3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
On cask. Very thin with bitter hops. Light citrus taste. Big creamy head; hazy golden. Very light malt and not much substance. Big Time has better.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at the brewpub. Pours hazy gold with a big white head. Has a clean lavender aroma. Creamy palate. Has a great malt sweetness. there’s also some lemons here. Smooth and mellow bitterness that lingers on the tongue long after the last swallow. Delicious.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Name: The Maine Thing
Date: September 12, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: hazy gold, fine off white head, drippy lace
Aroma: light malt aroma
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, touch of floral and earthy hops
Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 8/20
Rating: 2.2/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *+ /4
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tap at Brouwer’s. I’ll try something of Bill’s whenever I get a chance. Pours gold, with a smallish, slightly soapy white head. Some really aromatic floral / herbal hops counter the traditional caramel malts in the aroma. The flavor isn’t quite as intriguing - the malt presence is really, really light, and this ends up lacking a bit of flavor. I’m sure this is a good example of the style, but the east coast has nothing on Northwest pales. It’s tasty, but I’ll take a pint of Meerkat any day of the week.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Clear dark amber with a white head. Nice tea leaf, floral hop aromas. Smooth medium body. Good floral hop flavors with a sweet caramel malty base. Nicely bitter finish. Draft@ Brouwers Cafe.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Clearish orange slightly honeyed hop aroma with a slightly bitter flavor. Decent bitter balanced.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Taster - Big Time Brewery - Seattle, WA
Aroma – Once again Strong with hops, with a light pale malt background.
Appearance – Golden Yellow color, clear with a thin head.
Flavor – Lots of earthy hops in the flavor. Has a nice malt flavor also. The hops are strong.
Palate – Nice sharp Mouthfeel, good texture with a nice dry hop finish.
Overall – This was a nice east coast pale ale with a strong snap of hops in the flavor and nose. This is a IPA persons bar. They will love there IPA’s 4 today.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cloudy banana-bronze and slight head. Surprisingly nice aroma, well-rounded passion-fruity bubblegummy simcoe notes immediately detectable. Rather harsh raw hoop flavor and parching finish.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Both draft and cask-conditioned at the brewery.
This collaboration between Bill Jenkins (Big Time) and Kevin Watson (Stone Coast; formerly Far West) pours a nice hazy gold with the expected white head. Nice balanced hop aroma, mild grapefruit, some hints of wheat. Biscuity malts and again that wheat flavor under a lovely hop profile composed of grapefruit and honeydew melon. It’s nice on tap, but divine on cask; the latter has a lovely creamy smoothness that brings out the solf, almost sweet hop juices beautifully. It’s like a hop-flower gelato (Hey, here’s a thought: Why doesn’t someone make such a thing? There’s gotta be a market!).
Superb beer. It’s not an APA that wants to be an IPA, it’s just a great APA that pays serious tribute to its hops. I adore the Big Time for letting me walk in off the street, on the way home from work, and sample experiments of this exceptional quality.
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