Flagship IPA
Black Flag Brewing Company

Can pour into a tulip glass. Clear golden appearance, fluffy white head, good retention and lacing. Grapefruit, citrus, pine. Moderate to light body, crispy carbonation.

Appearance: Clear gold body, large off white head, modest lacing.
Aroma: Citrus up front followed by pine.
Taste: Solid malt backbone helps showcase the resinous, citrusy, floral hops. Moderate bitterness.
Mouthfeel: Expectations of a hop overload countered by a softer malt presence. Good balance.
Overall: With so many examples of the style available, this is one that doesn't particularly stand out. But it is well made and covers all the bases in good order. Just a refreshing, reliable go to standard, best enjoyed on tap in the comfort of their taproom.

Tastes like camel piss!

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Poured into a glass from a can, its a bright gold offset by a frothy little head. The complex aroma is enticing: a bright citrusy bouqet, with a piney, sweet, earthy body. It's got a stronger mouthfeel than most IPAs I've tried, that malty sticks to your tongue aftertaste rather than an overly hoppy sting. The citrus flavor is prominent in the taste but balanced well with h

 

Look: It pours golden and clear with a white head. Head retention is very good.

Smell: It has a balance combination of citrus and dank aromas. There are also some grainy notes in the background.

Taste: The flavors are tilted toward the citrus of orange and grapefruit with dank notes being more in the background. There are also grainy elements in the background.

Feel: It has a medium body with some moderate bitterness in the finish.

Overall, it is an easy drinking IPA.

This DelMarVa (+ DC) adventure of mine has morphed into my latest CANQuest (tm) focus! I really had no idea that MaryCANd, especially, was putting out so much beer. 8=O It seems as though every time I feel like I a close, some more beers from that area Pop! up from out of hiding to surprise me. Further, I am back to work so I CANnot keep up the pace that I set during the Christmas/Winter Break. 8=( On top of all of that, even New Beer Sunday is off-limits due to prior CANmitments. 8=( Inna meantime, a shout-out to my local, in-person trader, @tone77 who recently dropped this off for me.

From the CAN: "Flagship".

I gather that this is their flagship beer. I beCAN with a Crack! of the vent, followed by a slow, gentle C-Line Glug into the awaiting glass. This one displayed a real propensity for foaming with many fits and starts. It finally settled into two-plus fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, French Vanilla-colored head with very good retention, leaving a load of lacing in its wake. Color was a slightly-hazy Golden-Amber (SRM = > 5, < 7). Nose had a vegetal pungency, almost as though it were a wet-hopped beer. Hmm. It was minty, but not in the usual pine/evergreen way. Instead, this was more earthy, like spearmint or peppermint, fresh from the garden & brewed into tea. Hmm. Mouthfeel was medium-to-full, not quite creamy, but on the approach. The taste was equally odd, slightly medicinal, with a sharp mintiness that did not mesh well with the (possibly caramel?) malts. It reminded me of something, but I CANnot dredge it up. It seemed oversaturated in terms of its hops, giving it a chalky graininess in the mouth after the swallow. It was drinkable, but not wholly enjoyable. It tasted like its recipe needed tweaking as it was just too unbalanced in terms of its unrelenting bitterness. Finish was dry, but just too bitter for a seCANd go-'round, even for a hophead such as myself. Sorry. YMMV.

 

 

 

 

Terrible. Almost made me sick. Has a barley wheat finish gone wrong sunk ship. Maybe its taste preferences but this beer is horrible!!!


I went back and gave it 2 stars instead of 1 because I drank the beer when I wasnt already drunk and it wasnt as bad

Appearance:

Pours a pale straw yellow with a thick head. This is a very hazy beer, and looks to be quite rich, but looked a bit straw yellow to me.
3.5

Smell:

I get a mostly citrus/herbal hoppy scent from this beer. It smells like a very well hopped beer, but the scent isn't too strong and is a bit one-dimensional.
3.5

Taste 1-5:

Strong resinous hop tastes, but well balanced. Very drinkable, but with a satisfying hop punch to it.
4

Mouthfeel 1-5:

The beer is crisp, but with a heaviness to it. It is very satisfying to the palate. I could see myself getting carried away on these.
4

Overall 1-5:

I saw this beer today at my local store and decided to pick it up, and I am glad I did. It is a very well hopped American IPA that retains a surprising level of lightness and crispness. I would compare the beer to a lighter more quaff-able Dogfish head 60 minute.
3.75

 

 

 

On tap, it pours hazy yellow gold color with a 2 finger foamy head that faded slowly left little to no lacing.

Smells and tastes fruity with sharp malty notes that compliment the lemon, biscuit, grapefruit and orange peel. Not as hoppy as it smells, but smooth and easy to drink.

 

Poured from the can, this IPA begins with a heavy rush of foam; filling the glass, it immediately subsides into a dark amber body topped by a flimsy head that leaves some splotches of lace around the rim. There is a pleasant nose of mango. Take a sip: there is an initial bitterness followed by the anticipated citrus notes. There is a mild bready heaviness in the mouthfeel, but nothing to distract from your quaff. While nothing extraordinary, Flagship IPA does make for a worthwhile brew.

Poured from a can into a pint glass. Pours cloudy orange with a fluffy white head. Smells of citrus with slight piney and earthy notes. Tastes of citrus hops with a nice grain backbone, balanced, but nice bite. Beer is light bodied and very easy drinking, good carbonation. Overall, a very good beer.