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Shipyard ipa
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Shipyard ipa
Yuck. As mentioned on another thread by cratez, I agree the flavours are Not integrated and IMO are not good, with some caramel (I think?)upfront which abruptly chages to a hoppy flavour but with a strange aftertaste underlying the expected ipa bitterness---I had to drain pour the last inch or so---I just couldn't stand another sip. Maybe it seemed worse than it really was because it contrasted so poorly with the beer I had just finished prior, which I had thoroughly enjoyed. Damn impulse purchases...
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Yep. I think this was the worst beer I've had all year. Smelled like detergent and flavour was all alcohol.liamt07 wrote:This isn't an infection, this is just a grade-A shitty beer.admviolin wrote:Now I understand what infected (not on purpose) beer tastes like!
I wonder if there was something wrong with this batch? There are plenty of great Untappd reviews, maybe it's just better on tap.
Some people seem to manage to stomach this though, so maybe there's more than one batch at the LCBO.
A shark on whisky is mighty risky. A shark on beer is a beer engineer.
Or just some people with bad palates?Cale wrote:Yep. I think this was the worst beer I've had all year. Smelled like detergent and flavour was all alcohol.liamt07 wrote:This isn't an infection, this is just a grade-A shitty beer.admviolin wrote:Now I understand what infected (not on purpose) beer tastes like!
I wonder if there was something wrong with this batch? There are plenty of great Untappd reviews, maybe it's just better on tap.
Some people seem to manage to stomach this though, so maybe there's more than one batch at the LCBO.
Bought one of these before all the negative reviews on here happened, so I thought I'd give it a shot and truthfully, I gotta say I disagree with what most people wrote so far.... at least that was my inital thought when I first smelled it, but then I took a sip and it turns out everyone here is pretty bang on with the description. Just way out of balance and once it warms, even the aroma was an unharmonious mess.
I don't always drink beer ... because sometimes my friends win and we have to go to macro-only establishments.
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