I've seen various beers by this company at several stores, and I kept meaning to try it if only because I owe a portion of my existence to the island chain that this company is named after. Specifically the island that this beer is named after. My grandparents got married at a little church on Star Island. I don't want to go into too many details about the steps that followed that led to me existing because... well... ew. But Star Island was certainly a rather important node in the path that the universe took between the Big Bang and the somewhat smaller one that led to my eventual conception.
This beer is labeled as a 'Session ale brewed with spice'. It does have a nicely spiced scent to it, but the flavor is actually a bit blander than I expected. It's also got a kind of odd dichotomy to it: the flavor and feel of it is that of a heavier beer, and yet it's actually fairly light and crisp and almost a little bit watered down by my standards.
I can't really say that this one is as good as some of the others I've tried lately. It's certainly not bad, but not great either. It does have a nice flavor to it, although not as spicy as I expected. So far this hasn't turned me on or off to this company, so I'll probably try something else by them in the near future.
It does go down very easily, and it is a nice crisp cold beer that would be good on a warm day, but it also has the feel of weight to it that would be good on a cold day. It's kind of a multi-purpose beer. Not great at any one thing, but decent overall.
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