Camden, Maine, USA
All beers reviewed at the brewpub, August 13, 1996.
The pub has a very touristy feel and clientele. The food was good. All the beers suffered from a thin, insipid body, diacetyl (although the butter was under control in a couple of the beers and actually added a nice nuance to the beer), and a general lack of excitement.
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Broadly in the Dortmunder style with a rough finish. Crisp enough, probably a lager, but not interesting.
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| Windjammer |
Blonde Ale |
* * |
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I like a little beer with my butter now and then. This trainingwheel ale has a big diacetyl aroma, the diacetyl dominates the flavor profile, basically burying the Cascade hops and British malts that underlie the Grade A Unsalted.
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| Owl's Head Light |
Light Ale? |
* * |
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Yep, it's light all right.
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| Old Baggywrinkle |
ESB |
* * * |
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Cask conditioned on a handpump. Delicate and subtle beer, with nice malty notes and a Kentish hopping profile. A nice touch of diacetyl adds a pleasant nuance to this pint, but it doesn't overwhelm the beer unlike the Windjammer.
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| Old Golly Wobbler |
Brown Ale |
* * |
Who makes up these names?
This beer is thin. A light hoppy/malty/bitter aroma. Insipid, with similar notes in the flavor profile.
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| Black Irish Stout |
Irish Stout |
* * * 1/2 |
Poured under Nitrogen.
Medium roasty aroma, smooth flavor profile. The beer slides into a bitter roasty finish, with a touch of diacetyl evident in the background.
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| Hazlenut Porter |
Porter |
* * 1/2 |
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Thin bodied. Buttery/Nutty aroma. Flavor profile has more of a brown ale quality rather than a porter. There is evidence of hazelnut in the flavor.
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Thin bodied. Good alpha profile. Butter in background. As good as Red Hook's Ballard Bitter IPA.
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| Blueberry Wheat |
Blueberry Wheat |
* * |
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Thin bodied. Whatever. No evident blueberry flavor!
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| Sherman's Pale Ale |
Pale Ale |
* * * |
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Thin bodied. Dryhopped, nice hoppy profile. As much of an IPA as the IPA. One of the more interesting beers in the brewpub.
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