Captain Lawrence Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Elmsford,
New York,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Captain Lawrence Brewing Company
Established in 2005
Contact
444 Saw Mill River Rd., Elmsford, NY, 10523, United States
Description
In August of 2005, the first jack hammer went into the ground in the empty warehouse in Pleasantville, New York, that was to become the living dream of our founder Scott Vaccaro. We brewed our first batch of beer in December of 2005. In December of 2011 we moved to Elmsford, finished construction of our new brewery, brewed our first batch of beer, and slowly shut down our old location. In 2014 we decided that it was time, after 9 years of making sour and wild ales, to take it to the next level by opening our new sour ale production wing, lovingly dubbed the “Fermento Funk Facility”.
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Super hazy orange coloured body with a bright amber and peach glow with a thick, two to three centimetre tall head on top of the murky body that almost looks like orange juice! Aroma of very strong citrus fruits, grass, alcohol, hay, flowers and a good deal of malts, but nothing too strong or pungent - fairly subdued, considering the punch here. Medium to almost Full-bodied; Aggressive dry and peppery hops show at first with some hay and floral notes, but no real citrusey notes or any sweetness at all - sort of surprising with a moderate amount of malts and some alcohol noticeable, but nowhere close to ten per cent. Aftertaste is relatively clean, with some astringent metal and maltiness, with a lot of dryness from the hops, but more pepper than anything else, and the alcohol shows around eight per cent, not 10 and no sweetness here at all! Overall, fairly decent, very dry and showing a lot of peppery and grassy notes, but nothing New England about this, aside from it being unfiltered; Great to have fresh and a very cool front to the can, but others are better, of course. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Wegman's in Virginia Beach (VA Beach Boulevard), Virginia on 13-June-2021 for US$1,99, canned on 18-May-2021, sampled at my house here in Washington on 05-July-2021.
Tried
from Can
on 30 May 2022
at 06:22
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Can) Hazy pale amber colour with frothy, off-white head. Fruity nose with notes of grapefruit (grape tonic), mango, pineapple and honey. Fruity taste with grapefruit, some mango, pineapple, pine needles, honey, toffee and a generous citric bitterness in the finish. Medium body, quite dry. Tasty and refreshing, but doesn't really lift above the grapefruit. Quite enjoyable.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Apr 2022
at 20:43
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
I've got a tall boy can of Seeking Alpha obtained from Halftime that the label says is 10% abv and also informs that canning was on 11/8/21. I have a New Belgium globe glass in place to catch the pour. The liquid is an appealing, dark gold-orange with a small head of off-white foam. I smell hops, stewed yellow fruit and meadow. The taste goes in a direction I appreciate, more of a beer/cocktail combination than a hop bomb, although I like both. White bread, fermented nectarines, malt, hops, cane syrup, melon and apricots. Potent tasting but less of a punch than the previous version, obviously. Glad to have it.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Apr 2022
at 00:47
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Bottle) Golden colour, slightly hazy, with frothy white head. Fruity, sourish nose with lemon, unripe fruit (peaches, pineapple), oak wood and some barnyard. Fruity, tart taste with notes of lemon, grapefruit, peaches, pineapple, oak wood, barnyard, brett, hay and a tart and dry finish. Medium body, dry. Crisp and clean tartness, really tasty and refreshing. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2022
at 20:36
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16 ounce can from some deli in Penn Station in NYC. Hazy yellow gold pour. Frothy white head. Big citrus nose. Orange, lemon and lime. Bready malt balanced by bittersweet citrus hops. Grapefruit, lime and pineapple. Light bodied. Brief bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Apr 2022
at 04:45
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can picked up from Beer Republic Nr Breda Netherlands and consumed at home Wednesday 23rd March 2022, listening to Steve Lamaq on 6Music who is inducting Bon Iver - Emma, Forever and heating up Homemade Fish Pie. Pours hazy yellowy colour with a white head. There is a citrussy forward beer, a little pithyness, dryness, good.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Mar 2022
at 19:11
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
(Can) hazy, bright orange amber colour with a medium tall white head; compote, jam; balanced flavour with a long, medium bitter finish
Tried
from Can
on 12 Mar 2022
at 23:08
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pint can, TWSP. Yesterday, the beer kept me from working on the floor, today it's propelling me. Black with a large, soft dark brown head. Cocoa nose, that's really it. Flavor is smoke, cocoa, ash, burnt malt, oatmeal, molasses. Almost meaty. Almost.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Mar 2022
at 00:53
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Super deep dark brown coloured body with a thick, three centimetre tall rich brown head that fades about on average and leaves a thinnish lace on top, about a centimetre after a few minutes of a lighter brown head - pretty nice. Aroma of rich roasted malts, oatmeal, earth, molasses, brown sugars and a dash of coffee - fairly mild on that front with a bit more chocolate and earthiness, too. Full-bodied; Rich roasted malts, oatmeal, grain, molasses, toffee, caramel and some lighter pitted fruits come through with some vanilla, chocolate and some ground coffee notes are here at the end, but fairly muted considering the others in the style. Aftertaste shows some vanilla and grain, pitted fruits and a good deal of nuttiness along with additional sugars in the way of molasses and caramel, but pretty subdued, sweet, but not bitter or pungent at the end. Overall, a pretty nice Imperial Stout with a good balance and a fairly sweet, but not cloying beer with a ton of chocolate and caramel notes but not much of the coffee, actually. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, given to me by a teammate on my hockey team - Thanks Erik - on 13-January-2021, sampled just over a year later at my house here in Washington on 28-January-2022 on what might be the last 'snow' of the year, canned on 14-February-2020 with the tagline 'Too Many Pots'.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jan 2022
at 08:57
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Backlog May 2017. Slightly unclear golden body under a small white head. Aroma of sweetish pale malt with spicy Belgium yeast. Taste is sweet, some general fruitiness, smooth pale malt and low bitterness. Medium body and same aftertaste. Nice take on the Belgium golden ale style.
Tried
on 28 Jan 2022
at 13:10