Crosstown Peach
Foundation Brewing Company
- From:
- Foundation Brewing Company
- Maine, United States
- Style:
- Fruit and Field Beer
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- +3 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.52 | pDev: 11.36%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 03, 2017
- Added:
- Feb 15, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
NO SCORE
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Collaboration with Rising Tide Brewing Company
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by hopley from Massachusetts
2.87/5 rDev -18.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
2.87/5 rDev -18.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
Drank April 17, I guess I should have drank this one fresh.
Not impressive. After reading the previous review I decided to split this with my less discerning wife and gave her the lion's share.
The initial pour was fine until about halfway when the peach floaties started coming out in a clump. I gently swizzled the rest around and split the remaining "haze" between us, most of which quickly settled into a thick layer on the bottom of our glasses.
I quickly took a sip hoping to catch at least a little of the pulpy juice effect; it didn't taste all that bad for a peach shandy, if you're the type of guy who likes shandies, which I'm not, and to be quite frank, I am in no position to even make such a statement because the only shandy I have ever tasted was two sips of a Sam Adams Porch Rocker. Based on those two sips, which sucked (the remaining 10 ounces were drain pours), this Crosstown Peach was quite tasty and refreshing. Nonetheless, the Porch Rocker is a low hurdle to cross, and Rising Tide is my least favorite of all the Maine breweries, so I'm hopeful that this collaboration is a one and done (No disrespect meant for Rising Tide but similar to VT's Magic Hat, I just don't like the yeast they use in a lot of their beers).
Anywho, as I handed my wife her generous half of the beer, I was glad she hadn't noticed the now gradually partioned dark to light layering from the bottom to top of the glass; I wasn't really trying to put something over on her (even though from a beer geek's perspective I really was...). She took a sip and quickly remarked, "Mmm, nice" and went back to what she was doing. I thought to myself "Success, thumbs up, now, off to write an honest review for a beer I didn't like - not a task I envy, especially for a Maine Brewery I respect."
She ultimately did call me out on the "bits" floating in the beer and eventually tried to sieve them out albeit with little success. We agreed that overall it was not a bad beer despite the shandy and pulpy nature. I revised my ratings slightly upward and put this one to bed.
Overall, my conclusions are i) this beer was not bad, but it should have been sold as a shandy at two-thirds of the price, ii) it should not have been canned, and since it was, I should have drunk it within two weeks or so of canning (my bad), and iii) there was no evidence of any expertise or flavor provided by Rising Tide. This was basically a collaboration gone wrong, and given the nature of Foundation's game, which is to brew every type of beer under the sun, from the world class Epiphany DIPA to the new Flanders Red, Magnus, which I look forward to trying, an occasional boner like Crosstown Peach can be expected (sorry, just had to drop that bomb in there...!). Cheers!
Apr 18, 2017Not impressive. After reading the previous review I decided to split this with my less discerning wife and gave her the lion's share.
The initial pour was fine until about halfway when the peach floaties started coming out in a clump. I gently swizzled the rest around and split the remaining "haze" between us, most of which quickly settled into a thick layer on the bottom of our glasses.
I quickly took a sip hoping to catch at least a little of the pulpy juice effect; it didn't taste all that bad for a peach shandy, if you're the type of guy who likes shandies, which I'm not, and to be quite frank, I am in no position to even make such a statement because the only shandy I have ever tasted was two sips of a Sam Adams Porch Rocker. Based on those two sips, which sucked (the remaining 10 ounces were drain pours), this Crosstown Peach was quite tasty and refreshing. Nonetheless, the Porch Rocker is a low hurdle to cross, and Rising Tide is my least favorite of all the Maine breweries, so I'm hopeful that this collaboration is a one and done (No disrespect meant for Rising Tide but similar to VT's Magic Hat, I just don't like the yeast they use in a lot of their beers).
Anywho, as I handed my wife her generous half of the beer, I was glad she hadn't noticed the now gradually partioned dark to light layering from the bottom to top of the glass; I wasn't really trying to put something over on her (even though from a beer geek's perspective I really was...). She took a sip and quickly remarked, "Mmm, nice" and went back to what she was doing. I thought to myself "Success, thumbs up, now, off to write an honest review for a beer I didn't like - not a task I envy, especially for a Maine Brewery I respect."
She ultimately did call me out on the "bits" floating in the beer and eventually tried to sieve them out albeit with little success. We agreed that overall it was not a bad beer despite the shandy and pulpy nature. I revised my ratings slightly upward and put this one to bed.
Overall, my conclusions are i) this beer was not bad, but it should have been sold as a shandy at two-thirds of the price, ii) it should not have been canned, and since it was, I should have drunk it within two weeks or so of canning (my bad), and iii) there was no evidence of any expertise or flavor provided by Rising Tide. This was basically a collaboration gone wrong, and given the nature of Foundation's game, which is to brew every type of beer under the sun, from the world class Epiphany DIPA to the new Flanders Red, Magnus, which I look forward to trying, an occasional boner like Crosstown Peach can be expected (sorry, just had to drop that bomb in there...!). Cheers!
Reviewed by ScaryEd from New Hampshire
2.92/5 rDev -17%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
2.92/5 rDev -17%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Pours a completely hazy bright orange color. It's basically orange juice without the pulp. Has minimal head but leaves some solid lacing.
The aroma is peaches and grains. Maybe some slight vegetal notes.
The flavor is straight up peach juice. Doesn't taste like beer at all to me.
The feel is medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Goes down like you'd expect juice to go down. Smooth with some tart bite.
Overall, an interesting beer, but not one I want to try again. It's just too much fruit and not enough beer.
Feb 19, 2017The aroma is peaches and grains. Maybe some slight vegetal notes.
The flavor is straight up peach juice. Doesn't taste like beer at all to me.
The feel is medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Goes down like you'd expect juice to go down. Smooth with some tart bite.
Overall, an interesting beer, but not one I want to try again. It's just too much fruit and not enough beer.
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