Castle Island Brewing Company
Microbrewery in Norwood, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Established in 2015
tfontana (7150) reviewed Hi-Def from Castle Island Brewing Company 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Taster pour in flight at the brewery. Appearance is opaque dark yellow-light brown with no sparkle, finger-width off-white foamy head with good retention and attractive leggy lacing. Aroma is sweet fruit--bordering on candied--and cracker malt background. Taste is sweet fruit (yogurty apricot, berry, melon), candied fruit, and sweet malts. Mouthfeel is light-to-medium bodied with thick, smooth texture, soft-to-average carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, a strong IPA along the berry-melon line (vs. citrus-grapefruit) that works together well.
ben4321 (11441) reviewed Swipe Ripe from Castle Island Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
16 oz can from Tavour, 11/15/19. Canned 9/20/19. Fruity aroma. Apricot, some orange zest, a little pineapple. Taste is juicy sweet, apricot, and just a little tart. Drinks decently. Pretty good. 7/4/7/3/14
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Pours slightly hazed deep burnt amber into a tulip. Bright white head with medium retention recedes to hug rim. Sweet caramel and sourdough aromas. Soft with overripe fruit and rotting fruit skin front to back. Old school bad.
09/20/19, I agree with Rina, eh. first notes I get is perfume and it's damn clear for a double with "apricot puree", eh. Maybe it's stuck on the bottom, after a good shake, eh. No nose, eh. eh.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
The Aromas are fruity, citrusy Hops and paper. Flavors are somewhat like nose, bittersweet with bitterness and alcohol coming on stronger in the Finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
The Aromas are Citrus hops, mainly grapefruit with a little orange and straw in the background. Flavors are like news, lightly sweet upfront with good carbonation to balance and Mild bitterness. Very good body and finish. Super easy drinking beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Pours clear gold into a shaker. White head with little retention recedes to mottle surface. Clean caramel aromas. Sweet with candy corn and toasted sourdough front to back. Earthy malt finish. Becomes slightly cloying over time.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Sample at the kickoff party at Homebrewcon Fairly clear deep caramel brown with a thin white head. Rich bready toasty malt with hints of dark dried fruits and a touch of ethanol.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Pours clear gold into a shaker. White head with little retention recedes to nothing. Lime aromas. Sweet key lime and lime upfront, turning to tart green lime in the lasting finish. Rather one dimensional.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can, from Cambridge Wine & Spirits, Medford, ME. Pours cloudy dark orange with foamy light beige head, faint grassy hops aroma, medium carbonation, medium bitter resinous taste with grassy hops, thin body, long bitter finish. Classical American IPA, nothing extra.
Brewery Stats
| Score | 6.78 |
| Beers | 62 |
| Ticks | 136 |
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