Funnel Cake
Forgotten Boardwalk Brewing
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- Style:
- Cream Ale
Ranked #199 - ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 81
Ranked #44,802 - Avg:
- 3.58 | pDev: 12.85%
- Reviews:
- 53
- Ratings:
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- Forgotten Boardwalk Brewing
- New Jersey, United States
- Avail:
- Year-round
- Wants
- 16
- Gots
- 57
SCORE
81
Good
81
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Reviews: 53
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Reviews by NeroFiddled:
NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania
2.65/5 rDev -26%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Forgotten Boardwalk Brewing Co. "Funnel Cake"
12 fl. oz. can, no freshness dating
$2.49 @ Total Wine & More, Cherry Hill, NJ
Look: A cloudy yellow-gold body teems with life as tiny bubbles race upwards to settle below a creamy cap of white. It looks like a Belgian witbier, or even a Bavarian hefeweizen. Oddly the head drops fairly quickly, and thus the lacing is limited beyond what's left by the initial pour.
Smell: Yeasty. Phenolic with plastic/clove. Sweetish like malt and sugar. A touch of vanilla. Certainly not what I was expecting.
Taste: As the aroma indicates with more vanilla. The yeast and phenols are not pleasant. It seems that this is an old can, with the yeast struggling to hold on, giving off phenols and fermenting everything it could. Unfortunately it's not dated. It has a bit of tartness that I'm guessing wasn't intended, but I really have no way of knowing. Or perhaps this particular can was just at the end of a run and got a bit too much yeast in it? Looking inside the can I can see even more yeast that had sedimented out caked on the bottom.
Feel: Medium-bodied and zesty in the mouth with a fine-bubbled effervescent carbonation. Astringent like grape skins on the teeth.
Overall: One of the worst beers I've ever tasted, really not much above the level of bad home brew. Fortunately I think it's just a batch can, or even batch, or just old and "forgotten" - a poster child for the need for tight QA. If someone from the brewery reads this you should pull everything from the shelves of Total Wine and invest in an ink jet to at least put a production code on it. Had this been the first beer I'd tasted from "Forgotten Boardwalk" I'd have completely written them off forever. As it is not I'll seek a fresh can and try again.
Dec 20, 2016
2.65/5 rDev -26%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Forgotten Boardwalk Brewing Co. "Funnel Cake"
12 fl. oz. can, no freshness dating
$2.49 @ Total Wine & More, Cherry Hill, NJ
Look: A cloudy yellow-gold body teems with life as tiny bubbles race upwards to settle below a creamy cap of white. It looks like a Belgian witbier, or even a Bavarian hefeweizen. Oddly the head drops fairly quickly, and thus the lacing is limited beyond what's left by the initial pour.
Smell: Yeasty. Phenolic with plastic/clove. Sweetish like malt and sugar. A touch of vanilla. Certainly not what I was expecting.
Taste: As the aroma indicates with more vanilla. The yeast and phenols are not pleasant. It seems that this is an old can, with the yeast struggling to hold on, giving off phenols and fermenting everything it could. Unfortunately it's not dated. It has a bit of tartness that I'm guessing wasn't intended, but I really have no way of knowing. Or perhaps this particular can was just at the end of a run and got a bit too much yeast in it? Looking inside the can I can see even more yeast that had sedimented out caked on the bottom.
Feel: Medium-bodied and zesty in the mouth with a fine-bubbled effervescent carbonation. Astringent like grape skins on the teeth.
Overall: One of the worst beers I've ever tasted, really not much above the level of bad home brew. Fortunately I think it's just a batch can, or even batch, or just old and "forgotten" - a poster child for the need for tight QA. If someone from the brewery reads this you should pull everything from the shelves of Total Wine and invest in an ink jet to at least put a production code on it. Had this been the first beer I'd tasted from "Forgotten Boardwalk" I'd have completely written them off forever. As it is not I'll seek a fresh can and try again.
Dec 20, 2016
More User Reviews:
Lone_Freighter from Vermont
3.32/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Poured into a nonic pint glass, the appearance was a ruddy burnt yellow to orange color with just a skim of head at the top. Dissipated super quick. No lace. The aroma was sweet corn, sweet biscuits, vanilla extract, lactose and a little bit of lemon sweetness. The flavor was super sweet with a super clean aftertaste and finish. The palate was between light and medium bodied with a fair sessionability about it. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt fine. Overall, decent as one of those "Americanized cream ales." Perhaps, I might give it another shot.
Jun 10, 2017
3.32/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Poured into a nonic pint glass, the appearance was a ruddy burnt yellow to orange color with just a skim of head at the top. Dissipated super quick. No lace. The aroma was sweet corn, sweet biscuits, vanilla extract, lactose and a little bit of lemon sweetness. The flavor was super sweet with a super clean aftertaste and finish. The palate was between light and medium bodied with a fair sessionability about it. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt fine. Overall, decent as one of those "Americanized cream ales." Perhaps, I might give it another shot.
Jun 10, 2017
Jacobier10 from New Jersey
3.73/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
12 oz can poured into a tulip glass. Best by 8/15/15.
Hazy, golden orange color with a thick white head. I'm on my 5th can of the 6-pack (not all in one day) and I still can't pick out what the aroma is, but I guess it's the vanilla I'm picking up. Heavy lactose powder flavor. Very sweet yet drinkable. Medium bodied and creamy. Chalky mouthfeel.
This is one of the oddest beers I've had in a while. The lactose and vanilla additions are front and center and I can't figure out if they work in a cream ale, but I'm still drinking this with very little problem. Does it taste like a funnel cake from the Jersey shore? Not exactly. But I don't know how to get any closer to achieving that flavor in a beer.
May 29, 2015
3.73/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
12 oz can poured into a tulip glass. Best by 8/15/15.
Hazy, golden orange color with a thick white head. I'm on my 5th can of the 6-pack (not all in one day) and I still can't pick out what the aroma is, but I guess it's the vanilla I'm picking up. Heavy lactose powder flavor. Very sweet yet drinkable. Medium bodied and creamy. Chalky mouthfeel.
This is one of the oddest beers I've had in a while. The lactose and vanilla additions are front and center and I can't figure out if they work in a cream ale, but I'm still drinking this with very little problem. Does it taste like a funnel cake from the Jersey shore? Not exactly. But I don't know how to get any closer to achieving that flavor in a beer.
May 29, 2015
Stinger80OH from Ohio
2.65/5 rDev -26%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Dec 06, 2016
2.65/5 rDev -26%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Dec 06, 2016
BoOmerG from New Jersey
3.03/5 rDev -15.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Mar 19, 2016
3.03/5 rDev -15.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Mar 19, 2016
FrankShirley from Massachusetts
3.4/5 rDev -5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Jan 10, 2015
3.4/5 rDev -5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Jan 10, 2015
TeachChefs from Pennsylvania
3.31/5 rDev -7.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
Dec 25, 2016
3.31/5 rDev -7.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
Dec 25, 2016
BFCarr from New Jersey
2.92/5 rDev -18.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
This one is tough to place. Odd fusel notes and a thin bitterness are my takeaway. I don't get lactose or vanilla as described in the packaging. It's not a bad brew but it's not to my taste.
Apr 10, 2016
2.92/5 rDev -18.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
This one is tough to place. Odd fusel notes and a thin bitterness are my takeaway. I don't get lactose or vanilla as described in the packaging. It's not a bad brew but it's not to my taste.
Apr 10, 2016
SammyJaxxxx from New Jersey
4.5/5 rDev +25.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Mar 08, 2016
4.5/5 rDev +25.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Mar 08, 2016
chippo33 from Vermont
3.83/5 rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
May 21, 2015
3.83/5 rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
May 21, 2015
srw from Virginia
3.17/5 rDev -11.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Nov 24, 2018
3.17/5 rDev -11.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Nov 24, 2018
jschott75 from Illinois
3.75/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Oct 02, 2015
3.75/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Oct 02, 2015
cyrushire from Florida
3.86/5 rDev +7.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Oct 31, 2015
3.86/5 rDev +7.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Oct 31, 2015
IvoryFoxhole from Virginia
3.59/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
12 oz. can purchased at brewery on March 25. Poured into ale glass.
L: 1 finger head, poor retention, no lacing or ring. Pale golden color.
S: Seemed a bit musty (dough/yeast?_, light malts, couldn't pic) up vanilla.
T: Yeasty and light bready, light malts, vanilla, starts a bit bitter and tries to get sweeter, doesn't make it
F: Light bodied, medium carbonation, watery. Carbonation does tamp down lingering bitter note a bit.
O: Love the idea, do not love the execution. Might give it a shot on tap sometime just to see if it's better that way.
Mar 28, 2016
3.59/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
12 oz. can purchased at brewery on March 25. Poured into ale glass.
L: 1 finger head, poor retention, no lacing or ring. Pale golden color.
S: Seemed a bit musty (dough/yeast?_, light malts, couldn't pic) up vanilla.
T: Yeasty and light bready, light malts, vanilla, starts a bit bitter and tries to get sweeter, doesn't make it
F: Light bodied, medium carbonation, watery. Carbonation does tamp down lingering bitter note a bit.
O: Love the idea, do not love the execution. Might give it a shot on tap sometime just to see if it's better that way.
Mar 28, 2016
Dave_Treat from Virginia
3.31/5 rDev -7.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
May 11, 2015
3.31/5 rDev -7.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
May 11, 2015
jbaker67 from Pennsylvania
3.59/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Jul 15, 2015
3.59/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Jul 15, 2015
chiefz1 from New York
2.96/5 rDev -17.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Aug 25, 2019
2.96/5 rDev -17.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Aug 25, 2019
ChrisL24481 from New Hampshire
3.5/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Jun 04, 2015
3.5/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Jun 04, 2015
WDJersey from Colorado
3.6/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Dec 23, 2017
3.6/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Dec 23, 2017
sanitarium16 from New Jersey
3.36/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
May 18, 2015
3.36/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
May 18, 2015
DerekCarruth from Georgia
3.24/5 rDev -9.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Mar 01, 2016
3.24/5 rDev -9.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Mar 01, 2016
Syracuse12 from New Jersey
3.98/5 rDev +11.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Mar 28, 2015
3.98/5 rDev +11.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Mar 28, 2015
StevenH from New Jersey
3.5/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Apr 09, 2017
3.5/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Apr 09, 2017
Funnel Cake from Forgotten Boardwalk Brewing
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