Shipyard Export Ale - Shipyard Brewing Co.

bigdeuce

Pennsylvania

3.4/5  rDev +2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

The pour is a golden color with some nice white lacing down the glass and a decent head, although a bit soapy. Scents are a bit off, may have been the date of the beer. Not quite sure what an "American blonde ale is"...but to me, this is a cross between some type of a pilsner and possibly an APA. It is quite easy to drink, fairly smooth except a bit "tingly" on the back end and quite a bit yeasty. A decent beer for sure, just not a top grade micro-brewed beer but good in it's own right.

Serving type: bottle

12-05-2011 23:58:14 | More by bigdeuce

InspectorBob

New Jersey

3.25/5  rDev -2.4%

05-22-2013 16:14:45 | More by InspectorBob

johntfox

Florida

3.5/5  rDev +5.1%

05-21-2013 18:05:22 | More by johntfox

HiWire

Florida

3.5/5  rDev +5.1%

05-15-2013 07:30:47 | More by HiWire

jondeelee

Massachusetts

3.49/5  rDev +4.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Export Ale opens to a grainy nose, full of wet wheat, Grape Nuts cereal, whole wheat bread dough, biscuit, hay, and cracker. Toasted nuts and toast crust add light layers of baked complexity. A good measure of sugar helps offset the breads, most of it brown, but there are some nice fruit esters as well, including apricot, orange, and berry. Shades of grapefruit and pine from the hops add touches of citrusy bitterness, further offsetting the grains. As a whole, the nose is nice, being decently balanced, aromatic, and featuring a pleasant set of fruits and sugars to offset the breads, the nose suffering mainly from being light, but more importantly, somewhat plain, offering little in terms of a “wow factor,” and relying instead on simply presenting decent aromas in decent quantities.

On the tongue, the beer has a noticeably grainy flavor profile, with hay, Grape Nuts cereal, toasted bread, wet wheat, biscuit, toasted nut, and wheat bread making up the majority of the flavors. The brown sugars and fruit esters – again: apricot, orange, berry – do help offset this somewhat, as do grapefruit and pine from the hops. In subsequent sips much of the nuance is lost, the flavors simply too weak to stand up to repetition, and the beer becomes even more heavily dominated by wet wheat, toast crust, and hay. The aftertaste is a continuation of the main mouthful, lingering for a decent while. Mouthfeel is medium-light, and carbonation is medium.

Overall, this is certainly good summer fare, being light and crisp, but largely suffering from a lack of sugars to help counter the heavy grain flavors.

Serving type: bottle

05-14-2013 15:55:40 | More by jondeelee

aLenwell

Florida

2.75/5  rDev -17.4%

05-14-2013 00:40:38 | More by aLenwell

jazzyjeff13

United Kingdom (England)

3.1/5  rDev -6.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

A 355ml bottle with a BB of June 2013. Picked up recently from Booths.

Poured into a straight pint glass. A bright golden-amber hue with faint translucence and good carbonation. Yields a large head of creamy white foam that lasts for a few minutes before reducing to a surface layer. Some lacing. Aroma of light caramel malt with hints of earthy yeast and stewed hops. A faint sweetness in the background. Meh.

Tastes of light caramel malt with a dry finish. Notes of caramel, subtle grain, earthy yeast and stewed hops. Well-attenuated, though there is a faint malty sweetness in the background along with a hint of cardboard. A very mild bitterness upon swallowing. Mouthfeel is smooth, tingly and dry, with pleasant carbonation and good body. Rather astringent, with an aftertaste of stewed leaves, earthy yeast and weak malt.

Pretty dull. Nothing technically wrong - it seems well crafted but boring. Like a US version of John Smiths. Looks good, but the aroma and flavour don't hold your interest. Decent body though rather too dry. With so many great beers out there, this isn't really worth the trouble. Give it a miss.

Serving type: bottle

05-13-2013 22:31:16 | More by jazzyjeff13

DuffDaddy

Florida

3.75/5  rDev +12.6%

05-13-2013 20:07:33 | More by DuffDaddy

rderedin

Maine

3.25/5  rDev -2.4%

05-11-2013 20:18:03 | More by rderedin

ToddHolder

Illinois

3/5  rDev -9.9%

05-11-2013 01:55:52 | More by ToddHolder

ajtorres311

Florida

2.5/5  rDev -24.9%

05-10-2013 16:35:19 | More by ajtorres311

Thedrizzle

Florida

3/5  rDev -9.9%

05-10-2013 01:17:36 | More by Thedrizzle

dalepryor

Kentucky

3.5/5  rDev +5.1%

05-08-2013 04:29:55 | More by dalepryor

tkelley

Massachusetts

3.58/5  rDev +7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

12 oz bottle poured into a tulip glass.

A - clear bright orange copper color. Nice foamy head with good lacing and ok retention.

N - yeasty and malty . Floral hops. Tastes British, appropriately.

T - light and floral hops. Toasty biscuits. Ringwood yeast.

M - light and crisp. Really drinkable.

O - Reminds of summer. Ive had a lot of these over the years and I will probably have many many more.

Cheers.

Serving type: bottle

04-28-2013 01:36:40 | More by tkelley

Kelp

New Hampshire

3.25/5  rDev -2.4%

04-27-2013 20:04:15 | More by Kelp

trotnixon

Maine

3/5  rDev -9.9%

04-24-2013 10:41:45 | More by trotnixon

pcsnyder

Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev -2.4%

04-23-2013 14:25:11 | More by pcsnyder

hurdjg

Iowa

3.5/5  rDev +5.1%

04-21-2013 13:56:59 | More by hurdjg

MAUEX_MFA

Rhode Island

3/5  rDev -9.9%

04-20-2013 21:12:05 | More by MAUEX_MFA

scmoore81

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev +5.1%

04-19-2013 15:37:40 | More by scmoore81

djtomain

Florida

2.5/5  rDev -24.9%

04-13-2013 20:58:48 | More by djtomain

tehzachatak

Massachusetts

2.75/5  rDev -17.4%

04-12-2013 16:59:27 | More by tehzachatak

carndog

Massachusetts

2.75/5  rDev -17.4%

04-12-2013 02:40:03 | More by carndog

Arsenal0328

Indiana

3.75/5  rDev +12.6%

04-11-2013 01:29:57 | More by Arsenal0328

wroywel

Massachusetts

2.5/5  rDev -24.9%

04-06-2013 21:27:48 | More by wroywel