Flavor Unit
Departed Soles Brewing Co.
- From:
- Departed Soles Brewing Co.
- New Jersey, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.2 | pDev: 9.38%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 30, 2019
- Added:
- Nov 09, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by JerzDevl2000 from New Jersey
3.5/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
How does this have so few ratings on here? Maybe it's because it's a Jersey beer competing in a tough marketplace, but I thought that more people would have given this a go. While this wasn't a bad beer, it felt more like a Lager or an IPA than an American IPA. The label was by far this brew's best attribute as the rest of it left quite a bit to be desired...
The pour to this was alright - a muted golden hue with plenty of sediment in but the accompanying head and lacing wasn't anything to behold. Only a half a ring remained to be seen around the back half of my pint glass as a few scattered sections of bubbles remained below that. Grass, stinky hops, urine, and dank earth could be found in the nose as the taste was a conglomeration of those odd aromas while coming off as a lager in terms of feel on the palate. Some bright citrus kept this from being too dank on the senses but more citrus juice could have made this a bit more enjoyable from the get-go. Never felt the hops here even though they were probably more German in origin that what I was accustomed too but the accompanying notes could have been more enjoyable to the senses.
Sure, this was nearly low enough in alcohol to be a session beer but it would have been difficult to me to enjoy another one of these after finishing this off. While not a letdown, I was hoping for more out of this as it was only worth a go-around once. Not a drain pour but a newer can with dating on the bottom of it would be preferred to see if this was really the letdown that it came across as. Worth a go once as a lawnmower or tailgate beer that felt like a dewy summer morning combined with swamp water...
Nov 30, 2019The pour to this was alright - a muted golden hue with plenty of sediment in but the accompanying head and lacing wasn't anything to behold. Only a half a ring remained to be seen around the back half of my pint glass as a few scattered sections of bubbles remained below that. Grass, stinky hops, urine, and dank earth could be found in the nose as the taste was a conglomeration of those odd aromas while coming off as a lager in terms of feel on the palate. Some bright citrus kept this from being too dank on the senses but more citrus juice could have made this a bit more enjoyable from the get-go. Never felt the hops here even though they were probably more German in origin that what I was accustomed too but the accompanying notes could have been more enjoyable to the senses.
Sure, this was nearly low enough in alcohol to be a session beer but it would have been difficult to me to enjoy another one of these after finishing this off. While not a letdown, I was hoping for more out of this as it was only worth a go-around once. Not a drain pour but a newer can with dating on the bottom of it would be preferred to see if this was really the letdown that it came across as. Worth a go once as a lawnmower or tailgate beer that felt like a dewy summer morning combined with swamp water...
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