Screamin' Reels
SaltWater Brewery
- From:
- SaltWater Brewery
- Florida, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #4,610 - ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- 81
Ranked #35,381 - Avg:
- 3.58 | pDev: 15.08%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 34
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 10, 2026
- Added:
- Dec 30, 2013
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 44
SCORE
81
Good
81
Good
Tangerine nose from the Summit hops. Grapefruit & earthy bitterness from Columbus hops. Light malt profile to allow the hops to shine through. Tropical & Dank.
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Reviewed by AccipiterofBeer from New York
3.44/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.44/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
6/19 canning date so less than two months old. Look is average as you can be. Orange, transparent, moderate carbonation and moderate head. Not much on the nose. Mostly caramely malt. The taste is a little disappointing. I can see what they were going for here. Jai Alai. Sure its bitter and there is some syrupy malt sweetness - but it doesn't measure up. Decent otherwise - but i won't be revisiting.
Aug 06, 2025
Rated by ghawener from El Salvador
3.69/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.69/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
@ Marathon, FL
Aug 04, 2025
Reviewed by ovaltine from Indiana
4.02/5 rDev +12.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev +12.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a slightly unfiltered golden orange color with a sudsy white head that caps the beer and provides a nice amount of lacing. Beautiful beer. The nose is tangerines and grapefruit, with a nice bit of caramalt as well, and that’s where the taste lands, with a nice amount of bitterness balanced by the malt backbone.
A nice medium mouthfeel adds to the drinkability and puts this squarely in my “I’d drink it again” category from a new brewery to me.
Nov 12, 2023A nice medium mouthfeel adds to the drinkability and puts this squarely in my “I’d drink it again” category from a new brewery to me.
Reviewed by johnnnniee from New Hampshire
3.68/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.68/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Can from ABC in Cape Coral enjoyed at home.
Pours a hazy bright yellow with a decent sized head that slowly recedes. Old school feel with a firm bready caramel malt backbone. Citrus and pine with plenty of bitterness to balance.
Sep 04, 2022Pours a hazy bright yellow with a decent sized head that slowly recedes. Old school feel with a firm bready caramel malt backbone. Citrus and pine with plenty of bitterness to balance.
Reviewed by Beginner2 from Illinois
3.38/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
3.38/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
A decent AIPA if you like AIPAs (I don't anymore.)
So, I will forgo the beer review and instead just do the micro-review that I do during my first beer from a brewer.
SaltWater picked a good town. Delray is the only town that is built exclusively around tennis (and beaches and boating, of course this being Florida.) So, I've been to the Delray tournament and was impressed by this resort town. As for Saltwater Brewery, I'm less impressed by how they intend to distinguish themselves than Delray does. I went on Saltwater's website and it was kinda cryptic. They do a few good guy things for the community and the ocean life; but I didn't get a sense of what their angle is.
Jan 27, 2022So, I will forgo the beer review and instead just do the micro-review that I do during my first beer from a brewer.
SaltWater picked a good town. Delray is the only town that is built exclusively around tennis (and beaches and boating, of course this being Florida.) So, I've been to the Delray tournament and was impressed by this resort town. As for Saltwater Brewery, I'm less impressed by how they intend to distinguish themselves than Delray does. I went on Saltwater's website and it was kinda cryptic. They do a few good guy things for the community and the ocean life; but I didn't get a sense of what their angle is.
Rated by Manta200 from Kentucky
3.6/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.6/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Out of a can at club med from a fellow Kentuckian.
Jul 27, 2021
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