Smuttlabs Lady Stardust
Smuttynose Brewing Company

 

 

 

Billed as a NEIPA, pours cloudy yellow with a thin cap. Aroma is tropical fruit and citrus. Flavor follows, juicy and mellow hop balanced fairly well by some malt character. Tasty enough to try again for sure, though there are better examples of the style available readily.

Canned 03/01/2019. 16oz. can served in a willibecker. Pours a dull, straw gold with a slight haze to the clarity and a loose, one inch, off-white head. Nose expresses hints of citrus and tropical fruit (perhaps mango) followed by earthy/herbal notes. Taste follows nose with the addition of a bready/biscuity quality at the back. Mouthfeel is light-medium in body (closer to light), with a mild, easy carbonation. All and all, not a bad offering; however, the neither the flavor or the nose has the characteristic burst associated with the style.

 

 

 

From the 16 oz. can that was canned on 03/01/19. Sampled on March 13, 2019.

I wouldn't call it a hazy pour but is cloudy and pale yellow. The white foamy head fades.

The aroma emits characters of pineapple, fruit, tangerine, and orange with a lower profile of toasted white bread crust.

Medium body.

The taste is immediately fruity and juicy with a but of spice burning up at the end. Moderate lingering bitterness at the end.

 

Sample at the NH Brewers Association Brewfest. Dark yellow mostly clear thin white head. Sweet bready maltiness off set with some citrus and tropical fruits and earthy grassy hops. Tasty.

I picked up a 4-pack of 16oz cans at the brewery yesterday during a visit with Alewife, for $14.00. Diving into one now out in The 'Zebo during a sweltering 1st day of July.

Poured one into an imperial nonic pint, and it is a muted, hazy, medium golden color. Carbo is very light, and the head is quite thin, fine and white, with minimal lacing. Nose is pretty citrusy, with lemonpeel and a hint of pineapple coming forward. Body is about medium and there is only a smidge of prickly roughness on the tongue.

Flavor has a subtle suggestion of crackery malt before heading into fruity territory. A mix of pineapple, mango, and a bit of tangerine blend nicely on the palate. There's a touch of dryness in the finish, with some citrus trying to linger. All in all a solid beer, and though not a world beater, I'd get it again. Prosit!!

4.1/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

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