Shipyard Export Ale

Brewed by Shipyard Brewing Company
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Portland, Maine USA

12 oz. bottle. Dark golden colour with a mostly lasting creamy white head. Big butterscotch aroma balanced somewhat with citrus fruits and leafy hops. More butterscotch and fruit in the flavour plus a mild fruity bitter finish. Light bodied, a tad watery but refreshing.

Thanks to Degarth for sending me this one. Pours a clear light golden color, large foamy head dissipating quickly into a small layer around the brim. Aroma is corn, a little orange zest, lemon, sweet with almost no hop aroma to it. Flavor is Very sweet, almost a hint of fruit in there, the rest is corn and that artificial taste that can only come from a session ale.

12 oz bottle- Best Enjoyed Before July 06-pours a white head with gold color. Aroma is grassy, grain. Taste is grass, grain and creamy. Some hops bite at the finish.

From a 12 oz. long neck brown bottle with a notched "Best Enjoyed Before" date on left side of label, Jun/06. Made a good appearance, poured a red hued golden with a sticky, foamy white head that reduced to a thin bubbly lacing. Had a fruity and herbal hop aroma with just bare hints of caramel malts. Good carbonation and a crisp, slick light bodied mouth feel, above average drinkability. Had a fresh cut grassy hop taste, some fresh cut hay as well, a light bitterness on the tongue, a buried sweet caramel maltiness and a dry, crisp herbal hop finish.

Drank this at the airport in San Diego, the last beer of vacation before returning to reality. Was the only thing on tap that didn’t seem mass-produced. Poured an orange/amber color with a thin off-white head. Looked promising, but had a coppery nose and really tangy taste, mixed with bread, yeast and some malt. Mouthfeel was decent with some carbonation. Not so bad that I didn’t finish it, but not so good I would have another.

Dark golden pour with some amber in the color. The head only appears with a vigorous pour. It quickly diminishes to nothing. There is plenty of carbonation but nothing exciting about the appearance. The aroma is mild; a subtle mix of delicate hops swirled with a solid sweet malt. The flavor is much the same. A full bodied malt sweetness with a finish of almost spicy hops. Very easy to drink and actually pretty decent stuff, if not exciting.

golden color with a thin off white head. mild aroma of sweetness that previews the flavor. slightly bitter finish.

LIght golden body with a small white head. Pines and honey are very evident in the aroma. Ok ending, nothing too spectacular in this beer, yet far better than many others.