Kraken - Beast Of The East - India Pale Ale
Ocean City Brewing Company

Kraken - Beast Of The East - India Pale AleKraken - Beast Of The East - India Pale Ale
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From:
Ocean City Brewing Company
 
Maryland, United States
Style:
American IPA
ABV:
6%
Score:
77
Avg:
3.27 | pDev: 20.8%
Reviews:
6
Ratings:
40
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jan 31, 2018
Added:
Jun 09, 2014
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  7
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Ratings by JJSmash:
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Rated by JJSmash from Connecticut

2.5/5  rDev -23.5%

Jul 29, 2014
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Rated by Hllyrock from New York

4.93/5  rDev +50.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Great Maryland beer but difficult to get even locally
Jan 31, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by ckollias from Maryland

Jun 20, 2017
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Reviewed by ocelot2500 from Maryland

3.5/5  rDev +7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours a hazy copper color with a tight, off-white head that leaves little chunks of lacing.

Smells of bright, citrus hops and some toasted malt.

Tastes of the bright hops layered over a solid malt base. Hops lead off with notes of citrus and pine. This gives way to some caramel and toasted bread. Finishes with a bit of hop bitterness.

Mouthfeel is medium with a smooth amount of carbonation.

Overall, this is a solid ipa.
Jan 02, 2017
 
Rated: 3.49 by Nightmare1972 from Maryland

Jun 07, 2016
 
Rated: 3 by terpdog from Maryland

May 20, 2016
 
Rated: 3.99 by GangOf1 from Pennsylvania

May 19, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by petewheeler from Maryland

May 12, 2016
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Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania

4.06/5  rDev +24.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
My (usually) local, in-person trader, tone77, dropped this off for me in furtherance of The CANQuest (tm). He flew his snowbird self south for the winter, but I will still raise a toast to him. Prosit!

From the CAN: "Kraken is a true India Pale Ale. Its light malt flavor is overwhelmed by a tsunami of citrusy bitterness, combined with a strong hop nose and finish."; "'Watch yourself or you will be consumed by the Kraken.'"; "We Do It Dif'rent"; "Drink Local!"

Having just finished a retro cross-country trip on U.S. 50 from these guys & thinking about their doing it dif'rent, I am going to jam econo for this one! I was just working on a Cthulhu adult coloring book last week & his resemblance to The Kraken is striking. My first ship, USS Fulton (AS-11) was a real beast of the east (coast) & we rarely got underway, but I kept a lookout for The Kraken on my first Atlantic crossing in early-1985. I was reading Lovecraft & Stephen King & listening to The Minutemen on a cassette tape and dreaming of California.

Enough! Let's get this mother going with a Crack! which released a spray across my fingertips & showed some foaming through the vent. Oooh, a squirter! I gave it a gentle Glug as I was reluctant to rile it up, but then a swirl to make sure that the beast was alive. I roused a finger of dense, tawny head that hung around just long enough to create a sense of unease. Color was Deep Amber/Light Copper to Copper (SRM = > 13, < 17) with NE-quality clarity & I should have been reassured that nothing lurked beneath the surface, but I wasn't. Nose had a bright, clean pine-like mintiness & my mouth began to water. Mouthfeel was medium. It was a trick! The beast was hiding in the liquid and attached its suction cups inside my throat, causing me to choke. Ack! Another quick draught out of the glass washed it down & into my belly, where it really started wreaking havoc. The taste was full-on pine hops and left me with a cool, clean taste in my mouth, never mind my stomach. Finish was dry & after my third OCBC beer of the day, I finally felt like we were getting somewhere. This was a solid AIPA and it being in a CAN that could be taken to the beach makes it my pick.
Jan 27, 2016
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Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania

3.15/5  rDev -3.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Poured from a 12 oz. ca. Has a pretty, cloudy orange/beige color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of citrus, some floral hops. Taste is a bit unusual. Tropical fruits, malts, light bitterness, but a medicinal flavor that grows stronger in the aftertaste. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is a mediocre beer.
Oct 22, 2015
 
Rated: 2.19 by Grodd87 from Pennsylvania

Sep 08, 2015
 
Rated: 2.96 by mbjb0720 from Pennsylvania

Aug 18, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by MrJuengling from Pennsylvania

Aug 17, 2015
 
Rated: 3.56 by csurowiec from Maryland

Aug 08, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by spedprof from West Virginia

Aug 06, 2015
 
Rated: 3.43 by Gmartin75 from Pennsylvania

Aug 03, 2015
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Reviewed by PhillyJay1701 from Pennsylvania

3.26/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a 64oz growler into a pub glass.

Look: has an amber appearance with low carbonation; I got about a 2 fingered head that was slightly off white. A little dark for an IPA in my experience.

Smell: distant smell of floral hops but I was unable to pull anything else, no matter how hard I tried.

Taste: at first, the taste is pretty good; slight malt backbone with a hearty hop flavor with medium bitterness. But there's something in the aftertaste that was... off. Had kind of a Nyquil taste to it... and it got a little worse over the session. Killed the overall mood.

Mouthfeel: this was actually quite nice, it was creamy for an IPA and had good malt/hop balance.

Whatever's causing that aftertaste, kill it. It can be an above average beer without it.

Here is a link to my video review of this beer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn5W7A-rn1c
Jul 30, 2015
 
Rated: 3.52 by mthomp081 from Delaware

Jul 16, 2015
 
Rated: 3.25 by Zetcha7x from Pennsylvania

Jul 06, 2015
 
Rated: 3.42 by greyghost86 from Delaware

May 29, 2015
Kraken - Beast Of The East - India Pale Ale from Ocean City Brewing Company
Beer rating: 77 out of 100 with 40 ratings