Devil's Plaything
Greenport Harbor Brewing Company

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From:
Greenport Harbor Brewing Company
 
New York, United States
Style:
American IPA
ABV:
5.5%
Score:
82
Avg:
3.51 | pDev: 13.39%
Reviews:
5
Ratings:
21
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jun 29, 2017
Added:
Jul 08, 2013
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  6
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Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Colorado

3.03/5  rDev -13.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
Reviewed from notes taken February 2015.

IPA. $7 per 12 oz pour on-draught at Blind Tiger Ale House in New York, NY.

HEAD: 1 finger's worth of head. White in colour. Soft looking.Boasts a nice even consistency. Above average creaminess. Thick and full. Nice complexion. Leaves thin lacing on the sides of the glass as it recedes. 5 minute head retention.

BODY: Clear translucent vibrant copper. Clean, lacking any visible yeast/lees.

Appears adequately carbonated. Not a unique or special appearance for an IPA, but certainly above average.

AROMA: Sharply fruity with a tropical edge. New world hops: mango, passionfruit, papaya, tangerine. Has a clean pale malt backbone. Floral hop aromatics.

Too clean to feature any overt yeasty notes aside from fruity ale yeast esters.

A pleasant aroma of moderate intensity. No overt alcohol or off-notes is/are detectable.

Suggests a balanced IPA with an inspired hop profile.

TASTE: Heavy on the fruit, though it steers too hard into candied sweetness and honey malt. Has a pale malt backbone for the most part, but there's something in there (either caramalt or crystal malt) lending too much sweetness or residual sugar. Maybe it's underattenuated?

Tropical hop profile includes plenty of new world hop-induced fruit: mango, papaya, passionfruit, tangerine, overripe citrus peel/rindy bitterness, melon. The bursts of fruit are aggressive - though not so much that they save the beer's balance.

Has a slightly spicy yeast presence. Higher attenuation is desired.

Above average depth of flavour. Average flavour duration and intensity.

I do like it, but it could use a more intricate flavour profile, a better balance (less sweetness, more hop pungency), and a more mellow presentation of flavour. Cohesive in build, but not a gestalt harmonious whole of a beer.

TEXTURE: Crisp, smooth, wet, a bit too full-bodied, a bit too thick, overcarbonated, and unrefreshing.

Complements the flavour profile decently at best, and fails to elevate the beer as a whole.

OVERALL: It has some almost vinegary leanings in the third act, as though it were meant to feature chile peppers or something. Overall, it's a drinkable middle-of-the-road IPA with an atypical hop profile and lackluster (im)balance. I wouldn't get it again, but it's passable fare.

Low C+ (3.03) / ABOVE AVERAGE
Jun 29, 2017
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Reviewed by mdfb79 from New York

3.43/5  rDev -2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
Pours an amber color with one finger of off white head and moderate carbonation evident. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Very bitter in the taste, some line and resin.

Overall bit s great IPA; just too bitter.
Jun 28, 2017
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Reviewed by GDG99 from Connecticut

3.23/5  rDev -8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 3
Had this Devil's Plaything tonight in NYC.
Looks great, unfiltered hazy. Smells good. Tastes a little flat, and so is the flavor. Although the taste does linger nicely.
I think I will have another one, because it's the only IPA in the house.
Mar 05, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by LoveStout from New York

Jul 09, 2015
 
Rated: 3.58 by acurtis from New Jersey

Jul 09, 2015
 
Rated: 3 by nathanmiller from New York

Jun 14, 2015
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Rated by probert from New York

3.5/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
I second the note below I had this beer off a tap at a bar not a bottle I had in my basement yesterday.
Jun 07, 2015
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Reviewed by BeerBob44 from New York

3.68/5  rDev +4.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
There's a discrepancy: While BA shows this beer as "retired/no longer brewed", I just had tonight (or so the menu and waiter say) this beer. Actually the waiter said it was one they just got on tap. So my review for what I drank: a darn good draft.
Mar 19, 2015
 
Rated: 3.36 by beerocrat from New York

Nov 08, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by SwG237 from New York

Nov 07, 2014
 
Rated: 2 by rbastone from New York

Nov 07, 2014
 
Rated: 3.85 by tobelerone from New Jersey

Oct 19, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by ArsMoriendiOU818 from Virginia

Jun 09, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by outoffocus from Pennsylvania

Nov 17, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by ironchefmiyagi13 from Tennessee

Sep 28, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by 2Xmd from New York

Sep 09, 2013
 
Rated: 4.25 by vfgccp from New York

Aug 25, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by socon67 from New York

Aug 13, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by Gregwa from Massachusetts

Aug 04, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by pknyc from New York

Jul 15, 2013
Devil's Plaything from Greenport Harbor Brewing Company
Beer rating: 82 out of 100 with 21 ratings