Belfast Bay Lobster Ale

Brewed by Shipyard Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Portland, Maine USA

pretty damn nice. smells nice with a hoppy like citrus grapefruit aroma that is clearly impressive. then tastes like wood and cherry with no citrus at all. nice trick! medium consistancy and still a bit refreshing. bit of caramel in there but it is not overly present. hop profile is very much like a good octoberfest -just a tingle on the tongue. me like!

Fortunately, this did not have lobster flavor, although you never know these days. Actually bought this more as a novelty than anything (when in Maine.....), but it wasn’t too bad. Poured to a reddish brown color with off-white head that lingered to mid-glass and left okay lacing. Nose was slightly grainy, with some floral hops and dark malts. Flavor was more of the same, with a slight leaning toward the malt side, all which led to a medium length, semi-sweet finish. Would make a decent session beer.

(draft) Clear copper body with beige head. Aroma is medium sweet, earthy, some sourness, light bread. Taste is medium sweet, earthy/sour, some caramel. Watery light-medium body, faint stickiness.

12oz bottle-pours a thin retaining light tan head and dark amber color. Aroma is a bit weird/odd, maybe some chocolate-medium malt, funky/musty. Taste is nicer than the aroma. Medium malt-sweet caramel/some chocolate, secondary hops-slight bite. OK/mild carbonation.

Bottle from Canal’s in Berlin Twp. in NJ. From the label, this appears to be one of the last batches from Belfast Bay before Shipyard acquired them. Regardless, not much special here. A run of the mill amber which looks good in a glass - clear garnet with ruby hihghlites and a thin tan head - but which doesn’t do much after that. Mildly malty aroma and a toasted caramel flavor with a hint of milk chocolate. Clean finish. Not a bad beer but not a memorable one.

12 oz bottle, poured right after mowing the lawn. This one was quite a suprise because I had low expectations from something called "Lobster Ale". Poured a beautiful deep reddish/brown with a good size off white head that settled to a 1/2 inch of creamy foam that lasted most of the beer. Aroma of bready and caramel malt, floral hops and some brown sugar? Palate was refreshing with a slight creaminess from the suprisingly nice head. Flavor is a decent hop/malt balance with a little more emphasis on the malt. Pretty nice beer, not to bold but a good thirst quencher with some interesting qualities.

Thin offwhite head of fine bubbles. Light carbonation. Light malts, vanilla, nuts and some soft bready malts. Hint of spices (cinnamon). Color is a dark crimson. Fizzy mouthfeel. Very lively, with more spices, roasted malts and a bit of hops and bitterness. Sharp dry flavor from the hops and roastyness. Finishes clean with a lingering nuttiness. A decent brew but nothing special.

Pours an amber ruby red color with a medium beige-white head. Very faint aroma of apple-pear juice and hops. Taste is bland ale flavor with tiny hints of watered down hops and malts. Not much going here.