Shipyard Applehead - Shipyard Brewing Co.

dasenebler

Maine

1.7/5  rDev -46.2%
look: 3 | smell: 1 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1

12oz, best by July 2012.

Clear gold with a thin bubbly head.

Aroma is cloyingly spicy, with notes of cinnamon and allspice. Slightly cider-like, but in the end it just smells like a scented candle. After a while, it almost gives me a headache.

Flavor is thin and light. Effervescent and grainy, with subtle notes of apple. Not too sweet or spicy like the aroma, but there's definitely hints of cake spices in there.

Overall this is as bad as Pumpkinhead. What an abomination. Still, Shipyard will probably make a killing off this beer.

Serving type: bottle

03-01-2012 22:23:38 | More by dasenebler

jonathaniler

Florida

5/5  rDev +58.2%

05-16-2013 02:43:03 | More by jonathaniler

TwoForty

Florida

5/5  rDev +58.2%

05-16-2013 01:17:52 | More by TwoForty

aLenwell

Florida

3/5  rDev -5.1%

05-14-2013 00:40:10 | More by aLenwell

sharpski

Oregon

2.75/5  rDev -13%

05-11-2013 20:27:57 | More by sharpski

ajtorres311

Florida

3/5  rDev -5.1%

05-10-2013 16:37:24 | More by ajtorres311

blknikon

Massachusetts

2/5  rDev -36.7%

05-07-2013 23:40:37 | More by blknikon

WreckingBrew

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev +26.6%

05-05-2013 22:09:53 | More by WreckingBrew

WesWes

New York

3.51/5  rDev +11.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5

The beer pours a golden color with a 1/2" fizzy white head that quickly fades to lacing. The aroma is good. It has a sweet, apple pie aroma that boasts of pale malts and a good deal of apple character. The taste is average. It has a light, pale and wheat malt flavor along with a somewhat artificial apple pie taste. The mouthfeel is fine. It is a medium bodied beer with adequate/good carbonation. This is an interesting beer that's worthy as a rotating seasonal.

Serving type: bottle

05-04-2013 01:35:02 | More by WesWes

cliff1066

Virginia

3.25/5  rDev +2.8%

04-29-2013 05:18:12 | More by cliff1066

Kelp

New Hampshire

3/5  rDev -5.1%

04-27-2013 20:02:43 | More by Kelp

bigbeerfan

Illinois

2.5/5  rDev -20.9%

04-26-2013 03:40:45 | More by bigbeerfan

SPThirtyThree

Colorado

3.1/5  rDev -1.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25

An apple-cinnamon wheat? Not sure what to expect. Here goes...

A: Pours a crystal-clear, light orange with a half-finger of white head.

S: Cinnamon up front, with apple and wheat backing. Smells like a cinnamon apfelwine, with a subtle toasted malt. Loads of plum and raisin, but overall too much spice.

T: Dry, crisp, and it tastes like apple jacks cereal. Slightly sweet. Finishes with a hint of flowery hops.

M: Dry, crisp, with a medium body.

Overall, this beer's just okay. If you love wheat beers and spiced beers, this is right up your alley. The spice smell is a little unbalanced, and the flavor is mostly wheat, with just a hint of fruit.

Personally, I like apple-cinn things to be sweet, and just as Applejacks (cereal) isn't quite sweet enough to satisfy, I get the same overall feel from Applehead. Not that I would want this beer to be overly sweet, but the flavor is just underwhelming.

Serving type: bottle

04-26-2013 01:30:29 | More by SPThirtyThree

cnwillis31

Maine

2.5/5  rDev -20.9%

04-23-2013 21:21:13 | More by cnwillis31

kp29

Arizona

3.75/5  rDev +18.7%

04-16-2013 01:04:23 | More by kp29

tehzachatak

Massachusetts

1.25/5  rDev -60.4%

04-12-2013 16:59:01 | More by tehzachatak

SSSBR1509

Florida

3.66/5  rDev +15.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Serving type: Samuel Adams perfect pint glass

Smell: Lots of apple and spice notes with a slight breadyness almost like a pie crust

Mouthfeel: Thin but not too thin very high carbonation making it really refreshing

Taste: There’s no bitterness in this beer, on the forefront of the pallet is the apple and spice notes followed by a almost apple pie crust taste( created by the wormwood yeast that ship yard uses)

Overall: a very refreshing session-able beer. it would pare great with bratwurst defiantly one of my favorite shipyard beers

Serving type: bottle

04-11-2013 23:44:03 | More by SSSBR1509

Arsenal0328

Indiana

2.75/5  rDev -13%

04-11-2013 01:31:14 | More by Arsenal0328

JMurphy41

Illinois

3.25/5  rDev +2.8%

04-10-2013 05:28:20 | More by JMurphy41

cw13

New Jersey

3/5  rDev -5.1%

04-07-2013 14:19:43 | More by cw13

troynos

New Hampshire

3.75/5  rDev +18.7%

04-04-2013 16:42:48 | More by troynos

jleighhh

Massachusetts

3/5  rDev -5.1%

04-03-2013 03:48:43 | More by jleighhh

bluerabbit

Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev +18.7%

04-01-2013 21:39:33 | More by bluerabbit

acurtis

New Jersey

2.75/5  rDev -13%

03-31-2013 00:27:24 | More by acurtis

djrn2

New Jersey

2.75/5  rDev -13%

03-31-2013 00:26:02 | More by djrn2