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Clipper City Heavy Seas Small Craft Warning 3.4 501

Clipper City Heavy Seas Small Craft Warning

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
5013.41/5.03.4/5.07%89.8Lager glass
Commercial Description:
Malts: German Pils and Carapils
Hops: Amarillo, Saaz, Hersbrucker and Tettnang
We call this beer an Uber Pils - a pilsner style bock lager. Rich, malty, and well rounded but with a firm structure of noble hops. Surprisingly pale in color for such a powerful, complex beer. Available year round beginning Feb. 05.
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 afireinside96 (839), Mountville, Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/102/513/20
May 15, 2008  
pours honey colored with an inch of tightly packed white head. smells of grapes and herbal hops. upon sipping it you are hit with a strand of sweetness that immediately recedes to a lemony bitterness, a bit nutty as well. finishes on the sticky sweet side of things. the alcohol level is fairly undetectable except with a bit of warmth present near the end. not bad, not great either, but certainly drinkable.


 lb4lb (2011), Austin, Texas, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/54/103/59/20
May 12, 2008  
My apologies if I got this in trade, as I forgot it’s source.
Pours rich golden white a medium sized whitish head. Smell is lemon, lager like malt and light alcohol. Together comes across fresh, bright and somewhat inviting. Taste is a bit dusty, chalky and lightly alcoholic without the burn, and with lager like malty characteristics and orange rind flavor. Flavorful with strong orange rind character and light malt. Very mild hop character. Citrusy, yet lager like. Definitely unique, but not particularly great, with some alcohol presence, which is a bit obtrusive at 7%.


 acearl (218), J-Town, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
May 8, 2008  
Amber Orange hue with creamy white lasting head, seems like a confused discripton that the brewer presents, more so like a really hoppy lager. Like an american ipa with out much of a lingering aftertaste, or thickness. Aftertaste was little sour Different, nice and drinkable. Nothing too uber though.


 Chipper (188), Red Lion, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
May 4, 2008  
Pours a dark golden color with a thick off-white head. Aroma is a little malty and hops are present. Flavor is a little lighter than expected and went very well a Porterhouse. Overall an excellent brew and I’d buy it again.


 Vas19 (299), Maryland, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/515/20
Apr 26, 2008  
Pours orange with a thick white head. Aroma is grassy hops and malt. The flavor is malty with a strong woody hop component. Some herbs in there too. Not in love but not hating it either.


 GirlyBeer (183), Biddeford, Maine, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/53/103/55/20
Apr 19, 2008  
Pours what you would expect for an "uber-pils", gold with a white head. Not a particularly pleasing aroma. I had high hopes for this beer, when I picked up a six pack someone at the beer store told me their friends highly recommended that beer. This beer had an odd flavor that forced me to give away most of my six pack. I’m not sure what type of beer they were going for, but it was just unenjoyable. I will not buy this beer again.


 heemer77 (4311), Savannah, Missouri, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Apr 19, 2008  
Dark gold body with a light white yellowish head. The aroma is walnuts with some lemon bread. There is also a little bit of that Saaz. The taste is walnuts with some of that lemon bread. There is also a little bit of green tea. You can tell that there is a little bit of that alcohol heft in the mouthfeel. Pretty good and the first of the impy pilsners I have enjoyed.


 MrStitch (138), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Apr 17, 2008  
Bottle. Pours a rich golden color with a thin head and leaves good lacing. Aroma is sharp with hops, citrus, and slightly piney. Some malt floating around in the smell as well. Taste is sweet and malty at first with a clean bitter finish from the hops. Mouthfeel has medium body with a bit of stickiness. Overall a solid beer that I will have again.



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