Shipyard Prelude Ale

12oz. Bottle: Aroma of an older airplane. Smells of malts, roasting, chocolate, burnt coffee, slight ringwood yeast, slight butter, and a USAirways stewardess. Poured deep amber/copper in color with a small, dense, beige head that lasted throughout. Clear. Not sparkling. Tiny lacing. Flavor is lightly bitter. Tastes of malts, chocolate, roasting, light smoke, light burnt coffee, slight brown sugar, slight toffee, caramel, and slight fruit. Light to medium body. Average texture. Soft to average carbonation. Roasty, malty, buttery finish.

murky amber copper under a medium sized creamy beige head. earthy malt, fresh minty hops, and caramel in aroma. flavors of caramel, hops, herbs, earth, and licorice. good stuff.

Bottle. Malty aroma, with some sweetness. Reddish amber body, light brown head. Flavor is pleasantly complex, malts, fruits, and nuts. Finish is a little weird. Not bad for a Shipyard product.

Fairly dark clear amber pour. Cream head. Malty aroma, sweet and roast, some spice. Surprisingly solid medium body. Malty, caramel/toffee with nice spice and christmas sugar cookie accents. Not as much hop presence as some Christmas ales, which I found nice. Clean finishing and very drinkable. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect with this and was pleasantly surprised.

12 oz. bottle. Pours a hazy dark amber with a moderate linen white head that lasted until the end of the glass and left partial lace. Pleasant aroma of malt and just a bit of spice. The flavor is malt with some sweeteness and again just a bit of spice. Some moderate hops at the finish. Medium bodied. I’d have to look back, but off-hand I’d say this is one of the better offerings I’ve had from Shipyard.

(bottle - 12 oz) Deep red pour with a puffy tan head. Aroma is a mixture of sweet caramel malts and a touch of hops. Some fruit in the aroma as well. Flavor is very hoppy at the beginning with a light malt backbone and a bitter finish. Not really expecting all the hops.

12oz bottle from Beverage Castle (Tampa, FL). Pours a hazy dark reddish brown with a massive, two finger tan head that settles slowly and provides lacing on the glass. Aroma is sweet and malty with notes of sweet caramel, ripe dark fruit, slight hint of hops. Flavor is much different with mainly roasted barley and coffee flavors with slighter notes of chocolate and hops. Generally medium to full bodied with a slightl bitter coffee finish.

12oz twist-off bottle. Mahogany, brown color. White head. Nutty aroma, lots of caramel, some toasted barley nots. Fruity flavor, woody bitterness. Deep rich caramel, rich toast flavors. Heavy bodied. full flavored.