Ghost Ship
Capital Brewery
- From:
- Capital Brewery
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 5.6%
- Score:
- 80
- Avg:
- 3.48 | pDev: 14.37%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 14
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 09, 2017
- Added:
- Apr 06, 2014
- Wants:
- 5
- Gots:
- 29
SCORE
80
Good
80
Good
White IPA
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Reviewed by Tsar_Riga from Minnesota
3.56/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.56/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
A - Clear golden body, short head, lots of lacing. Beautiful beer.
S - Moderate spicy nose, a bit of funk.
T - Mild peppery hit, grass and a bit of pine, cracker malts, and bitterness in the close.
M - Prickly on the tongue, a bit of drying on the close.
O - A good looking brew, but the flavor is not really to my liking.
Dec 09, 2017S - Moderate spicy nose, a bit of funk.
T - Mild peppery hit, grass and a bit of pine, cracker malts, and bitterness in the close.
M - Prickly on the tongue, a bit of drying on the close.
O - A good looking brew, but the flavor is not really to my liking.
Reviewed by Ferretferret from Wisconsin
3.37/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.37/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
What a disappointment! The initial taste brings a wave of IPA flavors - hints of grapefruit, pine, citrus, etc... Only to be inundated by the bitterness I associate with cheap beer. Some of this bitterness may come from the CO2; this is the fizziest beer I've had, out of at least 100, but, it really does seem like they mixed some cheap beer with a really nice IPA.
Mar 25, 2017
Reviewed by vette2006c5r from Minnesota
3.74/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Ghost Ship pours a hazy golden color with a small, but lacing head. Very spicy aroma, with lots of coriander notes. Taste is citruses, lots of coriander, and just a slight bitter finish. Good body and feel. Overall, not much of an IPA, but the sweet is nicely balanced by the bitterness.
Sep 11, 2016
Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania
3.56/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.56/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a 12 oz. can. Has a golden color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of citrus, light spices. Taste is citrus, some malts, hints of spice, mild bitterness. Feels medium/full bodied in the mouth and overall is a smooth and easy drinking and beer.
Jun 23, 2016
Reviewed by bfrank8 from Illinois
2.88/5 rDev -17.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
2.88/5 rDev -17.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Does not resemble an IPA to me, and the good wheat beer aspects don't come through either. I had high expectations, hoped for a Belgium like IPA. It was more of an "off" slightly English hopped American wheat beer.
May 25, 2016
Reviewed by drpimento from Wisconsin
2.92/5 rDev -16.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.75
2.92/5 rDev -16.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.75
Aroma is mild with a bit of hops and malt. Appearance is a dirty amber with a fairly long lasting head. Flavor's stale hops, malt, bittersweet with a little tang. Off flavors in the finish.
Mar 20, 2016
Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota
4/5 rDev +14.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +14.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
L: Pours straw gold with a slight haze under a 1” rapidly receding off-white foam collar.
S: Spice, citrus, light grains, fruit, orange and grapefruit. The fruit aromas are medium to medium high, the malt aromas are medium to medium low.
T: Begins with spice and light grains developing into a fine balance of spice, fruit, citrus and grapefruit over a malt backbone of light wheat and sweet malt. Has a grapefruit rind bitterness and a lingering fruit bitterness. The hop driven and added fruit flavors are medium to medium high, the malt flavors are medium.
F: Medium to medium light body and medium high carbonation.
O: This is a very drinkable American Wheat ale that is a little more hop forward than most with an interesting balance of flavors.
Dec 28, 2015S: Spice, citrus, light grains, fruit, orange and grapefruit. The fruit aromas are medium to medium high, the malt aromas are medium to medium low.
T: Begins with spice and light grains developing into a fine balance of spice, fruit, citrus and grapefruit over a malt backbone of light wheat and sweet malt. Has a grapefruit rind bitterness and a lingering fruit bitterness. The hop driven and added fruit flavors are medium to medium high, the malt flavors are medium.
F: Medium to medium light body and medium high carbonation.
O: This is a very drinkable American Wheat ale that is a little more hop forward than most with an interesting balance of flavors.
Reviewed by laketang from Arizona
3.81/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.81/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
pours cloudy orange with white head
I get expected pine and citrus notes
taste is hoppy grapefruit and bitter lots of pine
no real sweetness, a bit of carbonation, bitterness on the finish
this beer here, buy and enjoy a sixer and move on.
Nov 28, 2015I get expected pine and citrus notes
taste is hoppy grapefruit and bitter lots of pine
no real sweetness, a bit of carbonation, bitterness on the finish
this beer here, buy and enjoy a sixer and move on.
Rated by AdoptedYooper55 from Michigan
1.84/5 rDev -47.1%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.5
1.84/5 rDev -47.1%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.5
I did not care for this beer. Too bitter for me.
Aug 30, 2015
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