Narragansett Fest - Narragansett Brewing Co.

IPAkindaguy

Massachusetts

3.28/5  rDev -10.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5

Golden Caramel color but slightly burnt when poured out from the tall can.

Smell is nothing special doesnt really bring home that "autumn" smell I was came looking for when i picked this up.

For whatever reason, I am finding this beer extremly drinkable with the taste. The smell wasnt there but the taste brings to me that caramel, autumn taste that I want to have in this beer.

Mouthfeel is nothing special.

As I pointed to early, I like drinking this beer and it almost just reminds me of a regular tall can. Enjoyable beer, but not up there in the top "fest" beers(nor I was expecting it to be while buying it)

Serving type: can

09-15-2010 00:31:59 | More by IPAkindaguy

captainjferjado

Connecticut

3.75/5  rDev +2.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

A: Great color and pour yielding an intimidating head. Matches well with Gambrinus on the can-art.
S: I'm blaming allergies for my nose's inability to pick out anything more than some sweet malts.
T: Warm malts. Hints of roastedness. A sweet finish which lingers shortly.
M: A mild carbonation is appropriate and helps give this sweet beer some balance.
D: Easy and sweet. I'll enjoy this beer this autumn.

Serving type: can

09-11-2010 22:33:28 | More by captainjferjado

dirkchivers

Rhode Island

2.95/5  rDev -19.6%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Very excited about this new offering from Narragansett. Hopefully by expanding the line they can get around to opening at least a specialties brewery in RI soon, or at least update their site with the progress of that project.

A - Nice clear amber appearance. Huge head that dies away slowlish.
S - It smells exactly like East Kent Goldings on the boil. There's a light presence of malt aroma, but not significant. This primarily smells like fresh wort, not a finished beer.
T - The flavor profile is a bit haphazard; the flavours don't quite seem to have achieved cohesion at this point. It reminds me of homebrew a lot, i would let this sit in secondary longer to mellow. The hops taste very green and grassy but attribute a noticeable bitterness that doesn't compliment the malts. There's a could balance in the malt characteristics and it has sufficient residual sugars, but there's still a dry quality going on.
M - medium bodied, as it should be, but it doesn't dry up on the end and leaves the tongue feeling a bit slick.
D - I'm actually finding this very drinkable as it tastes like homebrew - a bit wacky, but not scary, thus enjoyable.

As a homebrewer i can appreciate an unbalanced beer for its uniqueness, but for a marketed product the flavor profile should be more cohesive.

Serving type: can

09-09-2010 20:20:08 | More by dirkchivers

Jwale73

Rhode Island

3.68/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

16oz. can served in a tumbler. Pours a translucent copper with a loose, one inch, cream-colored head pockmarked with ringlets and tiny craters. Head slowly recedes into a fairly consistent slick of foam, leaving delicate strands and slashes of lacing, but exhibiting weak adhesion. Nose reveals a light malt profile (perhaps some caramel), a mild aromatic hops quality and a trace of grain and citric acid. Taste follows nose - some sweetness expressed at the start, with a light citrus character close behind and a dry, somewhat cleansing, light hop character at the finish. Mouthfeel is light-bodied, but an assertive carbonation gives it a crispness and a little more texture to the mouthfeel. A very drinkable Märzen. Not your typical malty, sweet example of the style, but solid and quite drinkable. A fairly accessible offering for those new to this style of beer.

Serving type: can

09-05-2010 16:59:13 | More by Jwale73