Flying Fish Brewing Company Reviews

crhensel	3.7 Flying Fish Pescado Dorado Sunday, April 21, 2024
BillWyce	3 Flying Fish Mango Smoothie Pours lightly hazy golden color with a touch of orange in it. White 1-finger head. Sweet mango aroma with a bit of peppery wheat underneath. The body is light, yet a touch syrupy. Mild finish. Flavor of sweet mango with a bit of wheat underneath that gets stronger at the back. Sunday, March 17, 2024
crhensel	4.3 Flying Fish Dirt Cake Monday, February 12, 2024
BillWyce	3.3 Flying Fish Cranberry Braggot Can. Pours semi-opaque orange-amber with a 1-finger white head. Tart cranbery aroma with notes of honey and grain beneath. Full-bodied with some syrupy thickness. The finish is long with some boozy astringency to it. Light flavor of tart cranberry sitting atop sweet honey. The tartness of the berries cuts through the sweetness of the honey nicely, but it is muddied some by an earthy note that the back that takes away from it. I liked it, but the blueberry is better. Wednesday, February 7, 2024
mansquito	3.3 Flying Fish Nicethings West Philly Pils Can from Foodery: pours gold with a white head. Aroma is lemon and grass. Taste is lightly bitter, low sweetness. Fine. Saturday, January 27, 2024
cheap	2.9 Flying Fish Watermelon Splash Can. 1$ off the clearance rack, hehehehh. Darker off orange pale hazy stuff. Even with a stuffy nose I get an artificial sweet fruit nose. Yes, fruity on the uptake but I'm not sure if I can say its watermelon or not, it just tastes fru-fru-fruity. Not as tart as I would like it to be but, I don't really pick out any of those nasty bitter wheat ale attributes. The fruit and the wheat ale seem to be nicely meshed. I'd say its less of a wheat ale and more of a fruit beer. Probably should be style as such. Pretty good beer tasting attitude, Can't really find anything negative about this except that I wish it was a little more tart to make it quite interesting. Finishes with just a tad of that processed feel. Overall, its better than expected, good job there fish. I was putting this off for a while as it sat in my fridge but now I'm glad I finally popped it. You can't judge a beer by its label, hehehheh. Friday, January 5, 2024
cheap	2.2 Flying Fish Mango Smoothie 1$ can on the clearance rack. Pour is yellow orange with a slight haze. Big fat fading head. Nose is somewhat fruity. Right off the top I was fooled by the word 'smoothie' - this has no resemblance to a smoothie at all. Yes some fruit in there but mostly it has a lot of those standard negative wheat ale flavors and attributes in there. Yea, I didn't want to drink this cause I thought it was going to taste like a sugary tart smoothie, but I was tricked into buying a wheat ale again. Oh well, at least its worth a tick, hehehh. Either way, smoothie or wheat ale, not liking this. Finishes like a medium bitter wheat ale and some mango hints. Wednesday, December 13, 2023
FROTHINGSLOSH	2.3 Flying Fish Crisp Amber with a large foamy white head that lingered. Sweetish and tangy with faint fruit and perfume. Medium finish and body. Monday, October 16, 2023
Maverick34	3.5 Flying Fish Abbey Dubbel Bottles in Philadelphia. Medium brown pour. Dark fruit, fig, malt, pretty average but not bad Sunday, September 3, 2023
mike67	3.7 Flying Fish Untold Riches 12 oz can. Pours hazy golden with tall, long lasting, fluffy white head. Aroma is of citrusy hops, bready malt and tropical fruit. Body is medium and slightly crisp. Taste is similar to aroma. Finish is long and dry. Pleasant brew. Wednesday, August 2, 2023
jgb9348	3.2 Flying Fish Mango Smoothie S: mangoes throw-up lactose A: hazy apricot body white head T: tropically wheat easy P: floral fruity balanced O: seasonal easy-drinking sweet 12 ounce can Liquor Outlet: Boonton, New Jersey 03-September-2022 US$1,99 best by: 01-October-2022 sampled: 21-July-2023 Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Arbitrage411	4 Flying Fish Stormy Skies Pours a pale dusty yellow haze. Decent off white foamy head in the Tulip. Sticky hanging lacework. Citrus nose. Moderate IPA bite feels tolerably sharp. Coriander hints brought forward with a balanced hoppy bitter. Mouthfeel is comfortable. Solid warming arrives. Carbonation released shortly after. Looks good in the glass throughout. Mostly a dry easy finish. Overall, thumbs up Flying Fish. Monday, July 24, 2023
jcwattsrugger	3.3 Flying Fish Salt and Sea: Strawberry Lime Tuesday, July 11, 2023
alexsdad06	3.9 Flying Fish Exit 17 Russian Imperial Stout I had this beer in 2018 after grabbingit from Tavour. Most of my notes were on a Notes app on my old phone. After upgrading my phone I realized that although the app transfered, the data didn't. I am going back and recreating everything I've lost using multiple sources. Many of the beers were one offs that although very good to great, I am unlikely to pursue again, or were ticks and also something that I wouldn't revisit. If I have another bottle or can sample the beer again I will update detailed information when I have time, but for now the score will reflect what I thought but each beer. A few descriptive words are roasted malts, chocolate, rye whiskey, vanilla, oak, very good. Sunday, July 2, 2023
jcwattsrugger	3.7 Flying Fish Dually Saturday, July 1, 2023
jcwattsrugger	3.2 Flying Fish Crisp Saturday, July 1, 2023
jcwattsrugger	3.6 Flying Fish Hazy Bones Saturday, July 1, 2023
jcwattsrugger	3.7 Flying Fish XPA Citra Pale Ale Thursday, June 29, 2023
mercsmusic	2 Flying Fish Salt and Sea: Strawberry Lime Not very good. The fruit overtone is too heavy and too artificial. Monday, May 1, 2023
FROTHINGSLOSH	3.7 Flying Fish Cranberry Braggot Slightly hazy orange with a medium sized head that left good lacing . Tangy and sweet with honey and vague berry and a musty, yeasty and somewhat boozy undertone. Long finish. Full bodied. Sunday, April 16, 2023
NickyWizeMan	4.5 Flying Fish Dually Thursday, March 30, 2023
FROTHINGSLOSH	3.3 Flying Fish Caramel Espresso Porter Black with a large foamy tan head. Bitterish with strong caramel, coffee and vanilla. Very long finish. Moderately full bodied. Tuesday, March 28, 2023
GottaRam99	4.5 Flying Fish Caramel Espresso Porter Tuesday, March 21, 2023
katrinaez	4 Flying Fish Dirt Cake Monday, March 13, 2023
crhensel	3.9 Flying Fish Fried Ice Cream Stout Saturday, February 11, 2023
cheap	2.7 Flying Fish Salt and Sea: Pineapple Mango Can, another salt and sea from the fish. Smell is somewhat attractive, with its mild pineapple perfume. Color is simply pale lager, nothing special. Hey, now some mango starts to attack the olfactory, pretty strong too. Taste is fruity, a little better than the last salt n sea I had, that silly blackberry. This one comes across a little better, it's a little more balanced. Very good level of co2 as well. This may be the better of the 3 S&S fish brews I've had. In the middle there is a little bit of that processed feel, but not like the others. I typically do not like mango or pineapple in my brews, but I have to admit, its not too bad. Yea, I could possibly drink another of these but maybe I'm just quite thirsty. Tuesday, January 31, 2023
cheap	2.3 Flying Fish Salt And Sea: Blackberry Kiwi 1$ can from the bargain shelf. Nose is very nice, realistic blackberry on the olfactory. Color is just plain old pale ale, but it has a very good head, big white and frothy. Pretty good initial flavors, including some salt but the fruits seem a little processed. Pretty good level of co2. Towards the end, the odd fruity thing starts to get on my nerves and nearly ruins the drinkability of it. Probably would not do more than 1. Monday, January 30, 2023
Cristobal37	3.5 Flying Fish Abbey Dubbel Bottle pours nice ruby brown. Head totally dissipates. Aroma is malty and chocolatey. Taste follows with some toasted almond and a dry finish. Not more like an American Brown Ale than Belgian dubbel? I just picked it up to check off NJ from my states and lo n behold MJ liked it and it's on the 1001 BTTBYD list. Noice! Friday, January 27, 2023
JFGrind	3.6 Flying Fish Rumblefish Rumblefish, is quicker than other fishes. Rumblefish rollin strong, can't no puny thing stop it. Thank you Flying Fish for honoring one of my favorite Philly Hip-Hop bands of the 90s. No Goats No Glory! Friday, January 20, 2023
jgb9348	3 Flying Fish Caramel Espresso Porter Deep dark brown coloured body with a pretty thin tan head, only showing a centimetre or two above the 80 per cent opaque deep dark brown body. Aroma of super artificial and sweet caramel notes with a ton of sugars noticeable here showing the lactose, cream and especially the caramelised sugars and toffee. Medium-bodied; Very sweet and super artificially flavoured caramel drives this flavour with a good deal of malts for support, but the caramel shows fake and odd, while being very sweet with little else aside from some light lactose, vanilla and cream. Aftertaste shows a lot of the malts with only a dash of graininess to couple with the significant sugars here and ending with a lot of earthiness, but the fake caramel is by far the strongest. Overall, a decent enough beer that is good, especially if you like caramel candy and the artificial sweetness that goes well with a 'caramel coffee' or something similar, but this is a bit contrived as executed here for the beer, but not a bad beer by any means. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Total Wine in Laurel, Maryland on 13-December-2022 for US$4,49 sampled on the streets of New York, New York with my wife and my kids on 15-January-2023. Monday, January 16, 2023
1016Cardinals	3.3 Flying Fish Jersey Juice IPA Saturday, January 7, 2023
JFGrind	3.5 Flying Fish Fried Ice Cream Stout Chocolate, cinnamon, vanilla and roasted flavors. Fried ice cream flavor all there. Tall boy. Part of a mixed six from Shop Rite Cinnaminson, NJ. Wednesday, December 7, 2022
gripweed57	3.7 Flying Fish Big Pineapple 16 ounce can. Cloudy, yellow gold color. Frothy white head. Bready malt aroma hints at fresh pineapple and citrus peel. Flavor follows nose. Big pineapple and citrus notes throughout. Hints of sticky pine and mint on backend. Tasty. Sunday, November 27, 2022
Arbitrage411	3.2 Flying Fish OktoberFish Clear copper burnt orange in Kolsch glass with compact bubble of white head. Active upstreaming. Nose of lively fresh fruit. Taste has a watery feel but tolerable flavor as when apricot meets roasted figs. Definite hang lacing. Eventual soothing warmth. Tad bitter in a semi dry finish. Ok beer. Thursday, November 24, 2022
Eructoblaster	3.2 Flying Fish OktoberFish On tap at Ale Mary’s at the Bittenbender (Scranton, PA). Limpid amber body with a thin white foamy/creamy head. Decent malty/hoppy aroma with grainy and sweet hints. Its well balanced malty/hoppy taste carries grainy notes. Ends with a decent sweet/grainy finish. Not bad. Sunday, October 30, 2022
Goodgrief	2.9 Flying Fish Dually Can. Sweet. Overripe fruit. Wet cardboard. Not great. Sunday, October 23, 2022
NikkTwist	3.5 Flying Fish Nicethings Hazy IPA Draft at Khyber Pass. Foggy gold pour that starts with a full head. Big but fairly easy drinking. An NEIPA but not overly juicy or dank. Honey tangerine. Unripe mango. Fresh pineapple rind. Faint herbals. Some grass. Pleasant enough. Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Shot	3.3 Flying Fish Salt and Sea: Strawberry Lime Can. Pours a hazy straw color with a fluffy two-finger head that slowly dissipates to a thin head. Aromas of citrus, salt, sweet grass. Flavors are lemon, cut grass, a bit of malt. slight saltiness at the midpoint and then a bitter lemon peel finish with slight bready tones. Clean mouthfeel. Light on the tongue. I think I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Sunday, October 9, 2022
Shot	3 Flying Fish HopFish India Pale Ale Can. Pours golden with a thick creamy white head. Aromas of pine, cut grass, bready notes and a hint of citrus. Low carbonation. Flavors are bitter citrus, bready tones, cut grass. Lingering bitter citrus in the finish. Thin, watery mouthfeel. Not horrible, but not memorable. Saturday, October 8, 2022
gripweed57	3.7 Flying Fish Nicethings Hazy IPA 16 ounce can. Number one with a bullet. Slightly hazy medium gold color. Large frothy beige head. Fragrant tropical fruit aroma. Flavor is sweet tangerine, pineapple, mango and lemon zest. Bittersweet citrus and pine on backend. Sunday, October 2, 2022
ChainGangGuy	3.4 Flying Fish Salt and Sea: Strawberry Lime (Strawberry & Lime) Appearance: Pours a delicate, light yellow body with a touch of haze and a very modest, white head. Smell: Sweetish, tangy-scented a bit like a handful of Strawberry Nerds layered over light, wheat-accented malts and an acidic brine garnished with a lime wedge. Taste: You're hit with a little bolt of sweetness ahead of the strawberry additive followed by a sprinkling of crystallized lime dust for a citrusy bite. Solid salinity, soundly tart. Mouthfeel: Light-bodied. Medium carbonation. Overall: Fine if a bit akin to something out of a Seagram's Escapes mix-pack. A bit sweet for me, but if they are going for a salt water taffy aspect, than it's at least understandable. Sunday, September 25, 2022
MicroGrog	2.5 Flying Fish Exit 3 Blueberry Braggot $2.xx 12oz bottle from Total Wine Vegas. Clearance sale on 15% braggots? Sure. 10oz glass back at the hotel. Hazy, lemon iced-tea, stiff off-white head. Smell is simple toast, tea, floral hops. Taste is sweet tea, earth, minor Belgian yeasty notes, some berry acidity but no blueberries till a flash at the end. Quite bitter breakfast cereal, big acidity & Aspirin on the finish. Obviously big, very starchy & strong ale-like. Nah. Thursday, September 15, 2022
NikkTwist	3.6 Flying Fish Big Pineapple Draft at Khyber Pass. Murky orange pour with very slim foam. Thick, dank, and juicy. Green oranges. Pineapple cores. RIpe mangos and papayas. Kiwis. Pinecones. Grass clippings. Nice hop bomb. Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Estrems1	4 Flying Fish Exit 14 Imperial Pilsner Sunday, August 21, 2022
Susie33	4.1 Flying Fish Rumblefish Dark gold pour. Thin foam around the rim. Even lace around glass. Sweet nose of honey and wheat. Sweet flavor of honey, wheat and nice palate. Smooth and delicious. Saturday, August 20, 2022
obguthr	3.3 Flying Fish Rumblefish Pencil shavings, orange nose. Clear copper, medium head, little retention. Wood, apricot, pencil shavings. Medium body, easy carbonation. Saturday, August 20, 2022
KevinReddirt	3.5 Flying Fish Abbey Dubbel A style I like considerably, bought a 12 oz bottle of Abbey Dubbel the first I saw one since dubbels are so hard to turn up. Pulling the cap before tilting inside of my ABGB snifter. The view is a dense brown body with a here-and-gone skim of taupe foam. I find the nose to be a bit unusual. Dark fruit, malt, ash and earth. Fortunately the drink is an improvement. Ripe plums, malt, toast and a bare touch of caramel. Rather thin for a dubbel. Not bad but far from what I hoped. Wednesday, August 17, 2022
obguthr	3.1 Flying Fish Salt and Ski Raspberry, cherry, lime nose. Hazy golden, thin head, little retention. Dry cranberry, lemon. Light body, easy carbonation. Thursday, August 11, 2022
ramazanbguzel	2.1 Flying Fish Crisp Monday, August 8, 2022
solidfunk	3.5 Flying Fish Rumblefish Grapefruit and tangerine. Medium malt body. Bitter and tangy finish with some booze. Can. Sunday, August 7, 2022