New England Sea Hag IPA

Brewed by New England Brewing Co.
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Woodbridge, Connecticut USA

6 ounce sample at the Connecticut Brewer’s Festival in Hartford. Very grainy piney hop aromas with some hempy hops accenting as well. This is very aromatic and quite pleasant. Transparent copper color with a yellowish, frothy head. Very attractive. Slightly sweet start immediately, turning more piney and bitter with hops. Balanced well with malts. Finishes with a bit of a dry finish. Very well-balanced, quality IPA.

Warm amber body with scattered suspended detritus and a uniform, sudsy grey-tinted white head. Earthy nose with well-toasted, crispy malt characters and warm spice. Flavor has a brown butter component, substantial toast, some orange zest, and a caramel backing. Medium sweet with some modest herbal bitterness and ample residual malt characters on the palate. Very solid and interesting canned beer, more like a hop-oriented American amber than an IPA, but good regardless.

Thanks to JK for sharing. Gold color with faint head. Citrus hop nose and a body with plenty of hoppiness.

Can from jah noth. Hazy copper body, medium creamy off-white head. Rich hoppy aroma with citrus, pine, and earthy notes, backed by sweet malts. Toasty body with notes of Cheerios and bitter, piney hops. Well-balanced and complex. The rich malt character really lifts this beer; this could pass for a hopped-up Irish Ale.

Good beer in a can always makes me happy. This can courtesy of jjpm74. Great trader by the way. <P> Ok so it smells like ganja and not much else...pot, mary jane...maybe some faint malt, but mostly pungent, skunky kind bud. The body is an orange tinged caramel with a fluffy, but bubbly, two finger thick off-white head that is quite lasting. Wow....not the hop bomb I thought it would be from the aroma. Some strong piney notes, but mostly a subtle grain/malt beer with complimentary hops. Very hearty and almost toasty malt is even through the middle. Has an almost Kellerbier like grainy wholesomeness to it, but still a strong blast of hops. Not at all what I was expecting when I let it sit so long before drinking it. This is a very good beer. The only real knock I have is that is gets just a smidgen watery right before the finish.

(can - 12 oz) Medium copper color with a thick tan head. Aroma is very well balanced. Good mix of malts and hops with a touch of caramel. Flavor is more malt than hops, but there’s some hops underneath it with a smooth middle and a slightly bitter but quickly fading finish. Quite tasty but could use a bit more flavor.

I got this can in a trade, and thanks to whomever it was that sent it. Caramel color with a creamy ivory head. Fresh grapefruit rind nose, which still surprises me out of a canned beer. A nice biscuit malt foundation under grapefruit juice and orange zest bitterness. Nice, sharp hop head beer.

Can. Copper body with a medium-sized soapy white head. Bready aroma with oranges, sweet honey, and toasted grains. Sweet, soapy flavour, some resin though not straight out bitter. Finishes with some grassy pine.