5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Sample at Atlantic Beer Festival Moncton. hazy yellow color, medium white head. Aroma of light spice. Taste is citrus and light spice.
Tried
on 02 Sep 2014
at 07:34
5.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12 ounce bottle from Wegman’s Lake Manassas, 8/22/14. Pours a clear golden color with a thin white head. Fair head retention. Aroma of gummy bears candy and pretty much nothing else. Maybe a little grainy malt. The taste is tropical fruits, citrus, gummy bears, pale malt, apples. Medium bodied, low carbonation. Weird beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2014
at 20:04
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Looks like any other clear pale beer. Lemony fruity perfume aroma. Yes, fruity. Smell does go more peachlike or apricot. Perhaps a little artificial in some respects. Not bitter or rude fer sure, just simple fruit flavored beer. Lemon, grapefruit orange shiny something. Decent co2 too! Probably a little better than most fruit beers. Perhaps some dull citrus on the finish. Good name for this.
Tried
on 11 Aug 2014
at 14:45
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle. A- Apricots, fruity, sugar, sweet. A- Golden orange color, clear liquid, no head. T- Apricots, medium sweetness, P- Light body, average texture, high carbonation, sweet finsh. O- Almost good. The apricot was artificial and too sugary tasting, as well as being slightly cloying. The carbonation was so high it felt like drinking a apricot soda or something. As with other Sea Dog brews I have had, they are close to being good but just not quite there. No exception with this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2014
at 19:10
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a decent looking orange to brown color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within less than a half a minute leaving some light lacing sticking to the sides of the glass.
The smell definitely had the blueberry up front with a slight heavy grainy/wheat sort of thing going on.
The taste was mainly the same thing taking that wheat/graininess to give a slight kick at the end.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. The carbonation was somewhat subdued as the wheat took over.
Overall, Sea Dog/Shipyard did what they wanted to do. It’s everything they said it would be, however did I like it? Well, to me, the wheat tends to sit just a tad too heavy, I’d rather have Bar Harbor’s Blueberry Ale.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a decent looking orange to brown color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within less than a half a minute leaving some light lacing sticking to the sides of the glass.
The smell definitely had the blueberry up front with a slight heavy grainy/wheat sort of thing going on.
The taste was mainly the same thing taking that wheat/graininess to give a slight kick at the end.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. The carbonation was somewhat subdued as the wheat took over.
Overall, Sea Dog/Shipyard did what they wanted to do. It’s everything they said it would be, however did I like it? Well, to me, the wheat tends to sit just a tad too heavy, I’d rather have Bar Harbor’s Blueberry Ale.
Tried
on 12 Jul 2014
at 21:57
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Reviewed from notes.
Consumed on tap at Federal Jack’s.
This was poured into a pint glass.
There was a quarter finger white foamy head that dissipated within second (bar pour) no worries. There was barely any lacing.
The smell did have the apricot to it.
The taste took the apricot and added a slight heavy grainy kick to it (yup, that must be the wheat).
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a slight sessionable quality to it letting go half decent with food.
Overall, not a bad beer, but not a stellar one. It goes down the hatch best with food.
Consumed on tap at Federal Jack’s.
This was poured into a pint glass.
There was a quarter finger white foamy head that dissipated within second (bar pour) no worries. There was barely any lacing.
The smell did have the apricot to it.
The taste took the apricot and added a slight heavy grainy kick to it (yup, that must be the wheat).
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a slight sessionable quality to it letting go half decent with food.
Overall, not a bad beer, but not a stellar one. It goes down the hatch best with food.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Jun 2014
at 14:33
6.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle. A- Hazelnuts, chocolate, roasty, toffee. A- Dark brown color, dark liquid, tan head. T- Hazelnuts, slightly malty, cocoa, roasted, nutty, toffee. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, nutty finish. O- Pretty darn good, but not quite great. The hazelnut aroma and taste is great especially at the front, but the taste fades and leaves you with a not so great after taste. Nonetheless, this is a pretty solid brew, that with a few tweaks would be really damn good. The hazelnut is very welcomed, but it’s just lacking and not quite complex enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2014
at 16:57
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 0.335l at Janoinen Lohi, Helsinki. Originally rated 22052012. Colour is brown with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Hazelnuts, nuts, chocolate, sweetness and malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2014
at 03:11
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle 0.335l at Helsinki. Originally rated 26052012. Colour is clear copper with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, hops and malts. Very weak IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2014
at 03:09
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
12 oz. bottle, thanks to Ian. Pours gold, with a medium, bubbly, beige head. The aroma is a lot of blueberries, walnuts, and some light chocolate. Syrupy sweetness, and a faint bitterness. Medium body, sticky, and thick. Overall, this is a strong fruit beer, with a pretty good blueberry aroma, but little balance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 May 2014
at 20:46