 elihapa (257), Connecticut, USA
Jul 17, 2008
On tap, part of sampler. Pours a rather simple light brown. Nose of malt and smoke. Palate was too light for me, I felt like I was drinking a pale ale colored brown! However, the flavor is quite an attractive blend of malt and earthy mineral that produced a well-rounded sweet flavor. Refreshing, to say the least. Last note: I see some other very poor reviews of this beer by RB, although some of these reviews are three years old. Perhaps Island has made some improvements, ’cause this brew and others really weren’t that bad. . .
Charlzm (247), Los Angeles, California, USA
Feb 19, 2008 Draft at brewery, consumed 02/18/08. Unusual color for a nut brown ale: pale amber. No aroma to speak of. Strange mineral water flavor shared with some other beers from this brewery. A little nutty malt flavor, some bitterness on finish. A bit of parch on the tongue as well. Not a successful attempt, sadly.
joohefner (379), Isla Vista, California, USA
Dec 12, 2007 yeah nothing very exciting and very little flavor, a light bread malt aroma and taste, about it. medium thin crisp body with a metallic tinge. its a shame i dont think these guys quite have their brew system worked out yet
GuilTTy (441), Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA
Nov 19, 2005 I seriously thought about about not posting a review of this beer because I thought I might have gotten a bad bottle but after reading Ale Drinker’s notes, I figured my experience was a valid criticism, so here goes.... Clear medium brown pour with a TOWERING light brown head - in fact - the head was so huge that I thought I forgot how to pour or I may have forgotten that I shook the bottle first. Anyway, after the head settled later that day, the aroma struck its first assault. Very sour and very hard to ignore. Some malt seemed to be trapped in there but it took some doing to pick it out. The flavor was nothing short of awful - who mixed dill pickle juice into my glass? Seriously, the flavor would have made more sense if the brewer was Vlassic. The taste was very sour with more than a hint of dill. The mouthfeel was similar to Classic Coke with enough carbonation to lift Skylab back into space. The only good thing about the finish was that it eventually finished. Either this was a bad bottle or Island is a bad brewey (or has a poor bottling line with weak QC). Thankfully, a Stone Smoked Porter was in the fridge and worked its magic soon after this one hit the bottom of the drain.
Ale_Drinker (1072), Sunnyvale, California, USA
Mar 5, 2005 I don’t know what is going on with these guys but it seems like almost every time I pick up one of their brews there is something seriously wrong with it. They all have the same sour vinegar flavor that just overwhelms the entire palate. I’m surprised more people don’t complain of this because I was noticing this exact same flavor in several of their other brews about 6 months ago. I’m not sure if its infected, or sunlight, or old or what. But all I really detect as far as taste and smell is sour vinegar. I ended up dumping this one and hate letting beer go to waste. In the flavor I tried to see paste the awful sourness and detected a slight maltiness. Forget it. I’ve just had way too many bad bottles from these guys. They need to get their crap figured out before they ship out any more bottles.
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