Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Location: Growler from Superstar Beer City, 10/27/14
Aroma: The basil definitely stand out, there's lots of herbs and spice (basil, rye bread, etc.)
Appearance: A clear copper pour with a small beige head that leaves coating lace on the glass
Flavor: Tastes of heavy herbal spice, with rye spice, light sweetness, and a light-mid bitterness
Palate: The body is medium, it has a spicy tingle, soft carbonation, and a long, dry finish
Overall Impression: If you purchased a beer called "Basil in the Rye" and got a basil and rye malt based beer, then you can't be too disappointed, right? This one definitely lives up to the billing of the name. The basil is definitely the dominant component of this beer. The rye is the clear number two component here. There's enough hop bitterness for some balance. Basil and rye: what else is there to say?
ben4321 (11522) reviewed Splashing Pumpkin from Great South Bay Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Location: Draft at Morrison's, 10/15/14
Aroma: Clean aroma of vegetation, with some light spice/nutmeg, and a bit of a grassy hop
Appearance: It pours a mostly clear gold-orange color, with a light head and some decent lace
Flavor: This beer has a pretty clean malt bill, with some light spice, and a clean, light bitter finish
Palate: This one is light-medium bodied, with a soft carbonation, and a mildly dry finish
Overall Impression: Turned down the cinnamon-sugar rim, definitely the right choice. Everywhere on Long Island seems to be pouring their pumpkin beers in this manor. Weird. Anyway, this is a solid pumpkin brew. It is more of a vegetation beer than a sweet/spice beer. Definitely worth trying.
ben4321 (11522) reviewed Jetty Cream Ale from Great South Bay Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Location: Growler from Syosset Beverage, 10/13/14
Aroma: The nose is sweet corn and tangerine, with a good bit of candied sugar
Appearance: It pours a clear golden color with a white head and some streaky lace
Flavor: Flavor-wise it is very sweet, like a tangerine candy, with absolutely no residual bitterness
Palate: This one is creamy and extremely easy drinking, soft carbonation, and a sugary finish
Overall Impression: I'm of a few minds on this beer. The mouthfeel is pretty much exactly what you'd want from the style. Very creamy. Very easy drinking. The word "crushable" would not be dismissed. On the other hand, it could use some balance. This beer is very sweet. Maybe I'm a cream ale sucker, but I like this, and I don't usually enjoy beers this sweet.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Owl Farm, Brooklyn tap: Pours amber with a whitish head. Aroma is citrus, basil, sugar, and some rye malt. Taste is nice rye malt with a hint of basil in there. Hoppiness is certainly there, but it is not at all brutal. Nice touches of orange. Very well balanced.
Jow (8309) reviewed Jetty Cream Ale from Great South Bay Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Tap at Gingerman as part of lunch flight. pours orange with nose of spiced fruit. tastes of orange sherbert, dried fruit, grainy, cereal, and light cotton. creamy palate.
jtclockwork (20061) reviewed Niko Weiss from Great South Bay Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draft at Sour’ed in September. Pours yellow with white head. Nose/taste of sour salad, cucumber, dill and light sour malt. Lighter bodied.
ben4321 (11522) reviewed Niko Weiss from Great South Bay Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Location: Draft at Croxley's, 7/29/14
Aroma: Smells pretty much exactly like pickle juice, which makes sense, since it's a cucumber sour
Appearance: Pours a clear golden color with a small head and minimal lace
Flavor: The flavor is much the same, straight pickle juice overpowering everything else
Palate: The body is light-medium, it has an okay mouthfeel, and an odd finish
Overall Impression: This ain't my thing, but I don't like pickles. My wife liked it more than I did. I would definitely not drink this again, but I can't go too low on the overall score either, because I think it's a noble effort, just not one that works for this particular drinker.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle at Epic Sour Tasting 2014 courtesy of nimbleprop, thanks! Pitch black color. Aroma of vinous cocoa. Taste is port wine, licorice. Dark sours are always a little bit odd to me, this one is no exception.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Location: 12 oz bottle from Melville Superstar Beverage, 7/28/14
Aroma: The nose is a mix of floral and pine hops and some buttery/off notes
Appearance: Pours a clear gold-orange color with a thin sheet of white head and plenty of lace
Flavor: The flavor is much the same, with a decent hop flavor and more of those buttery/off notes
Palate: The body is medium, it has an okay mouthfeel, and a mildly dry finish
Overall Impression: This one wasn't a favorite for me. Honeslty, it just feels way too flawed. There's some good stuff in here, but it can't overcome the flaws. This was a miss.
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Massive IPA from Great South Bay Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Crisp amber and copper tinted body with a thinnish, single centimetre tall just off-white head with a little bit of a bronze glow. Aroma of grassy and cardboardie hops with a hint of malt, pine and caramel - not too pungent. Medium-bodied; Assertive herbal and earthy malt and hops with some light bitterness, a lot of floral flavours and a bit of herbs as well. Aftertaste shows some light depth and assertiveness, this one is mostly mild and lacking conviction. Overall, not such a great beer and showing hardly any hops at all. I sampled this stubby twelve ounce bottle purchased from Good Beer in New York, New York on 19-July-2014 for US$2,39 sampled at home in Washington just a week later on 26-July-2014. Rating for this Sample: 5,2,5,2,10 Second Can: Deeper and fairly hazy copper and light bronze coloured body with a thick three to four centimetre tall off-white head that fades slowly and leaves a nice lace on the sides. Pleasant and hoppy aroma of caramelised sugars along with a bunch of nutty and grassy hops here with some alpha acids noticeable. Medium-bodied; Strong caramel sweetness here with a good balance of nutty and grainy malts with a good hop character and some light bitterness at the tail end, all with some strong sugars and even melon flavours. Aftertaste is clean and fairly balanced with more emphasis on the hops of course, but from a nutty perspective. Overall, much better than what I remembered from the first sample and perhaps a worthy option now? I sampled this twelve ounce can purchased from Total Wine in Laurel, Maryland on 20-July-2022 for US$2,29 sampled at my house here in Washington on 23-August-2022. Rating for this Sample: 7,4,7,3,14