Berkshire Steel Rail Extra Pale Ale

on tap at the Underground Pub in Pittsfield MA. Light amber/orange in color. Lightly malty aroma, with very light touches of floral hops. Taste is sweet pale malts, slight biscuity notes with some floral hop character. Lightly bittered, this beer is balanced but the hop character could have been more assertive. Body on the light side. This was okay, clean but nothing out of the ordinary.

Had this on tap at the Northampton Brewery. This Pale Ale shows light brown color and the malt shows thourhg in the aromas and into the mouthfeel. The sweetness of the malt on the palate give way to nice lugh hop notes.

On-tap at Northampton Brewery. I am liking this Berkshire brewery as their product is above-average from the four I have tried. I could not get an aroma because of the chlorine used to clean the glass. Their was a light pale colour. The taste was very decent for a pale. Refreshing and crisp.

Tap at Northampton Brewing Company. Hazy pale golden beer with a creamy white head. Aroma is very faint, light pale malt, a bit of diacetyl as well. Dusty/wheaty aroma in back. Flavour is okay, but pretty standard. Light pale malt, a touch of breadiness. Meh… pretty boring really.

Not as "full malt flavor" as advetised but an average APA. Drinkable yes, but not very noteworthy. I had it on draft, and that did create a nice pour and a slightly fruity nose. The malt shows up, but it is lacking.

Great aroma and a head on which you could float a spoon. I was expecting something more than the mouthfull of sweet that finished fruity and little hop character at all. Not bad, but not a great pale ale.

Not bad, balanced hoppiness/maltiness. Slightly citrus with an herban & grassy nose. Not a great beer, but since it’s available at my local store in growlers on the cheap, I can’t complain much. I would put this above, say Peak Organic P.A., but below something like Sierra Nevada.

On tap Seamus O’Reilly’s in Holyoke. Gold color, medium head, slight pleasant aroma. Smooth taste. No after bite. Good beer.