Barrel House Cumberland Pale Ale

Formerly brewed at Barrel House Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Cincinnati, Ohio USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

22oz bottle in a shaker. Pours light amber with a lacy off-white head. Aroma of light hops and fruit with a little bread. The hops are a little light in the flavor, and the malts could be increased too. A decent beer for this style, but not the best.

Bomber from Network Liquors in Roseville $1.99 sale on bombers. Pour is copper orange with a frothy head and minimal lacing. Aroma is sweet sugar and malt. Taste is more sweet sugary malt and some nice subtle hops and spice. Palate is fizzy and sticky with a chaulky dry finish. Solid pale ale.

i can’t believe this pale ale is rated as low as it is. pours deep orange with nice head. nose is typical, malty and citrusy. taste is rather complex, i get the hint of mango or papaya along with peach and lyche. definately more taste than your standard PA. 22oz bottle was on sale for $2. definately heading back for more.

A huge oatmeal appearing head. The huge amount of foam seems to be a hallmark of Barrel House beers. The beer is golden with a touch of amber. Complex hop aroma is kind of muddled as is the malt and fruit. The flavor, again, seems to have the Barrel House yeast taste. It is also a bit muddled but is nicer than the aroma. Sweet citrus fruit, sugar, caramel, cinnamon spice, and toast. Hops are noticed very late and definitely don’t assert. Not a great beer and hops need to make themselves known.

22 oz. bottle. Pours a medium orange amber color with a medium off white head. The aroma is grassy, citrus hops , and light moderately sweet malt. The flavor is more grass with the citrus hanging around as well. Dry comes to mind, as does a strange damp hoppiness that is strange with this beer. There is probably a reason it has taken me this long to rate some of the few locals we have in Cincy.

Pours gold/orange, wuith a very large head. Aroma is hops, grass, and malt. Flavor is hops, grass, and some fruit. Light to medium body. Slightly bitter finish.

12/19/2007: Barrel House Cumberland Pale Ale (Cask) has a grassy aroma with some vague citrus and a hint of butterscotch. The beer is a clear copper-orange color and is nearly still. The flavor is somewhat disconnected through. It is very grassy and dry with flavors of both old hops and "wet" hops (Cascade?), although it isn’t that good. The mild to moderate bitterness is lasting. This beer has a medium-light body and is smooth. I’m not so sure that the cask aging and dry hop did anything positive for this beer...

CASKsample at Nicholson’s Scottish Pub in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. Rating #102 for this beer...

Draft pint from Arnold’s in downtown Cincinnati. Light orange pour with thin white head. Strong but quick blast of hops, also sweet, peachy, citrusy, and floral. Worth a try but unspectacular.