Aces Captain
Aslin Beer Company
- From:
- Aslin Beer Company
- Virginia, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 88
- Avg:
- 3.94 | pDev: 6.35%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 08, 2018
- Added:
- Jul 12, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
88
Very Good
88
Very Good
A collaboration with Finback Brewery.
Dry Hopped Sour Ale with Apricots
Dry Hopped Sour Ale with Apricots
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Reviewed by rjal from New Jersey
3.86/5 rDev -2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.86/5 rDev -2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Poured in early October from can purchased early July. Poured into glass. Had light/pale yellow/gold color fairly clear with light cloud with good head that dissipates quickly. Makes beer look flat. Some carbonation remains but it flattened the longer it sits. Smell has hints of fruit, perhaps mango and apricots? Perfect sourness that covers whole palat that doesn't linger.
Oct 05, 2017
Reviewed by gcamparone from Rhode Island
3.49/5 rDev -11.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.49/5 rDev -11.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a 16oz can into a duvel glass.
Hazy dark orange body with little to no head and lacing.
Smells like buttered popcorn and sour patch kids.
Tastes the same, sour patch kids with buttered popcorn with a hoppy bite on the finish. Little carbonation medium body.
Odd beer, not very enjoyable
Aug 18, 2017Hazy dark orange body with little to no head and lacing.
Smells like buttered popcorn and sour patch kids.
Tastes the same, sour patch kids with buttered popcorn with a hoppy bite on the finish. Little carbonation medium body.
Odd beer, not very enjoyable
Reviewed by cjgiant from District of Columbia
3.91/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.91/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Can dated 6/27:
(revisit two weeks later)
Pours as a pale yellow cloud. White bubbles form and fade fairly quickly, leaving a flat looking beer.
(no change)
Nose has a very light floral and malt note, with a bit of tartness early. The beer does respond to a little coaxing with a bit stronger tartness and the definitive note of apricot coming out on a swirl (though no head returns).
(noted a little cereal aspect of the malt)
The tartness of the beer and added fruit get countered by a bitterness with characteristics that are fairly hidden by the tartness. I could see a classic American hop profile, but it comes across much more neutral. In fact, this combination just seems to dull both aspects, versus having the tart and bitter play with each other or compliment each other. A fleeting clean pithy bitterness shows in the end on a warmer beer.
(the hops seem to have integrated better with the sour aspect, letting the tartness drive the flavor a little more, which I enjoy, +.25)
A fine tasting beer, a little more of a sour than hoppy overall. An enjoyable, fairly refreshing sour, in that respect. I was hoping for a little more complexity, however.
(definitely more tart than hoppy, but the bittering hops I find at a decent level now. Not very complex, but well structured now, I think)
Jul 15, 2017(revisit two weeks later)
Pours as a pale yellow cloud. White bubbles form and fade fairly quickly, leaving a flat looking beer.
(no change)
Nose has a very light floral and malt note, with a bit of tartness early. The beer does respond to a little coaxing with a bit stronger tartness and the definitive note of apricot coming out on a swirl (though no head returns).
(noted a little cereal aspect of the malt)
The tartness of the beer and added fruit get countered by a bitterness with characteristics that are fairly hidden by the tartness. I could see a classic American hop profile, but it comes across much more neutral. In fact, this combination just seems to dull both aspects, versus having the tart and bitter play with each other or compliment each other. A fleeting clean pithy bitterness shows in the end on a warmer beer.
(the hops seem to have integrated better with the sour aspect, letting the tartness drive the flavor a little more, which I enjoy, +.25)
A fine tasting beer, a little more of a sour than hoppy overall. An enjoyable, fairly refreshing sour, in that respect. I was hoping for a little more complexity, however.
(definitely more tart than hoppy, but the bittering hops I find at a decent level now. Not very complex, but well structured now, I think)
Reviewed by IvoryFoxhole from Virginia
4.22/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.22/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
This is a collaboration with Finback Brewery and is billed as a dry-hopped sour ale with apricots.
16 oz. can dated 6/27/17. Poured into Teku glass.
L: 2F head with very poor retention, leaves nothing at all after a couple of moments. Beer is a hazy orange golden.
S: Apricots strong and up front, some sour yeast and light malts. Quite good.
T: Starts off moderately sour but neutralizes up a bit as the apricots and malt kick in. Just yeasty enough to get the job done. Finish is slightly sour.
F: Light bodied, moderately carbonated. Crisp and refreshing, very good on a hot day. Nicely constructed and balanced.
O: Very good sour ale, especially if you like apricots. Aslin handles them nicely, as they also make a good apricot gose.
Jul 12, 201716 oz. can dated 6/27/17. Poured into Teku glass.
L: 2F head with very poor retention, leaves nothing at all after a couple of moments. Beer is a hazy orange golden.
S: Apricots strong and up front, some sour yeast and light malts. Quite good.
T: Starts off moderately sour but neutralizes up a bit as the apricots and malt kick in. Just yeasty enough to get the job done. Finish is slightly sour.
F: Light bodied, moderately carbonated. Crisp and refreshing, very good on a hot day. Nicely constructed and balanced.
O: Very good sour ale, especially if you like apricots. Aslin handles them nicely, as they also make a good apricot gose.
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