Black Oak Pale Ale

Brewed by Black Oak Brewing
Style: American Pale Ale
Etobicoke, Canada

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

I have had this one for longer than I should have, not sure which Canada trade it came from but I will give a shout out to Viggo since he is a pimp. A: Pours a pale honey like golden color with a nice tall white head. Great retention, and spotty lace from top to bottom of my glass. S: Simple aromas of crackery grainy malt, candy sweetness, and mild grassy hops. T: Simple, on the malty side but I did let it sit around for a bit. The cereal grains are there, with hints of bread and caramel. Very subdued hop profile.... mostly grassy green hops with just a touch of citrus. M: On the lighter side of medium, not bad really.

341 bottle in 6-pack from LCBO, served cold in a tulip glass. 05MA10.

App.: Clear deep golden with a fair off-white white foam. Aroma: Pleasantly fruity malts and hops, some toast and biscuit, slightly earthy, British, hints of caramel and toffee, slightly peppery, definitely vegetal, I don’t love it. Palate: Medium body, sparse yet pointy effervescence with an overall, slightly oily feel. Flav.: Dusty, musty, biscuity, earthy, slight austere, British caramel/toffee, still vegetal, some decent resinous, earthy, slightly floral hops; dry with fair bitterness and a surprisingly pleasant malty finish (lacks the vegetal/earthiness).

Could be a style thing. Liked the bitterness, didn’t love the aromas and flavours.

Échantillon, Mondial de la bière, 3 juin 2009; oeil : ambrée, claire, effervescence moyenne, petit anneau de mousse beige; nez : léger malt, léger grain; bouche : léger malt, léger grain, drèche, mousseuse, finale en drèche avec une surprenante amertume, astringence moyenne, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, plutôt amère; en résumé : ordinaire ENGLISH Sample, Mondial de la bière, savoured on June 3 2009; eye: amber, clear, average effervescence, tiny ring of beige head; nose: light malt, light grain; mouth: light malt, light grain, spent grains, foamy, finale in spent grains with a surprising bitterness, mild astringency, medium body, average carbonation, rather bitter; overall: ordinary

Pours gold with a thin head. Aroma is caramel maltiness with some woody, fruity hop. Flavour is very nice fruity and resinous/piney hop with a medium toasty caramel malt body and a dry bitter finish.

On tap at Rebel. Pours a clear yellow gold with medium-sized lasting white head; decent retention. Hoppy aroma (pine) with notes of grass and light maltiness. Hops prominent in taste with nice pale malt balance and a light grassiness, maybe a hint of citrus. Crisp finish. Very tasty - this has been my go-to session beer for several years now.

Great flavour, lots of hops and very tasty. Good mouth feel, fairly strongly carbonated but it suits the taste pretty well. Very drinkable as well, could definitely polish off enough of these in a night. Definitely not the most complex/interesting beer I’ve ever had but a great taste for sure.

Draught at the Bow & Arrow, Toronto, Canada on 7th June 2008. Very dry, hoppy and bitter. For UK drinkers, treat Milton Sparta as a reference beer.

Great mouth-engaging feel of rounded but bitter hops and full but not sticky malts. Grassy and citrus, bit of caramel, highly drinkable ’session pale’. Great standard fridge item that grows on you, I swear.