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Big Hole Headstrong Pale Ale

Big Hole Headstrong Pale Ale

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An English Pale Ale brewed by
Madison River Brewing Company

Belgrade, Montana USA

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1523.23/5.03.23/5.00.435.7%81.3 English pint, Shaker P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Brewed by Wellington County for the Ontario market.
Headstrong Pale Ale, inspired by the legacy of authentic British pale ales, is crafted with imported British grains, a special strain of British yeast, and hopped with prime Kent hops for a floral hop aroma, rich texture, and well balanced malt finish.
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 omhper (9704), Stockholm, Sweden
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/103/512/20
Jan 15, 2002  
Reddish brown. A clean bitter, medium bodied American style pale ale. Crystal malt flavour, otherwise very clean. Perhaps too clean to really be something extra.


 Oakes (6529), Miami Beach, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Apr 7, 2005  
Wellington County, sampled by the pint on tap at the Bow & Arrow, Toronto

Bright amber colour. Tasty, yeasty aroma with amber malts. Very toasty (mainly a yeast byproduct in this case). Light bitterness with woody hop notes.


 argo0 (5860), Washington DC, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Apr 16, 2004  
Clear amber body topped by small-medium off-white head. Aroma is sweet, earthy, some spice, caramel, berry, mild herbal. Taste is smooth herbal/grapefruit/earthy complemented by mild sweetness. Medium body. Simple but tasty.


 muzzlehatch (4405), Richmond, Vermont, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Jun 7, 2005  
660 ml bottle (Ontario version) shared with tiggmtl at his place after Day 1 of the Mondial. Love the label illustration, but it won’t save this beer. Clear copper-caramel, filtered, with a decent little white head...creamy orange-vanilla in the nose, fresh and clean but rather weak...fruity body derailed by carboardy mouthfeel...dryly bitter towards the finish, body reasonably full. Not awful, but Jeez I expected more with that solemn brute on the label.


 BückDich (4392), Boise, Idaho, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/102/511/20
Jun 6, 2004  
NABA ’04: Copper pale color, decent head & lacing. The aroma is a bit hoppy with some focus on the caramel. Taste is a bit bitter, unbalanced, dry.




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