Castle Island Brewing Company
Microbrewery in Norwood, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Established in 2015
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Draught at Power Beer Fest, 5/14/22. Lightly hazy, lemon-blonde. Small, off-white head showing moderate retention. Lightly fruity strawberries in the nose, barely any hops. Some light citrus and hints of pine. Sparse, crackery malts. Lightly sweet strawberry is done well, albeit lightly, just like everything else here. Light, sparse, crackery malts, not much depth with very minimal hops. Low bitterness, low flavor, fruity. Clean.
jhsnitz1 (1790) reviewed Hi-Def from Castle Island Brewing Company 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Dark yellow color with an alcohol and grapefruit aroma. Taste is heavy on hop bitterness, very little sweetness from malt. Bitter hoppy aftertaste.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can pour from the brewery. It's a cloudy yellow with no sparkle, finger-width off white foam head with poor retention and light lacing. Aroma is cracker and mild sweet and tart fruit with yeast. Taste is similar to aroma with lemon tart/sweet—somewhat kolsch-like. Mouthfeel is light side of light-to-medium bodied with frothy texture, soft carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, interesting APA in that it has kolsch-like qualities.
Nice and hazy. And they use it in their pizza dough? That’s the dream.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Refrigerated pint can, canned December 15, 2021 poured into a glass. Hazy golden with big white head. Aroma is herbal hops, medium body, low carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is herbal hops.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 8
A can of beer enjoyed on Sunday afternoon. Clear golden colored. Nose is floral and grains. Tastes of cereal malt, lemon. Florals. Thin bodied. Tastes does linger.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Pours a slightly hazy amber from a can. Big pine aroma and flavor, classic IPA. Good beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours hazy gold into an English pint. White head with little retention recedes to mottle surface. Mild tropical fruit aromas. Soft with tangerine and melon upfront turning to dry citrus in the medium length finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pours hazy gold into an English pint. Bright white head medium retention recedes to hug rim. Wet straw and sourdough aromas. Soft and dry with earthy sourdough, hay and caramel upfront turning to cloying earth in the medium length finish.
tfontana (7150) reviewed Palmside from Castle Island Brewing Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can (3/24/21) shared by Jason. It's a hazy, dark brown-mahogany with nice sparkle, 2-finger width light brown head with good retention and no lacing. Aroma is strong balanced roasted malts over coconut with mild cocoa. Taste follows aroma with coconut higher in the mix. Mouthfeel is light-to-medium bodied with smooth texture, average carbonation and finish as taste with lingering mild bitterness. Overall, given the previous reviews, I wonder if this was reworked to be less burnt/ashy and dry. Not the most complex thing but pleasant and coconut didn't whack you over the head.
Brewery Stats
| Score | 6.78 |
| Beers | 62 |
| Ticks | 136 |
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