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For nearly twenty five years, our mission here at Smuttynose has remained the same: to brew the best beer we can in a way we can be proud of. That includes honoring New England’s rich beermaking history, respecting our environment, and playing an active role in our community.

We value creativity, quality, authenticity and sustainability, but it really boils down to making great beers to enjoy with friends and family. We hope you love drinking our beers as much as we love brewing them. Cheers!

Merged with Harpoon in 2024, forming Barrel One Collective.
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fiulijn (28377) reviewed
IPA from Smuttynose Brewing Company
21 years ago
8.1/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 10 Overall 7.5
2009-09-04, draught at Oliver Twist, Stockholm, 8-5-7-5-15=40
Hazy deep blond color; creamy head; sticky lace. The aroma well mixes quality hops and some malt sweetness; the fruity side includes oranges first, and light grapefruit too. Correct body, with strong dry toffee flavor; the mouthfeel is quite smooth; the bitterness is very high, and the hops brings in a lot of resins first, but also bitter oranges. Very solid and powerful IPA, full of character.

2005-09-25, bottle at Oliver Twist, Stockholm, 7-4-7-5-14=37
Amber color. The aroma has some nice hops and some Fragola grape touch. Medium body, strong bitterness, well hoppy, aromatic European hops as well… Very long final, a bit dry.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Sep 2005 at 05:03
jcr (3164) reviewed
Shoals Pale Ale from Smuttynose Brewing Company
21 years ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cloudy copper with minimal off-white head. Aroma leans toward malts, so the hop flavor is a nice surprise. The balance between the malts and hops provides sweet citrus flavor, earthy grains and a bitter aftertaste that is not overpowering. Clean and crisp with a medium body that expanded slightly toward full as the beer warmed. Enjoyable.
Tried on 21 Sep 2005 at 08:37
jcr (3164) reviewed
Weizenheimer from Smuttynose Brewing Company
21 years ago
5.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Ligtht golden appearance with small white head that quickly faded. Spicey aroma that was thin. Flavor of spice, clove, pepper with hint of banana kind of muddled together. Average.
Tried on 16 Sep 2005 at 23:14
jcr (3164) reviewed
IPA from Smuttynose Brewing Company
21 years ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Nice deep orange pour with foamy, if a bit small, head. The aroma was intense with citrus, mainly grapefruit so I was expecting a strong sweet undercurrent to the hops. Not so. The flavor is strongly of bitter grapefruit with a hint of sweetness for balance. There is also a nice, crisp mouthfeel. and medium body. Thought this a nicely balanced IPA.
Tried on 16 Sep 2005 at 17:30
RichTigers (5280) reviewed
Shoals Pale Ale from Smuttynose Brewing Company
21 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask@GBBF 2005. Brown beer with a malty and caramel aroma and a slightly nutty and caramel flavour with a dry finish. Overall a reasonable beer.
Tried from Cask on 16 Aug 2005 at 17:41
RichTigers (5280) reviewed
IPA from Smuttynose Brewing Company
21 years ago
6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask@GBBF 2005. Golden beer with a light head. The aroma is light and only quite dry. The flavour is strong, initially dry and quite corrosive. Overall a strong IPA that is probably too strong and dry.
Tried from Cask on 16 Aug 2005 at 17:39
Frothingslosh (20518) reviewed
IPA from Smuttynose Brewing Company
21 years ago
8.2/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
I had been looking forward to trying this one as I had heard good things about this company and I am a big IPA fan. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a cloudy orange color with multiple floaters and a small white head. The aroma is strong grapefruit, pine and fruit cocktail. The flavor is surprisingly dry given the sweetness of the aroma. There are strong grapefruit and pine elements to the flavor. The malt balance is a bit lacking and this ends up being a good IPA but not one of the best.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Aug 2005 at 22:04
Harrisoni (26621) reviewed
Shoals Pale Ale from Smuttynose Brewing Company
21 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at GBBF Dark amber, typical American IPA hop nose, sweetish fruit but a really good long lasting satisfying hop finish
Tried from Cask on 05 Aug 2005 at 04:51
Harrisoni (26621) reviewed
Old Brown Dog from Smuttynose Brewing Company
21 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at GBBF Mid brown colour, some caramel malt and some good hop. This is a pretty good example of this style of beer.
Tried from Cask on 05 Aug 2005 at 04:50
Harrisoni (26621) reviewed
IPA from Smuttynose Brewing Company
21 years ago
7.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Cask @ GBBF Golden beer, green hop and nettles on the aroma, nice hoppy flavours, some tea in the mouth and some sweetness typical of USA IPAs. Nice acidic nettle finish but after a while it was a bit cloying. 3.4/5. Bottle from GBBF 2015, Fresh grapefruit aroma. Juicy in the mouth, good bitter hoppy finish. A bit better in bottle I’d say.
Tried from Cask on 04 Aug 2005 at 04:31