Sea Lion Tamer
Fort George Brewery + Public House
- From:
- Fort George Brewery + Public House
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.86 | pDev: 7.77%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 03, 2025
- Added:
- Jun 23, 2025
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Sea Lion Tamer is an ultra-dank West Coast IPA collaboration with Baerlic Brewing.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by MaltsOfGlory from Oregon
4.13/5 rDev +7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.13/5 rDev +7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
16oz can
Pours two fingers of white head into my Willi. Retention is quite good, and a half finger of head remains after a few minutes. Lacing is pretty thick. Body is pale yellow, with a faint haze and a modest nucleation. Looks nice.
Nose is extremely one-dimensional - citrus rind, which is somewhat sharp.
Flavor drinks far earthier than that, a welcome change. Quickly transitions to dank hops, with a tropical finish, both increasing over time.
Medium bodied. Carbonation is medium-high, with a good hop bite. Bitterness starts medium but gets bigger as it warms. Any sweetness only exists to balance the hops. Overall a solid, full mouthfeel.
Drinkability is decent.
Overall quite nice. The flavor and aroma improve with time, with the flavor getting very flavorful and pretty lovely by the end of the glass.
Oct 03, 2025Pours two fingers of white head into my Willi. Retention is quite good, and a half finger of head remains after a few minutes. Lacing is pretty thick. Body is pale yellow, with a faint haze and a modest nucleation. Looks nice.
Nose is extremely one-dimensional - citrus rind, which is somewhat sharp.
Flavor drinks far earthier than that, a welcome change. Quickly transitions to dank hops, with a tropical finish, both increasing over time.
Medium bodied. Carbonation is medium-high, with a good hop bite. Bitterness starts medium but gets bigger as it warms. Any sweetness only exists to balance the hops. Overall a solid, full mouthfeel.
Drinkability is decent.
Overall quite nice. The flavor and aroma improve with time, with the flavor getting very flavorful and pretty lovely by the end of the glass.
Reviewed by NickSMpls from Washington
4.07/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.07/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Canned 23 June. Unfiltered, not hazy. The aroma right after opening the can is wonderful, intense fruit and dankness prevails. After the pour, still getting the hop dankness but less intense as the fruit fades. Hop flavor is well developed along with a nice feel of soft malts and plenty of carbonation. This is a remarkable beer, too bad it's a collab, as it could hold its own in any rotation.
Jul 26, 2025
Reviewed by vurt from Oregon
3.28/5 rDev -15%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
3.28/5 rDev -15%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
Collaboration with Baerlic Brewing (Portland, OR). 16-ounce can purchased at John's Marketplace in Beaverton, OR. Date stamp is present but unreadable.
The body is a perfectly clear yellow gold, and it's capped with rich white foam that recedes to a thin crescent surrounding a big island. The nose is full of crushed sweet oranges, berry compote, and a surprising amount of malt. The flavor is also quite heavy with malt. Caramel and toasted white bread flavors tangle with the fruit cocktail promised by the nose: peaches, berries, a ton of citrus, and eventually a rather sticky and resiny pine note. Medium-bodied and a little chewy, this is a very filling beer for a West Coast IPA.
For me, Sea Lion Tamer ended up as a rare misstep from two of Oregon's better and more reliable breweries. It ends up being too malty for a modern WCIPA, yet not hoppy enough for a "throwback" IPA. Not sorry I tried it, but probably wouldn’t drink it again.
Jul 07, 2025The body is a perfectly clear yellow gold, and it's capped with rich white foam that recedes to a thin crescent surrounding a big island. The nose is full of crushed sweet oranges, berry compote, and a surprising amount of malt. The flavor is also quite heavy with malt. Caramel and toasted white bread flavors tangle with the fruit cocktail promised by the nose: peaches, berries, a ton of citrus, and eventually a rather sticky and resiny pine note. Medium-bodied and a little chewy, this is a very filling beer for a West Coast IPA.
For me, Sea Lion Tamer ended up as a rare misstep from two of Oregon's better and more reliable breweries. It ends up being too malty for a modern WCIPA, yet not hoppy enough for a "throwback" IPA. Not sorry I tried it, but probably wouldn’t drink it again.
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