Spring Peeper Ale

Brewed by Maine Beer Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Portland, Maine USA

Bottle thanks to ericandersnavy. Hazy gold pour. Aroma is citrus, orange. Flavor is orange, citrus, pine, hops.

Bottle thanks to ericandersnavy. Goofy ass name. Notes of white grapefruit juice, pine, and floor clearner. Mouthfeel is foamy and the finish is medium length. Enjoyable.

Bottle thanks to ericandersnavy. Pours with a white head and a hazy golden body. Aroma is hoppy with orange and brown sugar. Taste is hoppy with caramel. Highly carbonated (too highly carbonated).

My Bottom Line:
A tantalizing grassy and coniferous hop perfume leads to a much quieter flavor profile where citrus fruit and bready yeast attempt to add character. This foamy American-style Pale Ale shows a lot of promise for a new brewery.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A whipped cream-like tower of foam thrones atop the cloudy blond.
-There’s too much yeast in the bottle for the delicate malt flavors to stand out.
-That dry-hop perfume is just beautiful. If only the flavor profile carried through, we’d have a world class beer here.
-The very lean body makes this very drinkable, but then again few malt flavors come through.
-A gracious grassy hop bitterness lasts long.
-Effervescence might be a tad overdone.

Bottle; merci Marc!

batch one. pours crisp golden with medium white head. aroma is floral with citrus notes bubbling out of the glass. nice caramel malts come through with a bit of spicy must. drinks similar with lots of floral and piny hops followed by a nice burst of citrus fruits and finishes with a strong sweet malt. bitter hop after taste lasts and makes you want more. fantastic and i cant wait to try other offerings when they expand.

Pours a slightly cloudy golden yellowish amber with some dark golden ripe banana hues when held to a light source and a frothy, pillowy white head that has very good retention, pretty much lasting throughout and leaving sporadic spots of soapy lacing. Earthy grassy hop aroma with hints of straw and a nice citrus presence. Hints of grapefruit, lemon peel, dank hop oil and pine. Subtle malt backbone. Chewy resinous medium body that is very hop forward. Bitter earthy hops up front with a lot of dry pine as well as some sweet citrus notes, mostly grapefruit and lemon peel. This is balanced mid palate by a nice malt backbone with earthy grassy straw notes. Crisp, well balanced, easy drinking and refreshing. Overall, a decent session beer.

Thanks to GrittyMug345 for sending this my way, I really appreciate it. Bottle poured into a tulip glass produced a finger worth of white head that didn’t last long, and settled to a thin lace. The body of the brew was a hazy yellow. The first thing I noticed was a wonderful hoppy aroma, nice floral, and piney. The only concern was the flavor. The yeast fruitiness was a little to dominate for me it was hard to pick up the nice malty backbone I look for in a pale. I did enjoy it, the hops were right on in my book. It was light and crisp in my mouth and extremely drinkable Serving type: bottle