East Coast Crush
BrewDog

 

From 8/11/21, 12oz can into a pint glass. Canned 1/11/21, so 7 months old.

Looks okay in the glass. Hazy orange body with a small white head. This shrinks to a ring and faint covering, only a little lacing.


Strong aroma of citrus.

On tasting, follows the nose. Citrus notes are quite sharp. There is also a sweetness from the malt base. Blend is quite pleasing.

Mouth just about medium, finish biting citrus.

Overall, another Brewdog NE IPA that holds up well after 7 months in the can.

 

From the 12 oz can in a pint glass. Pours a cloudy yellow with a fantastic white
head of foam with excellent lacing. Nose of pineapple, pine, orange zest, and lemon zest with
a touch of cracker. Flavors follow nicely with the nose, orange zest, pineapple, pine, pronounced
grapefruit and pith with touches of honey malts and cracker touches. Crushable mouth feel;
medium body, smooth, medium light carbonation, and a bitter hop and citrus laden finish.

Overall, for a session IPA it is solid!

Cheers

 

 

 

12oz can purchased from the fridge as part of a mix-a-six pack for $2. Canned on 1/12/21, so this over 3 1/2 months old.

Look: Has a very nice yelowish-orange hazy color. Being 3 1/2+ months old, the haziness is well integrated and homogeneous without any can rolling. A rocky one-finger white head has reduced to a thin layer.

Smell: I think that this beer has a pretty nice and expressive nose, especially since it is only 4.8% ABV. I get a lot of peach and pineapple aromas, along with some orange juiciness. There's a bit of sharp/green notes on the back end. Even a bit of green bell pepper note on the finish, which I usually only get in bigger beers. Smells very pleasant.

Taste: Interesting. Up front, the flavors are decent and mirror the nose with stone fruit, tropical notes, and citrus juiciness. The mid-palate is a bit thin and watery. And then the finish has some weird flavors with a higher than expected bitterness. The finish is very pithy and it is extremely drying on the mouth. I had high hopes based on the look and the nose, but this one falls short for me on the palate.

Feel: Decent mouthfeel with some softness, albeit a bit thin and watery.

Overall: It's okay. I would be willing to try it again if I could find a fresher can as a single. For a 4.8% ABV NEIPA, it's a commendable attempt.

From the website: Formerly a draft-only release this beer is high on hops, low on bitterness and big on taste and is a perfect example of the style that has taken over the UK beer scene of late. New England IPAs are intensely juicy and full-bodied, and arrive as characteristically hazy as a Vermont sunrise. East Coast Crush is hopped with Chinook, Citra, Mandarina Bavaria, Mosaic and Simcoe giving huge aromas of tropical fruit, pineapple and lime zest backed by a smooth delivery.

Poured into a tall clear pint glass. Has a cloudy orange-yellow color with more than a finger's worth of white head. Good retention and lacing.

Aroma: grapefruit, orange, pine, caramel malt, mango, passion fruit, and stone fruit.

Ginger, lemon, lemongrass, lime, pineapple, honeysuckle, and wheat. Body is medium-light.

 

12oz can. Poured out a slightly cloudy, golden orange color with a small, off-white head of foam. It left sticky patches of lace on the glass. It smelled of orange, grapefruit, pine and sweet caramel malt. It taste of sweet citrus, subtle pine and toasted caramel.

I got a six pack of this beer from my local giant eagle store. It poured a hazy golden with white head that left some lace. The scent had fruit flare. The taste was nicely balanced and easy to drink with citrus fruit presence. The mouthfeel was lighter in body with good carbonation. Overall it is a good beer.

 

Well, full disclosure, I do not care much for IPA’s. Having said that, this was pretty good! I don’t know if that’s a good thing or not.
It was a check in freebie at BrewDog USA. (The hotel part). Drank it poured into a glass.
Hoppy, to be sure, but very drinkable and the 4.8 abv was great!
I might even buy another!

 

Decanted from a 12 oz (355 ml) can into a muffin top taster pint glass; canned on 02/18/2020.
A: Pours very hazy, golden orange color with two finger, foamy, fluffy, white head and nearly a half finger of retention around the rim. Rings of foamy, sticky lacing.
S: Aromas of grapefruit, orange, mango, and caramel out front.
T: Fairly dry with palate basically following the nose closely. Solid, but not overwhelming bitterness provide some balance with the sweetness and fruit.
M: Medium bodied with medium carbonation. A touch thin, even watery.
O: At 4.8% ABV, ECC would appear to be a rather low cal, crunchable NEIPA. Most of these attempts are fails, IMHO; this appears to be one for the win column.

 

First off, I thought the name was "Full Force Fog Machine" - which would be a stupid name - since those words are printed on the can larger than the actual name. I am unimpressed with the label design. Second, this one is from Ohio, not Scotland.

It pours a very hazy light yellow with fine head. The aroma is hoppy skunky and the taste follows suit. While it is not boozy at all, of course, it isn't so light weight felling that you need to check the label to see if the alcohol is low, but when you do ... it is. I think the lighter malt profile helps keep this very hoppy brew drinkable.

Recommended. Add this to the portfolio of light alcohol Brewdogs (with Jet Black Heart) that are totally worth drinking regardless of your desired level of sobriety.