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 in color, somewhat pale, minor haze, moderate foamy off-white head, spotty lacing.   Damnit, nose has a huge amount of Cow pasture in it.   Ugh... barnish, with hay, straw, and cow dung.   Not all that appealing.   Very light malt and hop aspects.   Luckily it tastes better than it smells.   It appears to have very little hop presense, minor malt presense, but blended well enough to provide a decent quaffing IPA.   However, I still do detect some of that Cow pasture.   Neither fresh nor terribly clean, its still not half bad.   Average body and mouthfeel.   Maybe a bit watery.   Has a very mild bitterness to it, very mild, otherwise a decent malt base.   Too bad about the Cow pasture tho.   That nose just doesn’t do too well.

Name: Old East India
Date: 01/15/1996
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

amber color, lacy head, slightly cloudy with lots of bubbles, sweet malt and hop aroma, rich flavor with just the right amount of malt and lots of hops that last through to the aftertaste
-------- /> Name: Old East India
Date: 10/18/1997
Words: camden

hops are subtle in aroma and flavor, lots more subtle underlying bitterness lingering through the finish, an excellent esb

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Score: ***4
-------- /> Name: Kennebunkport IPA
Date: 07/03/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ale Atlanta

Appearance: clear amber, fine white head, bits of lace,
Aroma: sweet caramel malt aroma with lots of floral hops,
Flavor: sweet crystal and caramel malt flavor, lots of earthy hops, light lasting bitter finish,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Bottle. Malt aromas of caramel, flowers and pine for the hops and soap for the yeast with a little cherry in the background. Head is a bubbly white with fair lacing and is mostly diminishing, color is orange/brown. Flavor starts lightly sweet and acidic and finishes heavily bitter and a bit acetic. Palate is light to medium, between dry and watery with lively carbonation. It’s missing the complexity and boldness I’m used to in a IPA. Not a bad beer, just not great.

Pours a bright copper color with a lasting white head. Not much of an aroma but a suprisingly flavorful beer. Well balanced between the hops and malt.

Not a bad bottle of beer for something all the way from Maine. A sweet pale ale, with definite astringent, but goes away quick. A good changeup from overhopped IPAs.

Lightly Cloudy Dark Mandarin Color with Sandy Head. Grapefruit Hops Aroma. Caramel Malt..Light Grapefruity Hops Flavor. Sweet Dry Aftertaste. Nice Session Style IPA.

Cool surprise. Hazy amber, moderate head with solid lacing and retention. Aroma is strong floral hops with some grapefruit, toast, wood and caramel malts backing it. Cool aromas/flavors here for a ’joe blow’ IPA. The body is fairly light and the bitterness is moderate to low. An IIPA or IIIPA of this stuff would kick ass.

Twelve ounce bottle from Trader Joe’s. Sweet aroma, dark amber color, flavor of sweet malt and sugar with a slight hop tang, most of the hop sensation is in the finish and aftertaste. Not the hopfest you expect from a beer labeled IPA, but well made and refreshing, and at $5.49 a six pack you won’t hear me bitch about it.