This is the second beer review of a Blue Point Brewing beer on this blog, the other review was for their Toasted Lager. This beer looks unfiltered with little 'floaties' moving about in the glass. It sports a slightly hazy orangey/brown color with moderate carbonation and no head. There is a slight orange fruit + citrusy smell, very minimal hop smell. It has a light crispy taste; despite its name it is not super hoppy. It is very light and summery tasting. This is one great summer beer. It is very refreshing and thirst quenching. The fruit taste is not overwhelming but somewhat subtle. The carbonation keeps the little 'floaties' moving around in the pint glass. This beer does not have tons of 'oomph', but that is probably preferred in a light summer beer anyway. It is just oh-so-slightly too fruity for its own good however.
Like the other beer I have reviewed from this brewery, this one does not disappoint. With slightly less fruit it would get a 3 1/2 rating.
Overall beer rating 3 beer bottles out of 4.
5 comments:
now that we are in the midst of oktoberfest, you should check out some of the midwest's offerings in the category - if you can find them, let me know what you think of Leinenkugel's Octoberfest, Goose Island Harvest Ale, Summit Oktoberfest, and (admittedly not midwest) Blue Moon Pumpkin Ale. I've tried all of these in the last week with the Summit probably taking the prize. Knowing your hoppy beer taste, I think you'd be a big fan of the Goose Island offering. Of course, none of them can compete with Spaten!
I'll keep an eye out for those. I tried Paulen Oktoberfest last week and it's really good. Haufbrau House Oktoberfest was also decent, but a little light. I agree, I think Spaten Oktoberfest sets the standard!
I'm glad we can both share a love of great beer! I have noticed that many vegans are no strangers to alcohol! If you ever get a chance to visit Philadelphia, there is an amazing beer distributor on 10th and Pine Streets. It's called the Foodery. They must have hundreds of varieties of micro-brew beers and the best part is that they give you an empty six-pack holder to mix and match your own six-pack. How awesome is that?! My favorite I have run across is called Kelpie, Seaweed Ale. Yum.
Although this is a big generalization, I feel like on average, vegetarians and vegans have better palettes than their carnivore counterparts, and appreciate different flavors and what goes into their food more. I feel like this translates over to beer as well, so I guess it's no surprise for vegheads to love great beer also!
Ed,
I love beer stores where you can do that! There's a beer store by me in Somerville, MA where they have tons of single bottles to buy. Unfortunately it's usually only hard to find (and expensive) bottles that you can get in singles; they don't let you buy singles that they sell in 6-packs or cases. Still pretty cool.
Hoptical quickly became my favorite beer ever... & not just because I live down the block from the brewery (but it certianly helped my decision)
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