Small Craft Warning
Heavy Seas Beer

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From:
Heavy Seas Beer
 
Maryland, United States
Style:
Imperial Pilsner
Ranked #21
ABV:
7%
Score:
84
Ranked #22,179
Avg:
3.74 | pDev: 12.3%
Reviews:
594
Ratings:
1,104
Status:
Active
Rated:
Mar 16, 2023
Added:
Mar 12, 2004
Wants:
  26
Gots:
  111
Über Pils

Arguably our most well-balanced beer, Small Craft Warning seems at once hop-forward and malt-forward; our brewers debate over which flavor force prevails in the beer. Small Craft exemplifies a robust pilsner - it's crisp, well-carbonated, and slightly sweet. The beer is characterized by a firm malt backbone and a pronounced hop character. A fine aroma, from an array of hops, completes this quaffable beer.
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Ratings by ArrogantDeadGuy:
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Reviewed by ArrogantDeadGuy from Virginia

3.5/5  rDev -6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A: Scant head with a descent lace after an iced
tea colored pour.

S: Malty, with undertones of grain and hop.

T: Sweet hoppiness with apparent grassy flavors.
Almost a little too much of a sugar water
base.

M/D: Smooth texture that doesn't leave the
pallet cleanly. There is a slick left
on the pallet and a crispness is lacking
that I usually look forward to in a good
craft pils.
Jun 14, 2009
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.04 by gardner254 from Ohio

Mar 16, 2023
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Rated by RickDietz

5/5  rDev +33.7%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Live this beer, just can’t find it.
Sep 25, 2021
 
Rated: 3.6 by Bajdog from Maryland

Nov 29, 2017
 
Rated: 3.85 by DMc8ride from California

Jun 19, 2017
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Reviewed by q33jeff from New Jersey

1.38/5  rDev -63.1%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 1.25
**
03/14/13

Bottle to pint glass

AROMA: Rice, Aldehyde
LOOK: Beer color, small white head.
TASTE: Rice cereal, Aldehyde - not pleasant at all.light

A Dumper.

**
Jun 15, 2017
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Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont

4/5  rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Into my pilsener glass, it pours a light golden color and leaves the same color body. A one inch white foamy head appears and settles to a half-centimeter fairly quickly and leaves a nice show of speckled spider web lacing. Carbonation rises at a moderate pace. The smell has the malts up front with a nice fighting punch from the noble hops helping to give a decent spiciness. The taste is well balanced between the malts and hops helping to make it slightly sweet and bitter in different ways. The palate is about a medium with nothing harsh on the tongue, great balance all around. I would say this is very drinkable. Overall, this is good and I’d come back to it.
Jun 10, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by Kurzman from Rhode Island

May 21, 2017
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Rated by dean2017 from Ohio

4.87/5  rDev +30.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Overall a great beer
Apr 30, 2017
 
Rated: 3.49 by Timtac from New Jersey

Jan 12, 2017
 
Rated: 4.55 by TheBen5 from Alabama

Jul 18, 2016
 
Rated: 3.61 by Tlloyd417 from Colorado

Jun 18, 2016
 
Rated: 4.5 by CDBeerDisappear from Ohio

Jun 03, 2016
 
Rated: 4.02 by deereless from Colorado

May 27, 2016
 
Rated: 3.92 by Fitzy01 from Maine

Apr 30, 2016
 
Rated: 3.81 by mflamar from New York

Apr 17, 2016
 
Rated: 3.94 by rjd722 from Maryland

Mar 31, 2016
 
Rated: 3.62 by Merticois from New Jersey

Mar 11, 2016
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Reviewed by Dirtyhands from Maryland

3.57/5  rDev -4.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Not balanced. Alcohol comes through, not heat but overpowering flavor-wise. Dogfish nailed a 10% imperial pilsner. I recommend that 1000% over this mess. Sorry heavy season, but toured going to have to try harder.
Mar 08, 2016
 
Rated: 3.86 by dtm426 from Michigan

Feb 27, 2016
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