Barrel House Cumberland Pale Ale

Pours gold/amber with a thin off-white head that shows minimal lacing. Nose is faint soap and pine/grapefruit hops. Flavor is initially bitter pine hops that warms to a rounded creamy malt flavor. Charcoal flavor in the aftertaste. Rather watery. Moderate bitterness, maybe 50 IBUs. Simple but flavorful APA.

Pours a hazy golden orange with a big three finger head that shows strong retention as some minimal lacing. It smells very light and fruity, like applesauce, with a good bit of light grains. Taste is also very light with grains and a very faint hop presence dominated by light fruits. Mouthfeel is very light with heavy carbonation - crisp and clean. This beer is fairly drinkable despite being relatively nondescript in terms of taste and mouthfeel.

Pours a fairly light amber with a big off white head. Aroma is citrusy grapefruit like hops with some malt to round it out. Taste is nice and hoppy with a good malt background as well. Pretty good.

Hazed light copper color with a moderate fluffy ecru head. Light caramel and grapefruit zest aromas. The aromas just don’t do it for me. There is a amber quality that when I run into it, I have a hard time with. Flavors are there with the aromas. Someday I will put a finger on the small and flavor combination that I have a hard time with in so many ambers and pales. A mix of light raisins, caramel, figs and other stuff. Dryer in the finish and linger. With some metal late in the linger. I find it somewhat water as well. As I took the last gulp, I finally came up with the aroma/flavor that annoys me in so many pales and ambers, it’s the smell that emanates from the sharpening of a new #2 pencil. Some pine and carbon, along with the mild paint.

22oz bottle. pours hazy golden with huge white head. infection type pour. smells infected, sour bandaidy. flavor, here we go, okay not too bad, biscuity, citrusy, the infection is noticed more in aroma than flavor but its still there and bandaidy. i cant drink this stuff.