Mayflower IPA - Mayflower Brewing Company

northyorksammy

Ontario (Canada)

3.88/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

Tasty and not overpowering IPA. Floral hops, dark golden coloured body with ample off-white head. The IBU is right there and the Pacific Nothwest provides a break from the usual C-hops. The palate is shaken and stirred, and not shredded. Good drinkability. Thanks Dr.Jay.

Serving type: bottle

05-23-2011 00:42:19 | More by northyorksammy

mikesgroove

South Carolina

4/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

The last of the IPA's for the night, I had heard good things about this one so I had a bit of a high hope going into it. Served cold and poured into a pint glass, this one was consumed on 01/18/2010.
 
The pour was very nice, dark amber color with a light haze that quickly faded off but left behind a fairly clear and well carbonated body that took on some light hints of orange as the light hit it. Big white head at first, but this faded leaving only about a half and inch of foam on top that dripped down the sides of the glass, just the way you would want it to. Rich piney aroma is coming through the air at me from the very start. Not sharp or biting, but rather creeping at me and getting stronger as the session wore on. First sip lightly puckers the lips and brings a nice dry hop flavor to it, before mellowing mid palate and bringing to the front a nice sweet, almost buttery note that coats the tongue and offers a pleasing amount of depth. Quickly leaving it has a nice dry finish that begs you to take another sip and gives you little choice but to comply.
 
Overall a very nice IPA. Nothing terribly abnormal about it. Really a good use of balance and a very session able profile.

Serving type: bottle

01-20-2010 16:36:36 | More by mikesgroove

brentk56

North Carolina

3.7/5  rDev -5.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Appearance: Pours a crystal clear amber color with a creamy two-finger head that retains well and leaves a few wands of lace on the sides of the pint glass

Smell: Pithy and piney with undertones of biscuity malt

Taste: Grapefruit pith on the opening, with minty/piney elements creeping in, along with the biscuity malt, by mid-palate; after the swallow, the flavors balance out, though this is still a bitter, hoppy beer; somewhat soapy in the aftertaste

Mouthfeel: Medium body with moderate carbonation

Drinkability: Other than the odd aftertaste, this is a very nice IPA; not a West Coaster, but one of those northeastern IPAs that has a nod to the English while still providing all the hops necessary to please the American palate

Thanks, Bounty628, for the opportunity

Serving type: bottle

01-25-2010 00:39:12 | More by brentk56

TMoney2591

Illinois

3.9/5  rDev -0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Served in a Half Acre shaker pint glass.

Thanks to VDubb86 for sharing this bottle!

I think this beer was ill-colored by the Music Man clips being played... Damn you, Mike! It pours a clear golden amber topped by a finger of off-white foam. The nose comprises a good amount of caramel, lime, and pine. The taste brings more dry pine and grapefruit than caramel, flipping the tables on things ever so slightly. The body is light, with a light moderate carbonation and a dry, sticky finish. Overall, a nice IPA, something the pilgrims probably wouldn't have enjoyed all that much (but we modern folk would drink heartily!).

Serving type: bottle

12-19-2010 22:42:30 | More by TMoney2591

WesWes

New York

4.1/5  rDev +4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

The beer pours a nice golden color with a 1/2" white head that fades to lacing. The aroma is good. It has a standard IPA malt bill; pale malts, some light crystal, some bisquit. The hops are floral and quite refreshing. These guys produce beers that are true to style and flawless. The taste is good as well. Again, it has a smooth pale malt flavor with some light crystal malts for balance. The hops provide a good amount of bitterness, but nothing over the top. This is a well brewed IPA. The mouthfeel is fine. It is a medium/full bodied beer with adequate carbonation. This is a very good IPA. It's true to style and very enjoyable.

Serving type: bottle

09-07-2010 02:36:46 | More by WesWes

TheManiacalOne

Rhode Island

4.45/5  rDev +13.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Poured from a 12oz. bottle into a US tumbler pint glass.

A: The beer is a deep golden brown color, with a large off-white head that fades slowly and leaves a thick lace on the glass.

S: The aroma is a nice blend of floral hops, caramelized malts and fruity citrus.

T: The taste is very well-balanced with strong flavors of sweet caramel & citrus and a floral hops bitterness combined with a hearty malt character that all complement each other quite nicely. The after-taste is slightly hoppy and slightly sweet.

M: Crisp and smooth, medium body, medium carbonation, finish is clean.

D: Very tasty, goes down very easily, not too filling, good kick, nice representation of style, this is a very good IPA that is worth pound down for an entire evening.

Serving type: bottle

08-13-2009 16:28:09 | More by TheManiacalOne

russpowell

Oklahoma

4.6/5  rDev +17%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

Got this courtesy of HopStoopid120 review based on notes

Pours an effervescent copper with 3 fingers of fluffy cream head. Great head retention & lacing

S: Floral, leafy, piney & minty hops

T: Floral & spicy with leafy hops as well, plus biscuitty malt up front. Malt & minty hops dance together as this warms. Finishes with floral & herbal hops & a touch dry, almost a 5.0

MF: Medium bodied with lively carbonation & great balance

Easy to drink, a well done AIPA. I doubt the Pilgrims drank this good, they were are a dour lot, this would've cheered them up!

Serving type: bottle

09-09-2009 01:20:19 | More by russpowell

akorsak

Pennsylvania

3.53/5  rDev -10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Thanks to tai4ji2x for this 12 oz bottle.

A: The ale is a still amber color, clear of carbonation or stray bubbles. A reddish, burnt orange tint is evident. A finger and a half of head is lacing nicely around the upper portion of the glass.

S: Some piney hops are evident, but they struggle to make themselves known.

T: The ale seems a little long in the tooth. Vibrant hops have been tamed, replaced by a mildly bitter melange that is reminiscent of a barleywine. As the ale warms, more of the hoppiness emerges, coating the palate with an oily element.

M: The mouthfeel has it moments, showing off a nice hop profile. Overall the taste really doesn't do much for me.

D: A middle-of-the-road IPA.

Serving type: bottle

03-14-2009 02:24:22 | More by akorsak

smcolw

Massachusetts

3.85/5  rDev -2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Impressive head from the cask pull. Very stable. Appropriately cloudy with a dark orange amber color.

Fresh floral hop aroma with lots of grapefruit rind. Slightly sweet, almost like candied ginger.

Served at 50 - 55 degrees. Mildly sweet with a solid pale malt flavor. Good hop bite finish with a long aftertaste, but this moderate compared to most IPAs. Full bodied and lowly carbonated. Very easy to drink--a good introduction to the style for novices.

Serving type: cask

07-14-2012 21:39:21 | More by smcolw

Wasatch

Utah

3.85/5  rDev -2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Thanks goes out to tai4ji2x for this brew.

Pours a very nice hazy dark orange color, nice carbonation, nice one-finger creamy off-white head, with lots of nice sticky lacingin left behind. The nose is malty, with some nice hop notes, citrus, and some slight pines. The taste is hoppy, with a nice malt balance, citrus. Medium body. Drinkable, this is a pretty tasty IPA.

Serving type: bottle

04-07-2009 22:19:45 | More by Wasatch

jdhilt

New Hampshire

3.05/5  rDev -22.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Pours a three finger cream head that fades slowly leaving a good lace. Light carbonation and medium bodied. Crystal clear amber color. Nose is piney hops. Flavor is mostly hops but some sweet malts try to balance. Fruity, hoppy finish with a lingering bitter aftertaste. $2.15 for a 12oz bottle from Colonial Spirits, Acton, MA.

Serving type: bottle

04-22-2010 22:21:30 | More by jdhilt

Billolick

New York

3.9/5  rDev -0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

12 ounce bottle, w/o freshness/bottling information. Pours dull golden amber, with an orange hue, the head is longlasting, tiny bubble and long lasting, leaving rich sheeting and plentiful lace on the glass. Bold and pleasing hoppy nose. Allowed to warm up quite a bit this Mayflower offering is smooth on the tongue and quite enjoyable. Quite malty, with glimmers of maple and whole wheat goodness, then quite smoothly hoppy with oily and herbal notes. Put it together and the result is a balanced IPA, that went quite nicely with a burger and salad. Nice moderatly hopped sessioner.

Serving type: bottle

08-31-2009 00:44:11 | More by Billolick

mdfb79

New York

3.8/5  rDev -3.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Poured from a 12 oz. bottle into a pint glass.

a - A slightly dark amber color that is still somewhat see through. Poured about an inch of foam that did not last long and is very carbonated.

s - Smells mainly fruity but can also smell some citrus and the hops.

t - Has a nice sweet taste at first, and than you get hit with the hops and some bitterness. The hops and bitterness are not that strong though.

m - Very carbonated with a medium body. Has a decent feel.

d - Overall this was a decent IPA. The hops and bitterness were not as much as I would have liked, but it is a very drinkable beer that I would try again.

Serving type: bottle

01-22-2010 22:56:45 | More by mdfb79

ppoitras

Massachusetts

4.47/5  rDev +13.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

Screw-top growler filled at the brewery.

Poured into an imperial pint glass, formed a 3/4" light beige head over the clear golden amber brew. Head recedes at a moderate pace down to layer of froth, with slow-falling lace. Aroma is sweet with a balancing amount lightly citrusy hops. Taste follows the nose, sweet pale malts balancing the lemony hops character. Mouthfeel is very smooth, with excellent drinkability. I like this one however I can get it.

Serving type: growler

06-23-2009 21:07:58 | More by ppoitras

weeare138

Pennsylvania

3.03/5  rDev -22.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Appears a transparent orange with a mild white cap that leaves scattered streaks of lacing everywhere.
Smell is of citrusy hops, with some pine, and herbs...but there is something in the background there...hand soap?
Taste is of the herbal, citrusy, malted sugar notes, and weak soap flavors.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied, herbal, and citrus.

Serving type: bottle

06-10-2009 00:55:23 | More by weeare138

Viggo

Ontario (Canada)

4.15/5  rDev +5.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Cask at Redbones, w/ Willamette.

Pours a hazy dark orange, very thick slightly off white head forms, good lace chunks stick all over, settles down to a pretty solid layer, looks good.

Smell is nice, tons of floral and citrus, tangerine, some caramel, very malty middle, biscut and bread, quite pungent, almost a bit of dirty sock, bright and fruity, pretty nice.

Taste is similar, good floral notes, very malty, caramel, biscuit, grapefruit, a bit sugary near the finish, but has a real nice orange peel/grapefruit bitterness, very nicely balanced.

Mouthfeel is medium bodied with low carbonation, feels a bit acidic and bitter in the finish, but I dig it. Good way to start off Boston!

Serving type: cask

10-19-2009 15:58:46 | More by Viggo

DrJay

Massachusetts

3.95/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Clear burnt orange with an off-white cap and lots of sticky lace. Citrusy aroma, tangerine and orange zest, a bit powdery, fruity, with toasty malt in the background. Solid bitterness that lingered, sugary sweetness up front. Fruity hops throughout, pleasant citrus flavour. Slight alcohol in the finish. Medium bodied, average carbonation, off-dry. I liked this one. The hops gave it a lot of character, but were restrained enough to keep it from feeling out of balance for an IPA.

Serving type: bottle

05-13-2010 01:30:32 | More by DrJay

plaid75

New York

4/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

On draft at Pour Judgment, Newport, RI.

Poured a medium copper hue with a one finger foamy white head. There was good retention and lacing.

The smell featured a balmy piney hop with a significant sweet malt.

The taste consisted of an upfront full piney hop with some background grapefruit. Soft sweet malts in support.

The mouthfeel was toward the fuller side of the style.

Overall a tasty hop forward local treat.

Serving type: on-tap

06-19-2011 18:17:09 | More by plaid75

HopHead84

California

3.38/5  rDev -14%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

Thanks to tprokop7 for this extra. Pours a dark orange with a frothy, beige, one inch head. The head recedes in two minutes and leaves nice lacing on the side of my pint glass.

The aroma is pretty average. The beer isn't cold enough to mute the hope aroma, so I must say the aroma is lacking. I find myself searching for hops, and finding little citrus, no pine, and just a bit of floral character. I smell mostly caramel, bready malt. The flavor does little to redeem the beer. There's a low-medium level of bitterness, but no hop profile. I just taste a touch of citrus and bready malt with a bitter finish.

Medium bodied with good carbonation. There's no bottling date on the bottle so I have no inclination as to the freshness of this IPA. There are just too many outstanding IPAs out there, and this one falls short.

Serving type: bottle

03-20-2009 04:09:12 | More by HopHead84

Brad007

Vermont

4.38/5  rDev +11.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Pours an amber-copper color with a one-finger head into my pint glass.

Aroma is full of floral hops in the nose with a bit of biscuit malt underneath.

Taste is strong with a pronounced hop bitterness upfront that is floral and piney but still smooth. Malt shows through but otherwise, the hops

Mouthfeel is full of lingering hops, which I really like. This is a nice IPA so far.

A very competent effort at an IPA. I'd love to try it on draft as well. It's what I look for in an IPA.

Serving type: bottle

03-30-2009 20:50:48 | More by Brad007

gford217

Georgia

3.53/5  rDev -10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

12oz bottle courtesy of axeman9182 poured into a tulip.

Pretty close to a crystal clear amber pour with a big off-white head that recedes to a soapy swirl and solid collar with nice delicate lacing on the sides.

The aroma is fairly hoppy with a light spicy herbal hop character with a predominantly grassy aroma with hints of citrus. There is plenty of toasted pale malts that almost shows out as much as the hops in the aroma.

The taste is even tamer in the hop department with lemongrass and herbal spiciness giving way to a hefty sweet malt backbone which definitely seems to dominate the hops in the taste. Only in the finish do the hops come out but with a metallic bitterness with little actual hop flavor.

The mouthfeel is medium bodied with moderate carbonation and sweeter than most IPAs on the palate.

This is a decent example of a balanced IPA and I really think it falls much closer to an English IPA than an American IPA as the hop profile is actually secondary to the malts.

Serving type: bottle

04-22-2010 02:50:54 | More by gford217

tpd975

Florida

4/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A: Pours a nice vibrant orange hue with a tall off white foamy head. Very very good retention and lots of lace. Pretty pour.

S: Lots of nice sweet malts. Caramel and toffee lead the way. Notes of resinous pine, and mild citric notes as well.

T: Solid nice balance here. Floral up front with all the sweet candy malts coming out. Floral mostly but there is some pine and a bit of citrus. Tasty and balanced.

M: Medium in body, smooth, nice carbonation nice balance between hops and malts.

D; Very good, I like this one, solid.... very drinkable.

Serving type: bottle

05-06-2010 17:55:07 | More by tpd975

hopdog

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -23.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

12oz bottle (thanks Josh for sharing a new IPA for me!).

Poured a medium amber color with a smaller sized off white head. Aromsa of eartiness, floral with some citrus. Tastes of the same earthiness with again light citrus in there too.

Notes from and tasted on: 4/3/09

Serving type: bottle

04-03-2009 15:36:29 | More by hopdog

woosterbill

Connecticut

2.17/5  rDev -44.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

12 oz bottle into a Duvel tulip.

A: An initial pour down the far side of the upright tulip explodes with carbonation; the next 10 ounces go in with great trepidation and multiple top-offs, resulting in a towering off-white head with creamy foam sticking nearly an inch above the rim of the already-oversized glass. Now that's a ton of head. The body is a fairly dark reddish-amber, with some spiraling tendrils of sediment and a solid column of vigorous carbonation rising from the etched bottom. The massive head sticks around for quite a while, receding in chunks and leaving lots of lace. It's beautiful, but I'm afraid that the over-the-top effervescence could forebode infection. Still, that fear shouldn't take away credit from a gorgeous beer.

S: Yeah, there's the lactic bacteria. Damn. There's some residual herbal hop aroma, but this is dominated by bacterial tartness. It really doesn't smell all that terrible, but it's not at all what I hoped for from this IPA.

T: Mix of some caramel malt sweetness, generic hops bitterness, and plenty of lactic sourness. Again, not undrinkable, but far from pleasant. At least the aftertaste is more hoppy than sour.

M: Hard to discern much about the body when it disperses instantly into pure foam. Lively and fun, but not ideal.

D: What drinkability? I'm tempted to drainpour this just to move on to something more palatable, but I think I'll stick it out - I've had infected beers that were far worse.

Notes: I have to admit that I've been holding on to this one for a few months now, but that would excuse dull hops moreso than clear infection. I'll have to get my hands on another one and drink it fresh. If it's better, I'll re-review.

Cheers!

Serving type: bottle

03-03-2010 11:52:25 | More by woosterbill

ffejherb

Pennsylvania

4.1/5  rDev +4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

I had the chance to re-review this on 3/18/09 via a fresher growler, courtesy of Deuane.

A - Poured a clear amber/orange body with plenty of active carbonation and one-finger cap of beige foam that receded into a quarter inch of retention and deposited nice lacing around the glass.

S - Moderate hop presence with citrus and spicy notes as well as a mild dankness. Malt is sweet and caramely.

T - Spicy, citrusy hop character (Amarillo perhaps?) with a bready, caramely and grainy malt backbone that balances the hoppiness through to the finish.

M - Medium bodied with a smooth somewhat oily texture and soft carbonation. Moderate bitterness on the palate with a touch of spiciness.

D - Solid IPA from Mayflower. Glad I was able to revisit this one, as the freshness of the growler really improved my overall enjoyment of this brew.

+++

***Old review***
Growler pour into 12oz. glass on 10/20/08. Thanks to FooFaa for the hook up!

A - Clear, lightly carbonated amber/orange body with a very thin, bubbly white head that diminished into a wispy veil and left minimal lacing. - 3.5

S - Sweet caramel malt and citrus rind comprise the aroma of this IPA. Hints of pine are also present. - 3.5

T - Flavor blends grassy and citrus hops with a sweet caramel malt backbone. Some mild pine notes also make an appearance. A mild grainy and bready character emerges in the finish. - 4

M - Thin, watery texture with very light carbonation and a bit of oily hop residue. Finish is only mildly bitter with a pretty short duration. - 3

D - This is a nicely balanced IPA. I wish I could have jumped on this growler a couple hours earlier, as I feel I missed out on some of its body and mouthfeel. But this has a pleasant hop profile and is quite sessionable overall for an IPA. - 4

Serving type: growler

03-19-2009 21:26:58 | More by ffejherb