Ninkasi Maiden the Shade
Special Release Series. A salute to the playful side of summer, we had fun with this beer! Maiden the Shade has a big robust hop character from the liberal use of 7 different varieties of hops. It s completed with a light colored malt backbone to stay in balance. Kick back and enjoy!
3.6
237 reviews
Eugene, United States
Community reviews
12 oz bottle. Pours slightly hazy straw gold with a big pillowy white head that retains well and laces the glass some.
The aroma is sweet bready malt and tropical fruit with some resiny hops.
The flavor is sweet bready malt with lots of fruit and a resiny hop finish. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with smooth carbonation.
Overall, a nice fruity resiny IPA.
On tap at Omars in Ashland. A bit hoppy then I expected but that’s cause I thought I was gonna be a pale ale and it turned out to be and IPA, my mistake.
Bottle from a supermarket in Portland. Juicy hoppy tropical fruit aroma with lots of citrus, grapefruit, notes of peach and mango. Flavour is lightly sweet with a firm bitter finish. Body is medium. Lovely juicy fruits, royally hopped. Very tasty.
Clear amber color. Light carbonation. Mild hoppy aroma. Crisp and clean - not complex. Quick finish. Does not seem like 72 IBU's.
Pours a lively carrot orange/yellow. Classic IPA aromas. Great balance. Restrained hop bitterness. Fantastic summer quencher. Tasty.
Golden with a nice head, aroma of herbs, orange, tangerine, flavor is bitter with orange, tangerine and herbs, medium bodied
Kroger bottle. Nearly clear golden with an inch of white head. Aroma of pot, pine, grapefruit, tropical fruit. Flavor is pine, grapefruit rind, mango, roasted malt. Good!
Bottle. Thanks zvsn. Clear golden-yellow with white head. The aroma has notes of citrus, honey and ripe fruits. Bitterish flavor with notes of citrus, light malty sweetness, notes of honey, leaves and old hops, a bit alcoholic, harsh. Medium-bodied. Not fresh.
Bottle. Hazy orange golden with a nice creamy head. Aroma of caramel, overripe fruit, stale hops. Sweet, honey, caramel, fruity, stale hops, finish is bitter and herbal. Medium bodied. Too old.
At a tasting, thanks, smallish bubbly head, cloudy very light orange to yellow color, aroma of orange marmalade, citrus and a bit of stale grains, flavor of fruit jam and tea, medium empathic bitterness, quite sweet, hint of alcohol. Drinkable but a bit old.
Bottle. Hazy orange. Citrus hops and light skunk, some floral aroma. Old hops, overlayer of summer fruitiness and beneath old hoppy bitterness. Medium body, old citrus hoppy finish.
Bottle shared at a tasting at Max’s place. Better Beer Of The Month Club. Cloudy golden with a white head. Aroma of stale hops, honey, marmalade. Sweet flavor with marmalade, honey, bitter stale hops. Medium-bodied.
12 ounce bottle from Wegman’s Lake Manassas, 5/23/16. Hazy golden with a large foamy white head. Good retention. Aroma of tropical fruit and pale malt. The taste is pine, mango, papaya, lime, pale malt. Medium bodied, mild lingering bitterness.
I’m a litle late getting this, but this bottle is delicious regardless of it’s age. It pours cloudy orange with average head and carbonation. The aroma is grapefruiit/citrus and slightly sweet malt notes. The flavor hits hard with that citrus. Grapefruit, and then a lemon meringue, sweet finish. I liked this beer.
Big citrus and pine aromas. Pours cloudy ale gold with a thin white head and tons of lacing. Big hops pure grapefruit flavors. Neil carbonating and a lingering biting sour finish. Quite nice.
On tap at St Augustine’s, Vancouver. Very cloudy apricot pour with a white head. Big fruit aroma and flavour, nectarine, citrus, a touch metallic. Very flavourful, good bitterness, and not at all cloying. Nice IPA.
Nice mellow IPA
Crisp and tasty
My Shangri-La beneath the summer moon
I will return again
Rating #1876 - 2015.09.02 - Sample at Keg N Cork. Pours a deep golden yellow with a fairly frothy head. Aroma is orange peel, lemon, grapefruit. Medium carbonation, lots of assertive bitterness to complement the punchbowl sweetness.
Nice.
Bottle. Pours a clear yellow with a finger thick white head and good lacing. Smells very woodsy, some olive, mild grapefruit, light tangerine, a hint of rotten eggs. Tastes light and mild, citrus flavor. Mild bitterness, more medium in the aftertaste. More pluses than minuses.
On tap at St. Augustine’s. Pours a clear pale golden with a weak white head. Aroma is some hops, biscuity malt. Taste is tropical fruits and piney bitternesa. Piney bitterness aftertaste. Not bad.
Draft at Bru Craft. Mostly clear golden yellow pour with soapy white foam. Lots of lace. Strong tropical citrus herbal resins. Pineapple. Celery root. Tangelos. Mango. Kiwi. Apricots. Green banana peel. Tree sap. Moderately juicy. Lingering pithy peppery finish.
Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Smells citrusy with a juiciness. Taste is juicy and bitter. Medium-bodied with a smooth texture and soft mouth-carbonation, Ninkasi Maiden the Shade finishes with a lingering citrus bitterness.
Clear amber pour with a nice white head and spotty lacing. Aroma is floral, citrus zest, and tea. Taste is citrus, floral,earth, and grass. Light body.
Bottle picked up by a buddy somewhere. Poured a clear golden yellow color with a small off-white head. Aroma was light tropical fruit notes, some light citrus, juicy hops. Flavor was about the same - lots of citrus, tropical fruit character. Pretty tasty.
3-4 oz pour on draft at Sehkraft. Clear golden yellow with off-white head. Aromas of tropical fruit, citrus, floral notes. Tastes of citrus, tropical fruit, malt, floral notes. Medium body with a dry finish.
Brilliant clear golden with a thin white cap. The aroma bursts with leafy and citrusy hops and a little earthy ple malt. Crisp and quaffable flavor full of bready pale malt and a big orange/grapefruit rind and leafy summer bright hops. Lingering earthy and leafy bitterness after the finish. Quote earthy and citrus pithy.
Pours a slightly cloudy/hazy bright yellow color with white head. Light fruits, floral notes, citrus, and some pine on the nose; follows onto the palate. Medium bodied. Finishes with light fruit and piney resinous tones. Nice summer IPA.
Pour is a cloudy orange with a large white head. Aroma is a full on assault of hoppy orange peel bitterness. Flavor is a big citrus and bitter hop with a lot of tangerine and other various citrus type hops. No malt to get in the way of the hops other than leaving a very dry chalkiness that just cleanses the palate for the next sip. This is like chewing on a just ripe tangerine.
On tap at Carpool in Herdon, VA.
Clear, golden-yellow with an an off-white head and very good lacing.
Aroma of grapefruit, tangerine, resin, mango, peach, floral hops and caramel.
Taste of floral hops, mango, resin, tangerine and caramel.
Medium body and medium/low carbonation.
Draught @ Albion. Faintly cloudy rich orange with small frothy off-white head, very faint citrus peel aroma, medium carbonation, lightly bitter orange peel taste, citrus flavor, longish bitter hoppy finish. A good IPA.