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Shipyard Old Thumper
- Shipyard Brewing Co.
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rAvg: 3.64
pDev: 14.29%
Reviews: 366
Hads: 163
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Brewed by:
Shipyard Brewing Co.
Maine
,
United States
Style | ABV
Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB)
| 5.60%
ABV
Availability:
Year-round.
bottle (302)
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on-tap (34)
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cask (29)
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MisterE
Florida
3.75
/5
rDev
+3%
09-27-2012 23:32:19 |
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trotnixon
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pcguitarwzrd
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Draft at Fishale Taphouse.
A: Dark brown, fairly clear, not much head.
S: Dark fruit, toffee, almost Belgian-y.
T: up front, sweet raisins and plums, molasses...could pass for a Belgian dubbel, until the hops kick in and leave a nice long bitter finish gently laced with booze.
M: fairly heavy and rich, but with a pleasant amount of carbonation that keeps it from being syrupy.
O: a very interesting beer, almost like a Belgian barleywine. Nice, would order again.
Serving type: on-tap
04-20-2013 19:52:07 |
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CesarLopes
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3.75
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+3%
04-20-2013 03:42:39 |
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Philousa
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2.71
/5
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Pours a dark gold with metallic sheen and a billowy white head that settles to a very small, but evenly distributed, creamy layer settling on top. Aroma is mainly tart yeast with wheat bread/white bread crust with a good dose of earthiness. A swirl reveals some nut aroma to boot. Tartness extends to flavor as well with burnt toast/bread crust and nuttiness, which fades to grassy bitterness and earth, which lingers for a short while. The feel is slightly astringent but mostly watery in viscosity with a slightly sweet finish.
This is like drinking a doughy bread that hasn't risen with some serious earthy bitterness. It's strange, but not wholly unenjoyable. I'm not sure, but I think that's sort of a compliment.
Serving type: bottle
04-18-2013 04:44:42 |
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carndog
Massachusetts
3
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04-12-2013 02:40:29 |
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Arsenal0328
Indiana
3.75
/5
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04-11-2013 01:30:12 |
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beyah
Maine
4.09
/5
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look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Apearance - 1 figer of foam, dies down in a few minutes and leaves decent lacing. Color is amber with a little chill haze.
Smell - Malty Earthy Hops and the distictive Ringwood yeast.
Taste - Malty with a distictive earthy English Hops and the sweetness from the yeast. Well ballanced beer.
Mouth Feel - Great on mouthfeel, smooth and slick slightly too much carbonation. Leaves the hop flavor in the back of the tounge.
Overall - This is my favorite offering from Shipyard
Serving type: bottle
04-06-2013 01:30:52 |
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jonathaniler
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3.5
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03-29-2013 01:57:12 |
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metter98
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3.68
/5
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
A: The beer is clear amber yellow in color and has a moderate amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a finger high off white head that died down, leaving a thin head covering the surface and lots of lacing down the sides of the glass.
S: Light to moderate aromas of biscuit malts are present in the nose.
T: The taste has balanced flavors of toasted and fruity malts along with some notes of butter and caramel plus faint hints of bitterness.
M: It feels light- to medium-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer is very easy to drink and can be considered sessionable. I really liked the mix between the fruity yeast and biscuit malts.
Serving type: bottle
03-23-2013 21:34:05 |
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Larrydoherty
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Omnium
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look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Bottle > Pint Glass
A - Pours a very nice amber color, less than one finger head, thin lacing, doesnt cling at all.
S - Hops come to the nose, followed by a sweet malt, along with some drier floral and pine notes.
T - Pine, malts, good hop bitterness, and some interesting spices, much more complex than your average Pale Ale.
M - Good carbonization, but dry bitterness and a little bit of malt hangs on to your palate, not the interesting complexity of the smell or taste.
O - A really different, and good EPA, It has almost a saison quality to it with the spices and malt, but there's a great bitterness of the hops. Solid brew.
Serving type: bottle
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03-17-2013 22:59:20 |
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MAbeerNE1
Massachusetts
3.58
/5
rDev
-1.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
From a bottle that I bought from the brewery.
A: A clear and clean light amber color with a sparse but steady stream of bubbles feeding a very modest half centimeter head.
S: You can smell the diacetyl on this one right away. Browned butter and moist earth.
T: Buttery smell of the nose in the mix, but mixes well with the strawberry sweetness of the esters, the alcohol, and a nice hop spice that lingers long after the beer is gone. Great balance; nice mix of flavors.
M: Very light carbonation, slightly syrupy, full bodied. Smooth.
O: A nice beer. True to style and easy to drink. I like how the butter notes mix well with the sweetness of the malt and the spice of hops and alcohol. I would buy again.
Serving type: bottle
03-14-2013 03:16:06 |
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spycow
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3.25
/5
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03-10-2013 20:11:07 |
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