Shipwright
Relic Brewing Co.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pours a dark amber gold with fluffy 2 fingers of off white head.

Nose is potent, whiffs of orange, lemon, and honey.

Flavor leads with the same juicy citrus notes, especially lemon, but quickly morphs into a big grainy, malt ball. Astringent bitter hops on the finish.

Rather thick and full body, leaves a sharp feeling on the finish due to the dry hops.

An interesting ale. Almost has more qualities of a saison to me with the citrus notes, but not enough to call it one. Feels a little unbalance with the dry hop, big malt, and fruits.

 

 

 

 

Wow, what a mess. When I popped the cap, the CO2 release was like a sneeze. The bottle then started to push foam out the top all over the counter. I quickly tried to pour into a pint glass, and the foam rose over the top and slowly receded. The beer is murky and full of particulate matter that settles at the bottom. Smell is yeasty and slightly spicy. Flavor is extremely yeasty and one-dimensional. This one is either infected or the yeast is mutated and sub-performing. I'll get another bottle and edit this review, but for now wanted to document for others and the brewer that there is a potential quality control issue.

 

 

A murky iced tea color with a fair off-white head that fades to a ring pretty quickly and leaves pretty minor signs of lace. The aroma offers a light lemon rye and toffee malt wheat grain. Pleasant. The flavor brings lemon iced tea with tobacco malt and herbal hops. There’s a root/licorice and lots of toffee-wheat. Another grainy triumph for Relic! This stuff is medium plus bodied with very modest but adequate carbonation. It brings a smooth, slightly dry feel. So nice to have a truly hoppy English IPA. I’m telling you, Relic is special, let’s support this excellent local brewer. Beautiful!