Paper Boy
Masthead Brewing Co.
- From:
- Masthead Brewing Co.
- Ohio, United States
- Style:
- Hazy IPA
Ranked #497 - ABV:
- 7.3%
- Score:
- 92
Ranked #6,911 - Avg:
- 4.17 | pDev: 5.76%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 8
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 18, 2026
- Added:
- Aug 11, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
92
Outstanding
92
Outstanding
It's Saturday and you're standing on the porch waiting for your newspaper. As the Paper Boy rides by, you expect the news, but instead you find yourself getting smacked in the face with your favorite American hops. This beer is the culmination of what we have learned brewing New England Style IPA.
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Reviewed by trevormajor from Ohio
4.5/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
16 oz can, born on 12/17/21, poured into a teku glass at 43 degrees F:
L - golden and hazy with a soft white head that lingered
S - dank resin and tropical citrus
T - taste follows the nose, great blend of flavors
F - medium/thick mouthfeel and carbonation
O - very good NE IPA, dank but tropical
Feb 05, 2022L - golden and hazy with a soft white head that lingered
S - dank resin and tropical citrus
T - taste follows the nose, great blend of flavors
F - medium/thick mouthfeel and carbonation
O - very good NE IPA, dank but tropical
Rated by Jcoleman4 from Ohio
4.53/5 rDev +8.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.53/5 rDev +8.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
An underrated masthead
Feb 01, 2021
Reviewed by WoodBrew from Ohio
4.55/5 rDev +9.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.55/5 rDev +9.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
I got a can of this beer off the single shelf from my local beer store just around the corner. It poured a hazy orangish with white head that is not leaving much lace. The scent had dank fruit peel spice notes. The taste was nicely balanced and easy to drink dank tropical fruit peel spice presence. The mouthfeel was medium in body and had good carbonation. Overall it is a solid beer.
Oct 17, 2020
Reviewed by schoolboy from Ohio
4.25/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
This brew is in a tough category - all New England IPAs tend to be good and many are great. Well, here's another great one. I am a Masthead fan, so I expect good things.
It pours bright yellow with nice fine bubbles. The aroma is strikingly alluring - it makes you want to dig in, knowing it's a big, dry, hopping thing you are going to drink. The taste does not disappoint, it delivers that big dry taste and the whole thing finishes very cleanly. Tough to sip - you want to gulp.
Highly recommended. A bit pricey, but worth it. A nice treat. This one is 33 days old.
Oct 03, 2020It pours bright yellow with nice fine bubbles. The aroma is strikingly alluring - it makes you want to dig in, knowing it's a big, dry, hopping thing you are going to drink. The taste does not disappoint, it delivers that big dry taste and the whole thing finishes very cleanly. Tough to sip - you want to gulp.
Highly recommended. A bit pricey, but worth it. A nice treat. This one is 33 days old.
Reviewed by MikeWard from Pennsylvania
3.89/5 rDev -6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.89/5 rDev -6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
16oz can into a pint glass. Canned 4/7/20, so a month old.
Standard hazy dull orange juice body. Small white head dissipates to a ring and faint covering. A little lacing initially.
Slightly earthy dank aroma.
There is a little citrus, but it's initially buried under the dank barnyard flavor. It's not an unpleasant drink, just not a great one. As it warms though, the bitterness floats above the other flavors, improving the drink.
Mouth close to full, finish warm and a touch veggie.
All in all, the hop and flavor profiles didn't sit too well on this tongue. Was hoping for a heavier citrus and a little less dankness. As it warmed and the bitterness came though, it was more enjoyable.
May 10, 2020Standard hazy dull orange juice body. Small white head dissipates to a ring and faint covering. A little lacing initially.
Slightly earthy dank aroma.
There is a little citrus, but it's initially buried under the dank barnyard flavor. It's not an unpleasant drink, just not a great one. As it warms though, the bitterness floats above the other flavors, improving the drink.
Mouth close to full, finish warm and a touch veggie.
All in all, the hop and flavor profiles didn't sit too well on this tongue. Was hoping for a heavier citrus and a little less dankness. As it warmed and the bitterness came though, it was more enjoyable.
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