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RATINGS: 615   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.


3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
ross (1913) - weddington, USA - MAR 27, 2006
From the bottle - pours out yellow in color (surprisingly). Refreshing, easy to drink, infact I found myself gulping it down. Hop flavors, light on the carbonation. Very nice.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 13/20
MattH (388) - California, USA - MAY 24, 2012
Bottle. Golden pour. BIg white head. Aroma of pine, lemon and some sweetness. Flavor is citrus and pine. Bitter lemon peel aftertaste. Light body. Good amount of carbonation.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Miksu (4012) - Jyväskylä, FINLAND - MAY 22, 2012
0.66 l bottle at Harry’s, Jyväskylä. Golden color. Citrusy aroma with lemon, grapefruit and pine. Citrusy and piney taste with lingenring minerally bitterness. Sweet malt is in the background. Lighter body than in most APAs, fairly minerally also. Good but a bit ordinary beer from Alesmith.

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
madmitch76 (6092) - , Essex, ENGLAND - MAY 19, 2012
9th May 2012
Bottle from Olbutikken. Very light haze on the pale gold beer. Tidy but short lived white head. Palate is light and a little soft with mild fine carbonation. Semi dry. Mild sweet pale malt supports fairly floral hops. Touch of elderflower but mainly white flowers. Mild tangerine stops it getting cloying. Finishes semi crisp and semi dry. Effortlessly quaffable!

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
gyllenbock (1910) - Stockholm, SWEDEN - MAY 19, 2012
Bottle bought at Ølbutikken. Light orange with a small white head. Quite a lot of hops and fruit in the aroma, also some grass and cookies. The taste was good but a bit "weak". Easy to drink with a lot of carbonation.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
DSG (3004) - Tel Aviv, ISRAEL - MAY 18, 2012
[5/13/12] Bottle at Den Tatoverede Enke in Copenhagen. Clear golden with a slowly-dissipating frothy white head. Aroma of grainy hops with some resinous and grapefruit notes. Hoppy flavor, rather dry, with some slightly sweetish crackery malt and a nice moderately bitter finish. Nothing amazing, but a tasty quaffable beer.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
SirLimpsalot (1095) - SWEDEN - MAY 17, 2012
Mycket trevlig och frisk humledoft. Något mer beskeden i smaken men trevlig frisk. Saknar dock lite fyllighet och lite väl mycket kolsyra. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

3.9
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
kryon (265) - SWEDEN - MAY 17, 2012
Pours yellow with low white head. Aromas of citrusy fruits, caramel malts, some breadyness. Taste is centered around a malty base, some hoppyness of citrusy fruits, medium bitter ending. Would like a fuller body but for a pale ale it is really nice!

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
theoncle (19) - Barcelona, SPAIN - MAY 16, 2012
Sabor lleugerament amarg, amb gust de fruita amb incidència dels llúpols que porta, l’escuma es suau i daurada. Aroma de llúpol afruitat i caramel. El final és sec i amarg. Molt ben equilibrada. Cervesa de sessió.

2.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
FatPhil (6205) - Tallinn, ESTONIA - MAY 15, 2012
660ml bottle (Viisi Pennia, Helsinki)
Simple pleasant hoppy and biscuity aroma. Like a good english golen ale in some ways. Some flapjacls. Thinpalate, harsh carbonation. Alas pored with lots of sinky bits. Really puts me off. Head tiny, too brief. Nasty minerally taste. Touch muddy and dirty. Drying palate, leaves me wanting to scrape my tongue, and order something drinkable. Is it chalk? I don’t know. Did not enjoy. Thanks stranger in 5P who traded his IPA for some of this.

3.5
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 14/20
mjs (2997) - Helsinki, FINLAND - MAY 15, 2012
(Bottle, 0.65 l, at Oluttupa Viisi Penniä, 20120515) The beer poured golden and almost clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had fruitiness, pine and citricness. Palate was medium bodied with quite high carbonation. Flavours were fruitiness, pine, hops, malts and bitterness. Aftertaste was citric and bitter. Tasty but thin.


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