Soft Swerve - Pineapple Colada
Captain Lawrence Brewing Co.

 

5 oz pour on tap. This is not a great beer, or even a good one. The predominant flavor is pineapple. No coconut to be found. Harsh mouthfeel. Smells like a black IPA, oddly enough - like dark bitter roasted malts. Weird beer, and it gets worse the more you drink it.

A- Pours a dense, murky orange that has a "juicy" appeal to it. Nice two-finger head dissioates to a clingy, soapy ring. No lacing to speak of.
S- Aroma is very weak. But persistent wafting yields a bit of fruit cocktail/canned fruit syrup nose. Some cereal malt un there too.
T- Malts take over. A bit of pineapple, some mango, the barwst hints of vanilla, and a fair bitter hop in the finish. There was also a metallic tinge to each finish. Soft, but present. Detracted a little. Moderate sweetness throughout.
M- Fairly soft, a bit chalky, with enough zippy carbonation to keep my attention.
O- Decent taste profile, but a tad out of balance. Could use some more presence from the advertised flavors.

From the bottom of the can: "CANNED ON 02042019 1229 MPN 1158"
The label on the can calls this a "MILKSHAKE IPA"

Appearance: The body is a beige and dull orange-brown color that is mostly opaque, except just around the edges. It has a short fluffy white head with some retention and some spotty lacing.

Aroma: The beer doesn't smell like much of anything, but deeply inhaling only gives off an aroma that smells like nail polish remover and a light hint of corn.

Taste: It tastes like fusel alcohol. There is a bit of a coconut flavor to the beer.

Mouthfeel: It is an unpleasant beer to drink due to the aroma and flavor, but otherwise it has a smooth body and a low bitterness.

Overall: The beer certainly doesn't smell inviting. It tastes like a very poorly made cocktail drink that is constructed from bottom shelf alcohol and artificial flavors. The can states that this is "BREWED WITH PINEAPPLE, COCONUT, MILK SUGAR & VANILLA." It feels like a waste of all these ingredients, given that most of them don't appear and the overall character of the beer just suffers. I don't recommend it and I wouldn't drink it again.

 

16oz can poured into a tulip

A- pours a murky orange color with a one-finger foamy white head that reduces to a ring around the edge

S- the nose is a bit muted, hints of pineapple and lactose, that's about it

T- fruity sweetness up front, notes of pineapple and green apple. Mid-palate gives some fruity hop bitterness, as well as some creamy vanilla. The finish is sweet with moderate hop bitterness

M- medium body with medium carbonation leads to a foamy mouthfeel and a biting, sweet finish

O- this one has potential, but doesn't match up with the better examples available today

M-

Having a hard time getting this one down. Overly sweet. Sticky. No nose. Tastes like candy, not beer. Definitely not my thing. Half the way to just drinking a Zima.

 

Opaque gold with a creamy white head. Good retention.

Smells like...green apple?

Tastes mostly of that weird green apple flavor. No real pineapple to speak of. Maybe a hint. Creamy doughy malt. A hint of coconut on the finish. Smooth, not too sweet, and no bitterness.

Creamy, soft mouthfeel.

A bit disappointing. Not really defective-tasting or terrible, but not like a Pina Colada at all. No pineapple or coconut. Just...weird green apple candy. Not a fan.

 

 

Looks delicious, distinct hoppy pineapple juice taste. Hard to find the coconut and vanilla, yet a refreshing drink.

A: Pours a murky milky medium to dark golden apricot in color with moderate amounts of fine active visible carbonation rising along the edges of the glass and moderate honey + orange + burnt orange + medium to dark golden yellow colored highlights. The beer has a three finger tall dense sudsy foamy off-white head that slowly reduces to a medium sized patch of thin film covering a little less than 50% of the surface of the beer and a thin ring at the edges of the glass. Light to moderate amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Moderate aromas of tropical coconut and tropical pineapple over the top of light aromas of biscuit + oat malts with light to moderate amounts of lactose sweetness. Hints of vanilla.

T: Upfront there are light flavors of biscuit + oat malts with light to moderate amounts of lactose sweetness. That is followed by slightly stronger than moderate flavors of tropical coconut and tropical pineapple with a light flavor of vanilla. No perceptible distinctive hop presence and no bitterness. Light amounts of lingering tropical coconut + pineapple fruitiness and lactose sweetness linger.

M: Medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Smooth with a light to moderate amount of soft/fluffiness mid-body and a hint of dryness in the finish.

O: Easy to drink with well hidden alcohol. Enjoyable and delivers exactly what is advertised - coconut, pineapple, vanilla, and lactose. Perfect after a long run for sitting out on the deck on a warm spring evening.

 

 

Super cloudy. Yellow-gold in color, smells super fruity, and has strong pineapple/coconut flavor with little to no bitterness. Great milkshake ipa