Shipyard XXXX IPA (Pugsley's Signature Series) - Shipyard Brewing Co.

Slatetank

Pennsylvania

3.6/5  rDev -2.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

I picked this up as part of a mix-a-six, enjoyed chilled from a willybecker.

The color is deeply hazed amber verging on copper with a quick to fall pale beige cap with overall avg bead and thin lace sticks. The smell is both fruity and herbal with moderately strong sweet scent of malt with slightly caramel essence with moderate alcohol in the nose. The feel is sweet and boozy for the most part with spicy and mildly bitter hop texture with moderate carbonation and warming semi-bitter and semi-dry finish.

The flavor has mild pine from the hops up front with light bitterness and herbal flavors with subtle fruity yeast taste that comes off as a light apricot with pear accent and subtle grapefruit fades in toward the middle with a citrus zest and sweet malt combination with mild caramel element and some dark sugar perhaps. The malt has a mellow toast quality with pepper and tangelo adding contrast, the alcohol finishes out the flavor in a not so mild way with light fusel and astringent hop tinge. The taste also seems strange with a prune/dried fruit element after the swallow. Overall it strikes me more as an English double IPA than American style with more malt and yeast that try to balance the hop bitterness and hop flavor is not as in focus. This is a good beer, but I would not seek it out.

Serving type: bottle

07-16-2012 16:36:22 | More by Slatetank

kguard

Iowa

3.25/5  rDev -11.9%

06-18-2013 02:58:58 | More by kguard

MPSTARR

Florida

3.5/5  rDev -5.1%

06-13-2013 01:54:14 | More by MPSTARR

RBassSFHOPit2ME

California

3.25/5  rDev -11.9%

06-12-2013 14:25:39 | More by RBassSFHOPit2ME

dmorgan310

Panama

3.5/5  rDev -5.1%

06-08-2013 03:34:56 | More by dmorgan310

hphilip456

Massachusetts

3.25/5  rDev -11.9%

06-08-2013 00:29:27 | More by hphilip456

CGAR

Florida

3/5  rDev -18.7%

06-05-2013 02:18:39 | More by CGAR

InspectorBob

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev +1.6%

05-29-2013 17:39:55 | More by InspectorBob

chudson1992

Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev +1.6%

05-26-2013 21:54:17 | More by chudson1992

bcuz7

Florida

4/5  rDev +8.4%

05-19-2013 21:55:03 | More by bcuz7

schoon

Iowa

4/5  rDev +8.4%

05-19-2013 00:38:44 | More by schoon

zahara15

Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev +15.2%

05-07-2013 22:04:18 | More by zahara15

twizzbeatz

Florida

3/5  rDev -18.7%

05-07-2013 19:44:37 | More by twizzbeatz

thecheapies

Pennsylvania

3.78/5  rDev +2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Peach amber color with nice clarity. Lovely color. Inch of foamy topper. Great lacing.

Very resinous aroma. Dank pine, citrus (orange), and toffee sweetness. The malts get their share. Notes of caramel brittle, mild chocolate, and faint apple.

Drinks thinner on flavor, thicker with booziness, yet still bursting with oily dank hoppiness and the big bitterness levels that come with the territory. Somewhat less-sweet toffee and more mild chocolate comprise the malt offering. Lots of pine and citrus dominate. Grapefruit and bitter orange make up the fruitiness. Not too shabby.

Medium-bodied with a certain slickness. Surptisingly not that sticky. Also surprising is the mototing level of carbonation.

This works. It's not the greatest hop flavor that you get, but it's sturdy and looks damn fine in a snifter.

Serving type: on-tap

05-07-2013 14:53:43 | More by thecheapies

CorvetteMike

Rhode Island

4.11/5  rDev +11.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

From bottle to glass light amber color with nice head.
a: Light amber color, 1 finger width head
s: Malts, hops with a grapefruit smell
t: Sweet tasting IPA, some bitterness, slight aftertaste
m: Medium body, with a bitterness to it
o: Very good IPA, smoother than expected, some bitterness, but not overpowering
Purchased single bottle, but will buy a six pack next time.

Serving type: bottle

05-01-2013 00:38:23 | More by CorvetteMike

csmartin6

Illinois

3.25/5  rDev -11.9%

04-29-2013 00:25:54 | More by csmartin6

Kelp

New Hampshire

3.5/5  rDev -5.1%

04-27-2013 20:11:21 | More by Kelp

GFish

Virginia

3/5  rDev -18.7%

04-27-2013 13:20:03 | More by GFish

spycow

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -5.1%

04-26-2013 23:36:55 | More by spycow

cheefdaddy1

Mississippi

4/5  rDev +8.4%

04-25-2013 21:43:46 | More by cheefdaddy1

LSx

California

3.5/5  rDev -5.1%

04-24-2013 19:58:58 | More by LSx

hurdjg

Iowa

3.5/5  rDev -5.1%

04-21-2013 14:30:05 | More by hurdjg

FremontBar

Arizona

4.25/5  rDev +15.2%

04-21-2013 01:58:48 | More by FremontBar

johnh7

New York

4.75/5  rDev +28.7%

04-18-2013 23:32:02 | More by johnh7

Mersh

Connecticut

4.75/5  rDev +28.7%

04-13-2013 15:53:09 | More by Mersh