Peeper Ale - Maine Beer Company

noel2977

Pennsylvania

4.75/5  rDev +14.7%

10-12-2012 01:53:23 | More by noel2977

Ctruskey

New York

4/5  rDev -3.4%

06-17-2013 22:58:49 | More by Ctruskey

spw109

New York

4.25/5  rDev +2.7%

06-17-2013 07:33:59 | More by spw109

TobiasG

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev -15.5%

06-16-2013 23:43:06 | More by TobiasG

Orange

Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev +2.7%

06-16-2013 07:16:01 | More by Orange

AirborneBeer

California

4.75/5  rDev +14.7%

06-16-2013 01:48:59 | More by AirborneBeer

MrBuckHigh

Ohio

4.25/5  rDev +2.7%

06-15-2013 00:51:53 | More by MrBuckHigh

UCLABrewN84

California

3.81/5  rDev -8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Thanks to Chris for sharing this one at Ritual Brewing Company in Redlands, CA.

Bottled 4/9/13.

Pours a murky gold with a foamy off-white head that settles to a film on top of the beer. Foamy swaths of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of malt, citrus fruit, citrus zest, and floral aromas. Taste is much the same with citrus zest flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of hop bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty good beer with a nice bright citrus aroma and flavor.

Serving type: bottle

06-14-2013 04:39:20 | More by UCLABrewN84

bdaggett

Vermont

4.25/5  rDev +2.7%

06-13-2013 23:00:23 | More by bdaggett

doremite

Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev -9.4%

06-13-2013 21:03:15 | More by doremite

Lurkerson

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -3.4%

06-13-2013 18:57:19 | More by Lurkerson

harrymel

Washington

4/5  rDev -3.4%

06-13-2013 04:37:54 | More by harrymel

JMUbrewz

Virginia

4.25/5  rDev +2.7%

06-12-2013 17:33:51 | More by JMUbrewz

EricDu

New Hampshire

3/5  rDev -27.5%

06-12-2013 05:32:18 | More by EricDu

Thecherryman

Arizona

2.5/5  rDev -39.6%

06-12-2013 05:10:23 | More by Thecherryman

FUwolfpacker

South Carolina

4.5/5  rDev +8.7%

06-10-2013 23:26:30 | More by FUwolfpacker

CowsandBeer

Kansas

3.75/5  rDev -9.4%

06-10-2013 19:30:37 | More by CowsandBeer

nootch23

Massachusetts

4.5/5  rDev +8.7%

06-10-2013 15:03:09 | More by nootch23

BoilDinner

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev -15.5%

06-09-2013 05:43:06 | More by BoilDinner

flagmantho

Washington

4.03/5  rDev -2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

Poured from 500mL bottle into a stemmed goblet. Born on date is 5/7/13, so it's well within its 90 day best-by range.

Appearance: light golden hue with a moderate haze and a pretty strong effervescence. Head pours a thick layer of frothy white foam. I think it's quite attractive.

Smell: big and hoppy right up front with a fresh, grassy, fruity character. Almost tropical, but more reminiscent of a fresh spring aroma. I like it.

Taste: rich, sweet malt is in the mix, but it takes a serious backseat to the hops. This is hugely hoppy, with a big, citrusy, piney hop character. Bitterness is moderate for the style, although quite subdued when considering the hugely hoppy flavor. Quite good indeed, although it doesn't precisely blow me away -- it's just a very good hoppy brew.

Mouthfeel: medium body with a great, well-integrated carbonation. The resulting creaminess is big, mouth-filling and tenacious. Wonderful.

Overall: a super tasty and refreshing hop-bomb pale ale. This is a darn good beer.

Serving type: bottle

06-09-2013 00:44:19 | More by flagmantho

TheBrewo

Michigan

3.96/5  rDev -4.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

We crack the top and pour a brew of dingy apricot coloring. It holds a two finger head of creamy but varied white bubbles, showing nice retention. Lacing is sheety and patterned. A thick haze swirls in waves about the glass, but no chunky sediment is noted. Carbonation appears to be moderate. The aroma smells of sweet and nectary, floral, and bitterly grassy hops. The malts are pale and toasty, but also a bit dark, bordering on caramel at times. Filling the gaps are notes of vanilla creaminess, nectarine fruitiness, Hawaiian Punch, light plastics, sweeter browned apples, Bosc pears, and faint buttery diacetyls. With warmth comes honey, strawberries, resiny hop stem, and chalk. Our first impression is that the flavoring is much more bitter than the aroma would suggest, and the malts take on a surprising, but appropriately savory salt through the base. As we sip, the taste opens with lemony tannic bitterness, muddy pale grain, metallics, baker’s yeast, steel wool, soft caramel sweetness, seaweed saltiness, and the bitterness of grassy and herbal hop stem. Pushing to the peak is chemically bite, enhanced herbal hop bitterness, rust, lemon zest, mineral water, gravely grittiness of yeast, plastics, and lactic creaminess. The end washes through with heavy creamer, citric tangerine flesh, dried apricot, lemongrass, ruddy pale malts, straw dryness, earthy bitterness, powdered chalkiness, dirty grassy and perfumed floral hop, and savory melted caramel saltiness. The aftertaste breathes of chalky earthiness, moss and tree bark, yeast, lactics, dusty gravel, spicy booze airs, bittered herbal hops, vinyl plastics, and sea salt. The body is medium, and the carbonation is medium. Each sip gives nice slurp, smack, cream, and froth, with pleasant finishing pop. The mouth is left foamed and cooled, giving way to a chalky astringent dryness all across the palate. The abv is nearly sessionable, and the beer drinks as such.

Overall, what we enjoyed most about this brew was its down-to-earth and “serious” flavoring. We all get so used to the flavor bombs like Zombie Dust and come to expect everything else to stylistically match that type of take. Here we are taken in a bit of a different direction. Things are kept close to home and earthy, with the malts bold and dark enough to hold against the bittering bite and grit of the hops through both the aroma and the taste. Fruit and yeast help to smooth things out around the edges, making for a highly drinkable, highly approachable, American pale.

Serving type: bottle

06-08-2013 23:53:31 | More by TheBrewo

erialbill

New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +2.7%

06-08-2013 20:32:56 | More by erialbill

Treebs

Illinois

3.86/5  rDev -6.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.75

500 ml bottle served in a Deschutes snifter. Bottled 4/16/13 and enjoyed on 6/3/13.

A: Pours a hazy golden color with a white head forming on the pour. Great retention on the head as it slowly dissipates to a thick cap and ring. Sticky lace is left down the glass.

S: Bright and fruity initially with a nice citrus zest backing. Floral hops with a some sweet cracker malts and a little orange.

T: Very bright flavors. Lots of floral notes with a lot bright fruit as well. Mild citrus with an accompanying sweet cracker malt base to it.

M: Light bodied with a medium high carbonation. Great drinkability.

O: Not overly complex by any means, but incredibly drinkable. Nice bright hops flavors with just enough malt sweetness to balance it out.

Serving type: bottle

06-08-2013 13:39:46 | More by Treebs

Kevincredible

Massachusetts

3/5  rDev -27.5%

06-08-2013 01:01:14 | More by Kevincredible

patrick802

Vermont

4.5/5  rDev +8.7%

06-07-2013 23:39:42 | More by patrick802