Scrimshaw IPA
Green Beacon Brewing Co

Too sweet. Too creamy.

C- / BELOW AVERAGE

Now in cans!!! This is another GB beer that was only ever previously kegged, now that they’ve seen fit to can their liquid gold I see no reason to even have friends when I can sit in the privacy of my own home in boxers drinking their finest! Bit of a stretch, but yes it does make it easier for me to do this review bizzo from home, especially when I can really concentrate instead of freaking people out with my reviewing habits - and having to make conversation at the same time can be vexing. Well I’m not the best company when I’m eying off the level of the head in my beer now am I? Wow, that got a bit more ranty than I intended it to be. The TL;DR is that I rarely take beer notes when I’m meeting friends at craft bars anymore - I don’t multi-task well. I prefer doing this at home, thanks Green Beacon for canning this.

Poured from a 375ml can into a nonic pint.

A: Pale straw hazed body with a nice chunky white cappuccino foam head that slowly drops back leaving latticework lace on the side of the glass - she looks a beauty alright, love the pale colour - seems to be a bit of a GB trademark, wonder what malts they use in their beers? [Pale Malt is my guess] 8/10.

S: Funky and tropical paw-paw and jackfruit with a touch of lychee and guava. There’s no shaking the tropical flavoured hops in this brew - out n’ out Aussie Pacific Ale right here, I would be surprised if there was a single non-Oceania hop in Scrimshaw. Malt? In there somewhere, who cares, move on. 8/10.

T: Tropical flavours noted above (paw-paw, jackfruit, lychee and guava) with noticeable hop fade (this was canned about 2 months ago - been struggling to get on top of my beer shelf). Malt character gives a mix of dry cracker and biscuit notes. Finish is dry with a hint of grassy green hops add some mild bitterness. Overall this is one of those beers you need to drink fresh [I know, I know!]. 8/10.

M: Mid to light bodied, reasonably smooth, touches of hop resin - Green Beacon are not known for skimping on the hops - a touch on the carbonated side at medium carbonation, definitely had more burps in it than required. 7/10.

D: This was great when it was fresh, not quite GB Uppercut IIPA delicious, well let’s face it - Green Beacon Uppercut IIPA WAS my IIPA of the year - that thing was pure bitchen in every sense of the word bitchen. Scrimshaw is the lighter and slightly dorkier version of Uppercut - trying to impress but let’s face it: Uppercut is in a whole other league. Still Scrimshaw is tasty, don’t begrudge it. 8/10.

Food match: SE Asia is the flavour profile to go with here.