Shipyard Fuggles IPA

Brewed by Shipyard Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Portland, Maine USA

Eh. Not much aroma. Flavor is a bit of citrus hops, but I would barely call it an IPA. I’ll pass next time.

Bottle at Svea, Malmö. Clear deep red/brown - white head. Toasted, berries, sweetness, knækbrød (swedish flatbread), cookies, grape, grass, pine needles, high hoppy - ok pleasant.

Bottle at Svea, Malmö. Clear orange coloured with a smalll white head. Fruity aroma of hops and grass with notes of pine needles. Fruity flavour of hops and grass with notes of grape fruits. Dry hoppy finish.

Bottle: Cloudy gold color. Pear aroma with a mediocre flavor that is not that bitter. The aftertaste is a bit metallic and also has a weird heartburn aspect to it as well.

I like trying single-hop IPAs, and this was a new product in my area. The bottle had a “best by” date three months in the future, it came from a reputable beer store where they treat the stuff with care, and I never let it experience sunlight or severe temperature shifts. With that in mind, here is my review... The clear, thin liquid appears to be the color of unhealthy urine. Big, ungainly bubbles fight their way to the top of the glass as if they were trying desperately to escape. This beer smells like a cheap macrobrew, with the addition of an unpleasant grassy aroma and some old cardboard. The flavor is similar to the simple and boring pale ales produced at many small-town microbreweries. In other words, it is weak and uninspired. In fact, this one is just downright bad. Stale malt taste, no flavor of hops but plenty of nasty bitterness. And to top it all off, one 12 oz. bottle gave me a headache!

pours a little foggy and light yellow brown. extremely carbonated... Not sure if it is supposed to be that way. almost like champagne. not much smell. not much taste, nothing really interesting about it. except how freaking carbonated it is! there is a serious rush of big bubbles still going in the glass. I’m a little confused about this one. fuggles??? really?

Bought this 12oz bottle from Michigan and enjoyed in Ireland. Pours nice and amber color into glass with a fair amount of carbonation that leaves a small off-white head. A little hoppy, and a little malty aroma with some floral hints. Not too strong. Flavor is not as hoppy as I would have expected and there is a bit of malt, bread and citrus in there with a slight hint of bitterness. Body is medium and fairly smooth. Balance seems a bit off and towards the bitter, but not hoppy bitter side. Slightly dry finish. I could see how I could have multiples of this in one session, as it goes down smooth and is not as hoppy or strong as some of the American IPAs. Overall, this is a nice beer, but it does not quite do it for me like some other IPAs out there. That being said, I would definitely drink it again if it crosses my path to give it another shot.

Bottle Pours out a hazy gold topped with a small head. Aroma of malts and some floral hops. Tast more of the malts and some citrus hop. A light bitterness. Thanks Pinkzambia.