from New England Brewing Company 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 oz can from jjpm74. Thanks John! Make sure your glass is very close by when you open this one! Voluminous frothy head and cloudy deep orange color. Hop aroma is balanced by a cotton candy sweetness. Hops are muted. They taste nice, but quickly fade into the background. Very bitter, metallic aftertaste.
Just tried again at the brewery. Much better. Scores updated accordingly.