Castle Island Brewing Company
Microbrewery in Norwood, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Established in 2015
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Can, no date, drunk 8/16/17.
Clear, brass-golden. White head fades to nothing quickly.
Kinda smells like every single one of their other mid-gravity beers; spicy and a bit of bubble gum, with melon and wax. Honestly not very different from the Chuck I just had, despite being very different on paper. Some sweat, dry nectarine, cracker-biscuit. No resin or alcohol but very muted overall.
Weird in flavor. Lightly dry, with a good malt texture, at least, but on top of that comes nectarine, twiggy, earthy, vegetal notes. More dry leaves, sourdough-laden specialty malts and spicy potpourri on the finish. Strange arrangement indeed. Not doin much more me. Kinda bath soapy as it wears on, with too much floral character. Traces of pine, resin, sharp ester and alcohol on the end. Some redeemable fruitiness and interesting spicy character but too much acid and resin, ultimately. Did not finish the can.
Clarkvv (16327) reviewed Chuck from Castle Island Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
4 pack of fresh cans drunk 8/4 and 8/5/17.
Lightly-to-minimally hazy, number 2 pencil yellow with softer hay hues. Well-carbonated with a small, but persistent white head atop.
Big shot of grapefruit, pineapple, nectarine and unripened mango in the nose announces this is probably going to be hops, hops and more hops. Add some grapefruit and a touch of pine on the end, continue to amp up the pineapple, throw in a bit of cracker-like malt, a touch of honey and call it a day.
Thin in the mouth, with a washed out, somewhat undermalted texture that is exacerbated by the high hopping. Grows vegetal, rather bitter and quite scalliony on the finish with pine and grapefruit pith taking over. Another poor showing of Mosaic and really not much enjoyable going on here at all; the texture really driving home the nail in the coffin.
Chalumeaux (4966) reviewed Hi-Def from Castle Island Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Poured from can no date hazy light gold with a thin white head. Aroma is floral hops nice juicy citrus honey and pine. Taste is juicy mango papaya lightly sweet citrus nice floral balance with nice pine finish.
CLW (16720) reviewed Sweet Brown from Castle Island Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
16 oz. can. Canned on 10-27-17. Deep ruby/ near brown color, fast dying head, little retention. Aroma is roasted nuts, slight chocolate, earthy grain. Flavor is of an average brown ale. Not exactly sure where the sweet potato was supposed to fit in. If the earthy hint counts as "sweet potato", then... Ok. Not a bad beer just false advertising.
CLW (16720) reviewed Hi-Def from Castle Island Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
16 oz. can purchased at Julio's Liquors. Canning date of 11-1-2017. Particles of hazy floating in a golden liquid. Aroma is tropical fruit, mangos, sweet malt, mild florals. The flavor starts with fruit and becomes sweet in the center. Citrus and tropical notes are pleasing. Bright fruit turns into a mild herbal hint in the finish.
Body is medium as shows light alcohol after the swallow. Soft mouthfeel with a mellow carbonation. Overall, mostly above average and rather tasty.
CLW (16720) reviewed Chuck from Castle Island Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
16 oz. can purchased at Julio's Liquors. Looks like my Grand Pappy's cream ale. Pale yellow, white color, thick foamy head. Aroma is subtle pine, light florals, and vanilla hints. Wow, was not expecting the dry hopping to be this bold. Dry-hopping carries into the flavor. The texture is smooth and creamy as it should be per the style. Subtle pine lingering providing the bitterness. Mildly astringent.
Kleg (3838) reviewed Festbier from Castle Island Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5
16 oz can bought in NH. Cloudy pale gold color with an off-white head and great retention. Fair lacing. Tastes more like a Vienna than an amber ale, but It's still good. Minimal hops bitterness. Smooth, clean, lightly sweet and repeatable. Nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pours clear, deep gold into a shaker. Bright white head with medium retention recedes leaving spot lacing. Lemon pledge aromas. Sharp with sour tangerine and lemon joy upfront turning to an unpleasant dirty citrus peel finish.
Oakes (33097) reviewed Jetty from Castle Island Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Wheaty, light tartness, decent, not super clean. It's okay for a faux Berliner, but doesn't showcase the complexity the description would indicate.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
From the can. Sour candy corn aromas. Soft and dry with pumpernickel sourdough and candy corn front to back. Sweet dough finish.
Brewery Stats
| Score | 6.78 |
| Beers | 62 |
| Ticks | 136 |
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