
origin: Baltimore, MD
price: $1.59/12oz at Joe Canal's (Princeton, NJ)
abv: 7.25%
If it comes on to blow and Davey Jones stirs it up, you might even feel a bit of the 'heavy seas', but unless a loose cannon bumps your galley wenches three times and they drop a whole treasure chest of hops into the kettle each time, you won't necessarily know this beer much better. Right, back to the beer...
It has a nice clear reddish tinge and a... holy damn I've drunk near the whole thing since starting this passage! OK, before I get too arsy versy here, lets get down to business. There's a blustery hop nose on this brew, but it's hardly bitter unless you're really looking for it on the finish. The malts give it a nice mouth feel, coming through nice and solid, but the overall character isn't too heavy. If I were a pirate on heavy seas with a loose cannon rolling around, I'd be perfectly happy if I put back maybe three of these, but being a grounded science monkey I'm perfectly happy putting back only one of them! Not to say that I'm finished or anything...
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