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Rising Tide Brewing Company is an independent, family-owned brewery that anchors Portland, Maine’s vibrant East Bayside neighborhood. We are guided by creative flavors, quality, consistency, community, and a love of all things outdoors. Rising Tide supports our farmers, using local ingredients in every beer.
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7.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Taster at taproom. Medium, clear golden pour, thin fine head. Aroma is sweet, fruity, floral and peppery. Quite a bit going on. Taste presents both caramel malts and floral hops, that recalls notes of mint and pepper. Dry, fast finish.
Tried from Draft on 01 Jun 2022 at 17:32

6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Taster at Rising Tide. Bright, clear golden, spotty head. Hoppy aroma, herbaceous, weedy. Taste is piney, resinous. Oily, sticky.
Tried on 01 Jun 2022 at 17:19

6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Taster at taproom. Clear golden, skimpy head. Aroma is bready malts with faint fruity notes. Taste is whisper soft crackers, mild sweetness and a trailing crisp bitter finish. Light and refreshing.
Tried from Draft on 01 Jun 2022 at 17:10

6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Can, one pint, via Philippe Boutin (merci!) on May 21, 2022, savoured on May 31, 2022; eye: golden, cloudy, no effervescence, ring and island of khaki head, slight lacing; nose: fruity, aromatic hops, malt, orange; mouth: fruity, malt, orange, finale in orange with light presence of malt, medium body, average carbonation, lightly bitter, lightly sweet, a bit thin, creamy texture; in summary: fine FRANÇAIS
Canette, une pinte, via Philippe Boutin (merci!) le 21 mai 2022, savourée le 31 mai 2022; œil : dorée, voilée, pas d’effervescence, anneau et îlot de mousse kaki, très légère dentelle; nez : fruité, houblons aromatiques, malt, orange; bouche : fruité, malt, orange, finale en orange avec légère présence de malt, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, légèrement amère, légèrement sucrée, un peu mince, texture crémeuse; en résumé : bien
Tried from Can on 31 May 2022 at 23:00

7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can: Poured a slightly hazy pale yellow color ale with a rather large foamy head with light retention and some lacing. Aroma of light smoed and wheat malt is enjoyable. Taste is a good mix of wheat malt with light smokey notes and light residual sugar. Body is about average for style with a nice greasy feel with good carbonation. Easy drinking with just enough smoked notes.
Tried from Can on 24 May 2022 at 19:38

6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can: Poured a clear golden color ale with a large white foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of cereal with light dry hoppy notes. Taste is also a mix of light hoppty citrusy notes with some cereal notes and light residual sugar notes. Body is average with OK carbonation. More akin to a pale athan an IPA.
Tried from Can on 24 May 2022 at 19:25

7.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Can: Poured a pale copper color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of bitter and citrusy hops notes. Taste is amix of citrus hops notes with some clearly noticeable bitterness and light grainy malt notes. Body is about average for style with good carbonation. Enjoyable old school IPA.
Tried from Can on 12 May 2022 at 19:17

7.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pours pale yellow into a stein. Bright white head with medium retention recedes to skim surface. Sweet maple smoked bacon aromas. Crisp with bacon and smoke front to back. Lasting earthy wood smoke finish. Nice.
Tried on 27 Feb 2022 at 23:21

7.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pours a dark near-black brown from a can, light colored head. Coffee and faint cola in the nose, no bourbony notes. Flavor starts off rather sweet, malty, ends with long bitterness, perhaps some faint rye. Pretty good beer.
Tried from Can on 22 Jan 2022 at 18:55

7.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Canned 12/13/21, drunk 1/12/22. Medium hazy, bronze-canary. White head is small, receding to ring. Oh wow, this is lovely and a nice change of pace. Papaya and melon with lemon and light biscuit. Interesting herbs and random, eccentric citrus notes. Soft and malty, lots of rich texture with light resin, lemon, mango and lots of...hmmm...blandness? Maybe the wheat comes off too strong here? Or maybe the more lighthearted hop notes have faded, leaving too much resin. Half-way through the can and it's very bitter and thick, with pine and lemon rind lingering. I appreciate that they're trying to not just buy in to the straight up cookie-cutter NEIPA and are straddling the line here, but it doesn't do it for me. Just feels more like a really thickly textured West Coast. Fine, if that's your thing.
Tried from Can on 13 Jan 2022 at 02:18