Belfast Bay Lobster Ale

Brewed by Shipyard Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Portland, Maine USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Name: Lobster Ale
Brewery: Belfast Bay Brewing Co
Date: March 04, 2011
Mode: Bottle
Source: Trader Joe’s
Appearance: clear dark amber, frothy beige head, streaks of lace
Aroma: dry bready aroma, earthy hops, hint of sweetness
Flavor: rich malt flavor, big bready character, lots of earthy hops, touch of sweetness, well balanced bitterness
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+ /4

Light bronze-amber. Husky, slightly breadcrusty aroma leans towards earthiness. Malty flavour with some light earthy hopping (seemed fuggley to me but I didn’t verify that). Sweetish, earthy, field-like finish.

(draft) Clear copper body with beige head. Aroma is medium sweet, earthy, some sourness, light bread. Taste is medium sweet, earthy/sour, some caramel. Watery light-medium body, faint stickiness.

Bottle, 12oz. A finger-thick off-white to light beige head forms over a clear, dark amber body. The aroma is malty and with some fruityness. Some roasted notes, and quite fruity. Butterscotchy notes. It’s smooth on the palate, a bit heavily carbonated maybe. Roasted malts, some butterscotchy caramel and fruityness in the flavor. Bitterness too, but not enough I think. Anyway, it’s a decent beer, drinkable and sort of refreshing. 120224

12oz bottle-pours a thin retaining light tan head and dark amber color. Aroma is a bit weird/odd, maybe some chocolate-medium malt, funky/musty. Taste is nicer than the aroma. Medium malt-sweet caramel/some chocolate, secondary hops-slight bite. OK/mild carbonation.

Bottle. [thanks, asheft]
Pours golden-brown with a nice, frothy, yellowish head. Aroma is lightlt sweet, some caramel and light hoppiness. Fine, lightish mouthfeel. Flavour has small notes of cardboard, good dry Cascade hoppiness and some caramel in the background. Okay.

Bottle from Half Time. Pours ruddy dark amber with a creamy/fizzy beige head. Aroma is mostly sweet roast caramel. Med body. Thinning as carb leaves. Not getting much of anything except roasted malt. Granted there’s something else here cause it’s not all that sweet - but whatever hop it is, is more earthy than fruity. Bitter enough to be drinkable.

Bottle… Clear amber ale with a small, creamy, white head. Decent retention. Toffee, caramel and honey nose with lesser notes of unidentified fruit. Barely medium-bodied with fizzy carbonation. Leans on the bitter side of balance while providing restrained flavors of toffee and fruit. A touch bland. Short, crisp finish.

12oz bottle. Poured a deeper amber color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of caramel, citrus and some grains. Tastes of caramel, citrus, grainy, and toasted malts. Thinner body.

A reddish amber ale with a thin white head. A doughy oxidized aroma, In mouth, run of the mill amber ale, rather light, doughy, a bit buttery. Baaah...On tap at MMM Bello’s, Newark, Dec. 27 2008.