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Founders Pale Ale 3.41 496

Founders Pale Ale

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bottled
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4963.41/5.03.41/5.05.4%88Lager glass, Shaker
Commercial Description:
A testament to Cascade hops in a bottle. This medium-bodied pale ale has a distinctive floral hop aroma and refreshing citrus flavor. You’ll notice a slight malty sweetness with a balanced hop finish. Perfect to enjoy anytime, anywhere.
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 CaptainCougar (5844), Rockville, Maryland, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20

Jan 4, 2006  
Pours a clear deep golden with some yeast floaties and a thin white head. Sweet caramel malty, piney and citrusy hoppy aroma is very inviting. Starts with a nice sweet caramel malt presence well balanced with a nice amount of bittering and flavor hops with pine and grapefruit being most prominant. Finishes slightly sticky and dry with some fresh, green hoppy bite. A nice and enjoyable APA.

 tennessejed420 (159), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Mar 17, 2010  
12 oz. bottle. Pours like a classic pale ale, amber gold body with white head, quickly reduces to some bubbles floating on the top of the beer. Smell is floral hops, pine, buttery sweet corn malt. Taste is pretty balanced, with a crisp hoppy bite giving way to malts underneath, with some hop bitterness on the finish. Medium bodied, not thick, goes down easy. Would be a good session; a good example of this style.


 puggy211 (629), cordova, Tennessee, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Mar 15, 2010  
Pretty tastey brew all around. pours a vibrant copper colour with a small white floral head. Hop goodness around the palate, fruity and sweet/bitter battle all the way through. Finishes very clean


 craftbeerdesign (872), Alpharetta, Georgia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/515/20
Mar 12, 2010  
bottle on 3/7/09... straw yellow pour with a white head... malt forward nose with some grassy hop notes... light to medium body with slight hops... more bitter than some pale ales but the hops feel pretty low in alphas... just feels off to me... lacks some body and depth... a very light pale ale. ok.


 weitz15 (115), West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20
Mar 7, 2010  
Nice citrus aroma, mild amber pour with a white-ish head. Smooth herbal flavor with a dry hoppy finish.


andyhwcinc (75), Illinois, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Mar 4, 2010  
I’m not going to lie...I was a bit disappointed with this weak Pale Ale from a brewery known for kicking me in the ass with their high gravity / abundantly hopped beers. Pours golden with a thin head, aroma is faint of hops and you can’t really taste the hops. I know this is a Pale Ale as opposed to an IPA so the hop content will go down, but I just thought it was weaker than it could’ve been. I’ll stick to what I like from this great brewery.


 rader58 (258), Leawood, Kansas, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/513/20
Mar 3, 2010  
Pours a golden color. Aroma of floral. Taste is bitter. Flavor of floral hops. Finish is bitter.


 Hank1980 (825), Athens, Georgia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/513/20
Mar 2, 2010  
Bottle. Pours a cloudy yellow with a big white head. Aroma is of light sweet malt, some citrus hops. Taste is sweet but the hops are all pretty light. The hops are citrusy and not all that present. Some other unexpected grain notes are also noticable. Not sure of the age of the bottle but, this one may have been on the shelf too long. Body is medium and the finish is light. Overall an okay brew.


 Block (415), West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
Feb 28, 2010  
A very solid pale ale. Great hops aroma and flavor. Sweet finish. Very sessionable.



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