In the can, sharp piney grapefruit bittering stays fulsome as tangy orange peel sweetness gains resinous cannabis strain alongside salty floral-spiced herbage for fine standard West Coast IPA.
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SHIP BOTTOM WATERMELON SUNSET DOUBLE IPA
Persuasive watermelon adjunct nearly submerges stylish Citra-hopped lemony grapefruit bittering, Huell Melon-hopped guava-passionfruit souring and El Dorado-hopped pine lacquering as tart Jolly Rancher-candied sweetness borders on cloy. Tropical watermelon essence never wavers, gaining rummy 9% ABV sugaring.
ROSS / SHIP BOTTOM CRACKIN BATS BROWN ALE
On tap at Pompton Craft House, fine Cracker Jacks-inspired knockoff places caramel popcorn and sugar-coated peanuts upfront as honey-roasted almond and molasses nut bread sweetness reinforce confectionery candied snack.
SHIP BOTTOM IMPERIAL PUMPKIN ALE
On tap at Plank Pizza, busily boozy pumpkin ale brings molasses-soaked gingerbread sweetness, subtly brown-sugared nutmeg and clove spicing plus light vanilla bean influence to brown chocolate base, picking up tertiary banana bread, red cherry and red grape snips.
SHIP BOTTOM THE LOCAL STOUT
Creamy tan-headed full body offers milk-sugared New Guinean coffee, dark chocolate syruping and passive almond buttering to peaty oatmeal base, leaving mild hop-charred astringency on the sturdy mocha finish.
SHIP BOTTOM COCONUT PORTER
English-styled porter conditioned on milk-sugared cocoa nibs and toasted coconut picks up creamed coffee and vanilla niceties, sinewy black chocolate syruping, timid cola nuttiness and iced tea reminder. But its phenol acridity knocks back the advertised German chocolate cake expectancy.
SHIP BOTTOM BOMB POP SOUR ALE
Exacting popsicle-inspired sour ale plies lemonade sugaring to candied Sweet-Tart powdering. Spritzy lemon-limed raspberry souring hides wispy floral-perfumed piquancy. Classic frozen beverage flawlessly re-created.
SHIP BOTTOM MEXICAN CERVEZA
Limey sea-salted spritz, corn-dried pale malting and musky Saaz hop herbage merge atop earthen soiling for summery light-bodied Mexican brew.
SHIP BOTTOM BANANA CREAM PIE ALE
From the ‘freshly baked pale ale series,’ brisk banana cream pie knockoff allows lemony kaffir lime intrusion to outdo its pastry-like dessert sweetness and minor lactic acidity. Throughout, insistent lemon juicing relegates powder-sugared banana cream pie luster above mild honeyed wheat base.
SHIP BOTTOM BLUEBERRY BIKINI BOTTOM WHEAT ALE
Amiss blueberry tartness fades quickly as corn whiskey malting and phenol hop stead create murkily acrid astringency. Raw-honeyed blueberry syruping usurped by cidery advance, depleting desolate cherry and mango snips. Ripe blueberry aromatics far outweigh blueberry flavoring.
SHIP BOTTOM NYD RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT 2018
Robust dark-roast chocolate malting upends wood-dampened hop char dried out by raw molasses bittering. Oncoming black coffee sway picks up singed walnut tinge. For bold thirsts only.
SHIP BOTTOM THE BACONATOR STOUT
Curiously amalgamated omnivorously-named full body brewed with bacon and maple syrup lets fudgy chocolate-coffee creaming and molasses-smoked bacon fat integrate alongside ashen nut dryness (atop chewy caramel-burnt oats sugaring). In the midst, charred cedar seeps into the syrupy mocha richness. Cocoa-dried cola, hazelnut and espresso illusions simmer below the busy mix. Light oily hop slickness coarsens darkest regions.