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RATINGS: 563   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.64   EST. CALORIES: 150   ABV: 5%
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AleSmith X Extra Pale Ale is a clean, light-colored, light-bodied ale. The People's Choice award winner at the 2000 San Diego Real Ale Festival and the second runner-up in 2001, it has a good dose of dry hops balanced by a gentle sweetness, giving an almost sweet-and-sour effect. Appearance: Light golden color, and a nice white head, with good retention when properly served. Flavor: Starts off with almost tingling flavors of citrus and pine, balanced by a nice malty sweetness, then fades to a dry finish with a lingering hoppiness. Aroma: Strong lemony-citrusy character, with sweet malt and pine in the background. Mouthfeel (body/texture): Smooth, light-bodied.


3.5
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 15/20
Ungstrup (22906) - Oamaru, NEW ZEALAND - AUG 16, 2008
Bottled. A hazy golden with an off-white head. The aroma is sweet with notes of grass, grapefruit, malt, and caramel. The flavor is sweet malty with hoppy notes of grass and grapefruit, as well as light notes of elderberry flowers, leading to a dry bitter finish. The body is thin.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
dmtroyer (430) - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - AUG 14, 2008
Big thanks to can8ianben for bringing me my first Alesmith brew! Poured a fairly pale golden color with a lively white head. The nose and flavor profile had me very excited at how unique they were. I got undeniable mint and lemon zest throughout the bottle in the nose and the mouth. I’ve never had such a minty brew! Perfectly hopped, many in this category really overdo the hops but these were a nice addition on the finish. My only complaint is that it was a tad on the thin side but I think that may have matched up very well with the flavor profile. Very well balanced, possibly the best I have had in the category.

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Rogueone (506) - I F&ckin’ hate those guys from, Ohio, USA - AUG 12, 2008
Bottle: Very pale yellow pour and a very thick head. Aroma is citrus and some pine. Flavor follows through with the citrus hop and piney hops. As with most Alesmith brews, this one is also very clean. Finishes a little quicker than I would have liked.

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
yespr (20653) - Copenhagen O, DENMARK - AUG 10, 2008
22 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy yellow with a creamy white head. Peachy and grapefruity hoppy aroma, extremely fruity and inviting. Mild and crisp flavour with a lot of fruity hops flavours and oils. Nice crisp and without much caramel malt body, but it works okay.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
kegbear (358) - Orange, California, USA - AUG 2, 2008
Pale yellow with thick white head. Aroma of citrus, peach and hops. Tastes of citrus, lemon zest and pine balanced with a nice malt sweetness. Finishes dry with a slight bitterness. A top notch pale ale.

3.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 16/20
Reed944 (8) - Jamesville, New York, USA - JUL 27, 2008 does not count
Rating this beer from memory, which brings to mind very stringent lemon laced with delicious hops. I have to thank haslinger for this beer (and his generous uncle, of course).

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Haslinger (689) - Syracuse, New York, USA - JUL 21, 2008
Bottle thanks to kegbear. Aroma is some hops with a little citris. The taste is just incredibly lemony and wonderful. Almost like the best lemony kitchen cleaner you’ve ever smelled being made into a beer taste. There is almost some peach in the first taste and then the citrus just takes over and goes from there. Leaves a fresh,dry taste in your mouth. Incredible! Would buy again

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
ManvsCity (167) - Redmond, Washington, USA - JUL 17, 2008
22 oz bottle from BevMo in Orange County. The head got away from me, but after it settled down, a really enjoyable Pale Ale. Spectacular aroma. Really smooth on the tongue, not too heavy on the alcohol, grapefruit and lime flavors.


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