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Berkshire Steel Rail Extra Pale Ale

Berkshire Steel Rail Extra Pale Ale

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An American Pale Ale brewed by
Berkshire Brewing Co.

South Deerfield, Massachusetts USA

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942.91/5.02.9/5.05.3%19.6Lager glass, Shaker P  Stats

Commercial Description:
A light colored, medium bodied, full flavored American style Ale. Steel Rail E.P.A. is our flagship product that has a full malt flavor and is balanced with a pronounced hop flavor and bitterness.

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does not count click to see why this does not count DaveW (9), Rhode Island, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/54/103/512/20

May 31, 2007  
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.

 dchmela (907), Orlando, Florida, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/55/103/510/20
Dec 10, 2008  
Pours a hazy dark yellow with a thin white head. Slightly skunky malt aroma with hints of hops. Slightly fruity crisp malt taste and slight bittering hops. Only found this ok, no tas refreshing as I had hoped.


 elihapa (461), Hawaii, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/510/20
Oct 31, 2008  
Bottle. Appearance is light yellow, with a dissipating head. Aroma is nondescript, perhaps a bit of grass. Flavor is bread, sugar, grass, and light fruit. Palate remains crisp, but finishes sticky. To be honest, this beer was kind of a mess to me. Crisp, but bready. Sticky, yet with Pilsner-esque grass notes. Just didn’t come together.


 porterhouse (1017), Alna, Maine, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 11, 2008  
(22 oz. bottle from Marcorelle’s) Pours hazy gold/yellow. Interesting that it’s not amber at all. Three rocky fingers of white head. Aroma is sort of honeyish with kind of a hayish organic quality that’s hard to pinpoint. Some piney, sweaty hops were sniffed as well. Mouthfeel is fairly smooth but a bit pebbly. Not really much texture. Patchy, webby lacing. Flavor of weak sweet malt and a touch of a bitter bite on back end. Bland. No caramel, no fruitiness. Kind of a weak offering from Berkshire.


 thornecb (1291), Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Sep 25, 2008  
Pours a slightly hazed gold into a shaker. Fluffy white whipped cream head. Biscuit and caramel aromas. Thin to medium and malty from front to back. No hop presence.


 fata2683 (270), APO, New York, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/102/512/20
Sep 15, 2008  
I had this on tap at a pizzeria in the Springfield area visiting family. We enjoyed pitchers of this all night and it paired well with the pizza. Nice and cold, light and crisp. Moderate carbonation and a decent bittering finish.



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