Mashtide Pale
Pale Ale · 4.8% · IBU 35 — all the citrus, half the heft.
Pouring now House beer
Seafret IPA
Piney, grapefruity and properly bitter, with a crisp dry finish. Named for the mist that rolls in off the water and ruins a perfectly good drying day.
The numbers
StyleIPA
ABV6.2%
IBU55
MaltPale, light crystal
HopsSimcoe, Centennial
ServeTwo-thirds, 9°C
Why it tastes like that
Bitter on purpose
We brew Seafret for the regulars who told us, politely at first and then not, that everything had gone soft and juicy. This is our answer: firm bitterness up front, pine and pith in the middle, and a finish so dry it practically winces.
It is hopped in the whirlpool and again in the fermenter, then given a full two weeks to settle. Patience you can taste, or so Danny keeps saying.
At the table
Order it with
Anything fried and salty from the truck — the bitterness scrubs the palate clean. Blue cheese if you're feeling brave. Water if you're having a third; we will bring it without being asked.
Good to know: at 6.2% this is a slow beer. The board lists the strength before you ask, and the bar will always offer a third-pint taster first.
Keep tasting
Next to it on the bar
Black Buoy Stout
Stout · 4.4% · IBU 38 — dark, roasty, dangerously sessionable.
Harbour Lager
Lager · 4.0% · IBU 18 — the palate cleanser.