Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
473ml can. Pours a clear dark ruby with a small, creamy, short lived, tan head that laces. Sweet aroma of lightly roasted malt, cherry, dark chocolate and raisin. Sweet flavour of toasted caramel malt, raisin, plum, cherry and dark chocolate in a dry, mild bitter, day old coffee finish. Medium body with a sticky, syrupy texture and soft carbonation. Almost cloying, but not bad.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Breaker Brut IPA from Shore Line Brewing Co. 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bright gold. Medium head. Has that typical amylase smell, along with light stone fruit hop notes. Very quick finish, but also sweet. So close, but I would say a touch more bitterness would make me happier.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Smashing Pumpkin Ale from Shore Line Brewing Co. 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Light brown colour. Thin head. Big cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla on the palate. No pumpkins in this one, but the sweet malt and spices are coming together fairly well.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Rosa Guava Gose from Shore Line Brewing Co. 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Hazy, straw. Thin head. Tart, subtle guava, touch of salt. Balanced and tasty, I like it.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Wit Up from Shore Line Brewing Co. 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Orangey nose. Very soft, light body, and the taste is more on the fruity side, again more clementine orange than coriander or any more interesting character. It's accessible, but that's not my pocket of wit.
Oakes (33493) reviewed The Wakesetter IPA from Shore Line Brewing Co. 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Extra dankish hop nose. On the palate, a bit of sweet pale malt base, and the hops are mostly weedy. The hop character is also quite a bit alliac, maybe more than I want to drink right now. I have to chuckle that the brewery's description apparently mentions bubblegum because that is definitely a fault in an IPA. Glad I didn't find any.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Golden Ale from Shore Line Brewing Co. 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Dark gold. Earthy aroma. Moderate bitterness, light hop. The malts sit a bit heavy and the hop is kind of mossy. For me, that's a bit too heavy for the style, at least in the summer.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Stout from Shore Line Brewing Co. 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Dark brown. Thin head. Quite toasty, with middling bitterness and some thin toasty notes. I would prefer more residual sugar and body, especially in an oatmeal stout, and maybe some more malt complexity. It's a basic stout that any brewer can make - by winter can this be more distinctive?
Oakes (33493) reviewed Find Your Peach from Shore Line Brewing Co. 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Sweet candy syrup peach nose. Same on the palate. The wheat character shows through in the body, which I appreciate, but otherwise this beer faces a challenge in having a bright but hopelessly syrupy and artificial peach flavour. I'm not thinking mastery is the point of this beer, though.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Mission Pil from Shore Line Brewing Co. 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Golden with a thin head. Sweet malt and mellow saaz. I would say pretty low bitterness for a pilsner - and the numbers back that up. It's different from the lager, but is it so different that they need two of them?