The “American Pale Ale (APA)”, also known as “West-Coast Pale Ale” and “Northwest Pale Ale” is a golden to light amber colored, refreshing and average-strength hop-forward ale, yet with sufficient supporting malt to make it generally balanced and more accessible than modern American IPAs. The clean hop presence can reflect classic or modern American or New World hop varieties with a wide range of characteristics. The American Pale Ale will generally be cleaner, have a less caramelly malt profile, less body, and often more finishing hops than English counterparts. Less bitterness in the balance and alcohol strength than an American IPA. More balanced and drinkable, and less intensely hop-focused and bitter than Session IPAs.
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Name | Ratings | Score | | |
1 | Three Floyds Zombie Dust
Three Floyds Brewing Company Munster, Indiana | 1471 | 4.12 | Find | |
2 | Three Floyds Alpha King
Three Floyds Brewing Company Munster, Indiana | 2343 | 4 | Find | |
3 | Cellarmaker Mt. Nelson
Cellarmaker Brewing Company San Francisco, California | 48 | 3.94 | Find | |
4 | Lagunitas Born Yesterday Pale Ale
Lagunitas Brewing Company (Heineken) Petaluma, California | 414 | 3.94 | Find | |
5 | Maine Beer MO
Maine Beer Company Freeport, Maine | 613 | 3.92 | Find | |
6 | Holy Mountain Lush Land
Holy Mountain Brewing Company Seattle, Washington | 16 | 3.9 | Find | |
7 | Russian River Row 2 / Hill 56
Russian River Brewing Company Santa Rosa, California | 331 | 3.88 | Find | |
8 | Cellarmaker Citrasaic
Cellarmaker Brewing Company San Francisco, California | 17 | 3.86 | Find | |
9 | Fremont Cowiche Canyon - Citra & Simcoe (Fresh Hop)
Fremont Brewing Company Seattle, Washington | 103 | 3.85 | Find | |
10 | The Kernel Pale Ale Nelson Sauvin Columbus Chinook
The Kernel Brewery Bermondsey, England | 14 | 3.83 | Find | |
11 | Cellarmaker Tiny Dankster
Cellarmaker Brewing Company San Francisco, California | 49 | 3.82 | Find | |
12 | The Kernel Pale Ale Sabro
The Kernel Brewery Bermondsey, England | 17 | 3.82 | Find | |
13 | Pipeworks Lizard King
Pipeworks Brewing Company Chicago, Illinois | 419 | 3.82 | Find | |
14 | Hop Butcher For The World Alemerica the Beautiful
Hop Butcher For The World Chicago, Illinois | 14 | 3.81 | Find | |
15 | Cloudwater The Little Pumphouse At Kinder Reservoir
Cloudwater Brew Co Manchester, England | 42 | 3.8 | Find | |
16 | Lagunitas Born Again Yesterday
Lagunitas Brewing Company (Heineken) Petaluma, California | 188 | 3.79 | Find | |
17 | Moonraker Citra Crush
Moonraker Brewing Company Auburn, California | 19 | 3.79 | Find | |
18 | Fate American Pale Ale
Fate Brewing Company (formerly: McFate) Scottsdale, Arizona | 35 | 3.79 | Find | |
19 | Fremont Field to Ferment - Mosaic
Fremont Brewing Company Seattle, Washington | 21 | 3.79 | Find | |
20 | PINTA Hoppy Crew: How It Rolls?
Browar PINTA Wieprz, Poland | 43 | 3.79 | Find | |
21 | Civil Society DankStar
Civil Society Brewing Company Jupiter, Florida | 24 | 3.79 | Find | |
22 | The Alchemist Broken Spoke (2016-)
The Alchemist Stowe, Vermont | 48 | 3.79 | Find | |
23 | The Kernel Pale Ale Mosaic
The Kernel Brewery Bermondsey, England | 218 | 3.78 | Find | |
24 | The Kernel Pale Ale Citra Zeus
The Kernel Brewery Bermondsey, England | 42 | 3.77 | Find | |
25 | Newbarns Pale Ale Nelson Sauvin
Newbarns Brewery Edinburgh, Scotland | 14 | 3.77 | Find | |