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RATINGS: 34   MEAN: 3.02/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.98   EST. CALORIES: 150   ABV: 5%
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This amber colored pale ale will quench your thirst. It's smooth mild taste makes it Back Road Brewery's flagship beer. A generous dosing of fresh English hops nicely balances the beer's maltiness. A technique called dry hopping is used to add a fresh herbal like aroma. Drink and enjoy LaPorte's first hand crafted beer!!


2.3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 7/20
kp (9999) - Woodstock, Georgia, USA - SEP 1, 2007
Date: 07/18/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

hazy orange, big creamy off white head, drippy lace, earthy hop aroma, highly carbonated body, sweet yet tart malt malt flavor, touch of bitterness to balance the infected malt,

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 7/20
Rating: 2.3/5.0
Drinkability: 4/10
Score: *+/4

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
hopdog (6943) - Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA - MAR 13, 2010
12oz bottle acquired in trade. Poured a medium golden color with a very small sized off white head. Aromas of toast, some caramel, and grains. Tastes of the same.

2.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
CaptainCougar (6749) - Boz Scaggsville, Maryland, USA - JUL 18, 2007
Pours a slightly hazy golden with an airy, frothy off-white head. Aroma of some piny English hops and pale malt with some mild tartness. Body starts very effervescent with a tart lemon citrus flavor and some acidic warmth. Definitely seems infected to me, but would otherwise be a pretty standard APA.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Cletus (6025) - Connecticut, USA - SEP 26, 2009
Bottle courtesy of shawnm213/ Pours copper with a lasting white head. Smells of caramel, raisins, some light spice. Tastes of caramel, earth, tea, some sage, peppery.

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Cornfield (5239) - Oak Forest, Illinois, USA - NOV 26, 2006
Even a vigorous pour couldn’t raise much of a head over the slightly hazed amber body. It has a caramel, malty aroma with some apples and toffee. Drinking it is almost like eating a sour caramel apple with an earthy hop bitterness arriving late in the game. I would’ve thought this to be an amber ale due to the flavor and weak hopping. Why do so many "flagship beers" come across as something I’d just as soon not repeat?

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3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
BBB63 (4939) - La Porte, Indiana, USA - JUL 3, 2003
Copper hue with small white head and no lacing, light to medium-bodied. Very malty aroma of caramel and grain. Lighty citrusy hints. Crisp on the palate, tart hops give way to the malt, well balanced. Dry and soft mouthfeel. Slighty metallic on the finish. A well made ale and one of my choices of an everyday session beer.

3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
thedm (4116) - Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA - NOV 17, 2003
In a bottle at the brewery. This brew poured a medium sized head of foamy off-white colored long lasting bubbles that left behind an excellent lacing and a transparent softly carbonated light brown colored body. The aroma was a medium strength malt hop one with a mouthfeel that was initially slightly biting and lingered well into the finish. It had a typical mild malt hop flavor.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
TomDecapolis (4000) - Skippack, Pennsylvania, USA - MAR 9, 2010
Thanks to hopdog for sharing this. Pours a translucent amber with a smaller bubbly off white head. Aroma of tea, tobacco, light spicy hop notes, some mettalic notes. flavor of tea, hops, light toasted malt some nuts.


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