Sprucey Goosey
1623 Brewing Company

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From:
1623 Brewing Company
 
Maryland, United States
Style:
Belgian Pale Ale
ABV:
6.6%
Score:
+8 ratings needed
Avg:
3.69 | pDev: 7.86%
Ratings:
2 | reviews: 1
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jul 09, 2023
Added:
Jan 09, 2022
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
Belgium meets Westminster. This Belgian Pale Ale with its old world hops (Magnum & Hallertau) delivers the perfect landscape for the locally grown and trimmed spruce tips added late in the boil and in whirlpool. The spruce adds a cool crisp air feel to a great Belgian Pale Ale.
Recent ratings and reviews.
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Rated by Ernald_Elbertson from Delaware

3.4/5  rDev -7.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Everything is here but the taste. Cloyingly sweet and way too boozey for something that's only 6.6%. Balance is all wrong.
Jul 09, 2023
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Reviewed by Lucular from Maryland

3.98/5  rDev +7.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
5 oz pour at the brewery. Between the 8 beers my wife and I tried in two flights, there were three that stood out for being unusual. And this was the most surprising of the three. It tasted pretty much exactly like you'd expect a Belgian pale ale with spruce tips would taste, and it was weird for sure. But it put a smile on my face. And for that I give this beer a higher "Overall" score than any of the individual components.

P.S. Full disclosure, my wife was not a fan and thought it tasted like a cleaning product. I can see where she was coming from, but for me it just tasted delightfully weird.
Jan 09, 2022