Upta Camp Ale
Shipyard Brewing Company

 

 

To my knowledge this beer is now retired, it was only brewed once a couple years ago. However digging through my old notes I found my notes on this one. This is what I had;

"This beer was ok, I expected more hops. It was light enough to drink alot of it."

Yep that is all wrote down, unfortunatly. But hey that was a couple years ago before I really knew anything in depth about beer.

 

 

Poured from a bottle into a pint glass. First reaction was a big blah.

Pours pale yellow golden color more yellow towards the bottom. Little fizz settles out to nothing. Grainy grass smell. Light lagery taste, watery, boring. Grain mostly. Hop finish is subdued. Very ok, if that. Not much going on here, would not buy again.

This is not a camp I'd want to go to.

A- Transparent yellow with a small head that fades quickly

S- Some grains and faint citrus

T- Sweet malts and a hint of that citrus -- agree with others that it's like a wheat bud instead of rice...

M- Very light and WAY TOO much carbonation for being so light

D- Too much carbonation to really enjoy this

12 oz bottle. Consumed 07/04/09
A) Transparent. Orange-ish gold in color. Pours with a thin, wispy head. Decent lacing.
S) Some wheat notes. Dry grainy aroma. Light citrus / orange.
T) Malty dryness. Subtle citrus tones. Not much hops if any at all.
M) Crisp. Refreshing. Slightly dry. Light bodied.
D) Good for camp, but not a recommendable brew.

Pours a golden color with a two-finger head and abundant carbonation into my fluted glass. Carbonation looks a bit too lively.

Aroma is full of a hint of wheat and clove and kind of bland. Not much else can be detected beyond that.

Taste has a bit of wheat present but seems rather sweet and the carbonation doesn't quite help it. As someone stated in another review, it feels somewhat like Budweiser but with wheat instead of rice (seriously).

Mouthfeel is full of lingering wheat and the carbonation makes it feel more like a cider than a beer.

I'd avoid this. Shipyard enjoys putting out novelty beers and this is just another in a long line. They should put more energy into the Pugsley special beers.

Pleasant snow-white head that sticks around for three minutes and then recedes rapidly. No lace on the glass. Pale straw color and crystal clear.

Mild wheat aroma with some barley malt in the background.

Very thin beer with a strong raw, unmalted grain flavor. High carbonation. A lawn mower beer if I've ever had one. No wheat from what I can tell. Sour swallow and a very short aftertaste.

Upta Camp beer is a very sparkling, clear light golden ale white head that fades to a turbulent splotch. It has a faint aroma that's a little medicinal with a sweet fruity note like lemon. It's light, lively and fluffy in the mouth. The finish is pretty dry and a little scratchy. There's a hint of herbal bitterness and a soft, faint sweetness. It's like herbal tea with lemon and seltzer and mint in it. It's like a Budweiser or something, but with wheat instead of rice. You could get your dad to drink it.

A: Poured an extremely clear body, with a bright yellow color. Average-sized head dissipated to almost nothing very quickly. No lacing that I could see at all.

S: All I detect here is cooked corn... no wheat, fruit, or anything interesting at all. Smells like a Coors or something.

T: Hmm... tastes like a Coors or something as well. Lightly sweet and dry, with a very short duration... it's gone as soon as you swallow. Where's the wheat? Very uninteresting.

M: Light-bodied with a thin texture and average carbonation. Meh.

D: Sure, you can put it back easily enough... maybe that's what they're going for, as a campfire beer, I guess? But it's not a wheat ale. And it's not very good at all... a really poor attempt from Shipyard. Easily my least favorite of all their beers I've tried so far.

Pours a five finger white head that quickly goes to a ring leaving traces of lace. Crystal clear light amber color. Light corn nose. Light carbonation and light bodied. Flavor is sweet, soapy and watery. No resemblance to a wheat. Easily Shipyard's worst offering. Not worth $1.40 for a 12 oz bottle from Tullys Beer & Wine Wells, Me.

12oz screw-top bottle obtained at the Hannaford's in Gardiner. Pours a crystal-clear straw-yellow body with a quickly dissipating off-white head. Smells malty and wheaty (reminiscent of shredded wheat cereal to me), with hints of cooked corn, buttered biscuit, and peat smoke. Tastes sweet up front, with wheat and malt very apparent, touches of cooked corn and butter (but in a good way). Fairly clean and crisp toward the finish. Light-bodied and effervescent. The pleasing flavors and the crisp light mouth-feel make this an extremely easy drinker and it was gone before I wanted it to be. This beer is right on target in my opinion. Even if it were not called what it's called, I would think of camp or barbecues up at camp. I like it. I'd say this beer would pair well with pulled pork and corn on the cob.

12oz brown bottle purchased as part of a six-pack at the Hannaford Supermarket in Gardiner, Maine. Clear light gold with an inch of off white head that quickly dissipated. smells like shredded wheat, a tinge of diacetyl and malt. bready taste with hints of diacetyl and malts in it. light carbonation. a lot more flavorful than a light beer. this beer is something i can definitely picture myself drinking around a fire up at camp!

Cheers!

I picked up a 6pack of this at Hannaford's in York. What was Shipyard thinking? It's like drinking water, which, on a hot summer day (rare up here this summer), would be welcome. The beer had a clear golden color with a quickly dissipating white head. It had a vaguely sweet aroma and a vaguely sweet taste. Just not much there. A thirst quencher, nothing more.