A1A Aleworks Porpoise Point Pale Ale

Brewed by A1A Aleworks (Gordon Biersch)
Style: American Pale Ale
St. Augustine, Florida USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

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Draft... Hazy golden ale with a mid-sized, frothy, white head. Decent retention. I’m not able to pull much from the nose other than restrained notes of citrus-grapefruit. The flavor is metallic and almost heavily bitter. Solid malt with a whisper of butterscotch, but hopped to high Hell. Medium to full-bodied and creamy with medium carbonation. Finishes buttery and heavily bitter. True to style, but it’s a train wreck of hops.

On tap at the brewery. Light amber, medium head. Thin, hoppy nose. A good dose of hop flavor, but it’s a kind of "muddy" flavor with a thin body. Nothing great.

Several drafts at A1A Brewery, St. Augustine. Offered as an IPA at the brewery. Poured deep orange with thin white head. Floral nose. Sweet orange and grapefruit flavor. Not overly dry and bitter, at least it made for a reasonable session beer.

Pours clear amber little head with nice citrus nose. Not very hoppy for an ipa, more like a pale ale. Pretty good though.

Clear amber, whitish cover. Light hoppy aroma, spicy, pale malt. Taste is caramel, citrusy hops, pine, light bitter.

Tap at brewpub. Decent APA, light-bodied, with a citrusy aroma. Taste is mostly leafy and grapefruit hopping with a delicate malty sweetness. Enjoyable, like all of their beers that I had.

Sampler at brewpub Pours light copperish, thin white head. Aroma and taste, lightly hoppy, with light malts and hints of caramel and some spiced, citrus fruit hops. Nothing spectacular, but was really enjoyable and easy to drink.

En fût. Verre de dégustation directement à la brasserie. Arôme: Légère odeur de pamplemousse et de citron. Apparence: La couleur est dorée avec une faible densité de bulle. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de pamplemousse avec une pointe de caramel. Ducée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement huileuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Arrière goût légèrement houblonné. (Rating #2268)

On tap at the Florida Brewers Guild BeerFest 2009. Pours hazy deep gold with thin white head. The mild aroma has a little bit of malt sweetness, some earthiness and some citrus. The taste is earthy, tobacco and backed up by a light amount of malt sweetness. About midway I get a pulse of grapefruit hop bitterness and pineapple joining the other notes to create a rather interesting mixture of flavors here. It starts to taste like it may have some guava too. Yes, very interesting.

The aroma is light hops and malt. The appearance is pale gold with a small head. The flavor is like the aroma. The palate is thin. This is one rather unmemorable beer. It is pretty much average right down the middle.

on tap-pours an off white head and gold color. Aroma is somewhat sweet citrus-grapefruit/spice-some bite. Taste is citrus-grapefruit with some bite, secondary sweet light/medium malt. Light side of medium body.