6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tasted as Kennebunkport India Pale Ale, and mentioning Pugsley Brewery, Portland on the label... Deep orange-copper beer, clear, with a small yellow head, fast gone; Bit solvent initially in the nose, then more classical hops. Not really overwhelming. Sweetish, caramelly taste, quite malty with a good hoppy, if nowhere bitter background. Cookies, very faint orange. Quite spritzy, carbonated MF. Light body. Only in the aftertaste, a discreet spike of metallic bitter appears. Run-of-the-mill IPA, no faults. Thanks, DA!
Tried
on 21 Sep 2008
at 05:29
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Dark brown with large beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, chocolate and caramel. Sweet flavour with roasted malt, chocolate and a somewhat dry hoppy finish.
Tried
on 19 Sep 2008
at 03:45
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
12 fl. oz. bottle, bought at the GBBF 2008 for takeaway. ABV is not stated on the bottle, but the festival programme says it’s 4.8%. Crystal clear deep golden to amber colour, moderate head, fizzy. Distinct aroma of blueberries and raspberries, also notes of candy with said artifical flavourings. Thin mouthfeel. The flavour is wheaty with notes of blueberries, otherwise fairly bland with minimal hops. Not very sweet. Drinkable, but not very exciting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2008
at 02:52
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at GBBF 08. Clear gold, very blueberry on aroma. Really actually quite nice. A little thin, but the fruit seems integrated. Slightly sweet fruit, but better than I expected.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2008
at 02:17
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. While there’s nothing here to make you sit back and take note, there is not a lot to complain about, either. Except for the slight imbalance of malt to hops — it’s a bit too sweet for the style — even for an East coast pale ale. Copper/golden body with an average white head. The aroma presents some sweet malts (caramel and dough) and some subdued hops (grass and spice). The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. The finish is lightly bitter. Medium body and a slightly sticky texture. Lively carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2008
at 21:05
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Clear amber with tiny white head. Very sweet aroma with berry and ice cream notes. Flavor gies same way with caramel notes. Ends vey sweet.
Tried
on 05 Aug 2008
at 09:53
6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pours clear gold into a shaker with no head whatsoever. Blueberry and malt aromas. Crisp blueberry with mild malts. Crisp finish.
Tried
on 27 Jul 2008
at 13:03
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours amber into a shaker. No head and no aroma. Bitter, sour and unpleasant.
Tried
on 27 Jul 2008
at 13:02
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle. Pour is a clear amber with just a bit of a head and lively and fizz-like carbonation. Aromas are thick with blueberries and reach my nose as I just begin to pour. Closer examination reveals that there is something a little funky lurking in the background, but I have no idea how to describe it. Just that it is a little off-putting. Flavor is like a blueberry spritzer or something with a watery beer backbone and a wierd aftertaste. Wheat? where??? Meh...
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2008
at 23:58
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled as Kennebunkport IPA. Pour is a lovely dark orange/copper with about a finger of dense, foamy head. Aromas of light citrus and floral hops... grapefruit and lemon come to mind. Flavor is a kind of out of whack mix of the above with some caramel malt and a bit of earwax.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2008
at 14:55