Sea Dog Old East India Pale Ale

Brewed by Sea Dog Brewing (Shipyard Brewing Co.)
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Topsham, Maine USA

Bottle. Amber colour with a white head. Hoppy, citric aroma. Light bitter taste with additional malty tones.

Bottle reads Kennebunkport IPA, apparently within Sea Dog’s extended family of breweries.. Ho hum. what can I say. THis is a weak IPA, not nearly enough hops to last a voyage to India, let alone France. Pours a brown pale ale color with fairly large fizzy bubbles. Barnyard nose (what! this ain’t no IPA, I reckon’). Bread-inspired flavor. Where the hops at dude?!!! I’ll stick with the British or SoCal variety of IPAs - that actually pack some hop sting.

Kennebunkport IPA (Sea Dog Old East India Pale Ale) is an amber ale with a bit of a chill haze. Large rainbow bubbles form as the white head fades to a film. It smells salty, funky, cheesy and fruity-- apples come to mind. It is medium-light in body, smooth and a bit sudsy. The flavor is like the aroma: salty, cheesy, etc. The fruity element reveals itself to be just as much orange as apple. It is not very bitter and there is a sweet grassy flavor, like hay. It’s really funky.

12 oz single Kennebunkport IPA. Nose of honey and caramel. Pleasing typical apricot colored IPA appearance. I got flowers and ice tea flavor. This isn’t an IPA, it is an APA, but good and refreshing. Nothing stellar, but not bad either. I could drink this every day in Panama.

12 oz Kennebunkport IPA from Trader Joe’s; Nose of weak caramel and wheat;clear copper with a medium beige head; flavor is caramel, with vannilla and clove notes; and this is supposed to be an IPA? I gues the cost of hops was too much so they just left them out!

Purchased as Kennebunkport ipa. Not very good at all, in fact it is actually a bad beer. Too much carbonation and no hops in a style that should emphasize hops. Red color and a tall head.

Sampled as Kennebunkport IPA via 12-oz bottle, shared by JK. Pours a clear light copper amber brew with a fast dissolving off-white head that leaves behind no lacing nor any ring. Aroma of light caramel malt, a touch of grapefruit citrus and some flowery hops. Taste is medium bodied, light carbonation with flavors of caramel malt, some grapefruit, a touch of dry biscuit, and some clove. Finish is semi-sweet caramel with a touch of grapefruit zest aftertaste. This is more like an American Pale Ale than an IPA.

As Kennebunkport IPA, shared by JK. Copper color with no head. Slight caramel aroma. Caramel still there in taste, but the hops are not. Almost a sweet flavor of hops. An almost bubblegum-like finish.