Blue Point Spring Fling

Brewed by Blue Point Brewing
Style: Specialty Grain
Patchogue, New York USA

12 oz. bottle. Copper color with a frothy off-white head. Caramel malt aroma with some floral hops, soap and a hint of rye. Decent enough flavor--caramel malts along with some rye and citrus hops--coming together for a mildly spicy finish, although there’s a bit of a metallic aftertaste. Still, a nice rye infused session ale which translates well into the contract brewed sixers.

crass and harsh yet substantive enough it is grapefruit rind (the white) and just a bit more than a bit sweet with equal caramel malt it is altogeather tangy and harsh and desirable yet undesirable depending on ones mood. to be appreciated by the knowledgeable who know what they want. it is flavorful with a medium body.

Going by the previous ratings, and the length of time between the last reviews and this one, I’m thinking either Blue Point has made a new Spring Fling, or that the beer bar I went to had the name wrong... but judging by some of the other relatively new and nigh unrated stuff they had on, I’d actually lean towards changing this into an annual release of varying recipes... On tap at Bacchus. Pours a clear amber with a light white head. Lemon and citrus hops on the nose. Medium bodied and a little sweet, with more fresh lemon coming through. Light bitter grapefruit finish. Didn’t know exactly what to make of this one, it reminded me of a lighter pale ale with some lemon thrown in. Nice, light, and refreshing.

Cask at Pacific Standard. Hazy dark golden pour with almost a gray/green tint. Some hops and rye grain on the nose; seems promising, like it will be crisp and refreshing. Hit my palate the wrong way those: something really ashy and unpleasantly bitter. Particularly because I was drinking this side-by-side with a lovely Belgian rye also on cask, this just didn’t do it for me.

On tap at patchogue brewery. Pours a hazy red color, nice hoppy aroma, very appealing. Taste was a good mix between bitter and sweet. Good crisp aftertaste. I liked this beer a lot and wish it were more widely available.

On tap at the brewery. Aroma of rye seed, rye bread, light citrus and floral hops. Flavor very rye malty, sweet rye, with bittering hops rubbing up against it. Bitter finish but never completely obstructs the rye malt. Pretty tasty.

On tap at the brewery. Pours orange with a small light tan head. Aroma of bitter rye seed. Flavor of rye and parmesean cheese with a bitter hops finish. Too bitter for me.

Draft. Pours a light yelllow body with a white head. Aroma is bitter hoppiness with some earthy notes and malt. Plain and simple not much to the flavor a little pine from the hops which disipates slowly.