Blue Cat Off the Rail Pale Ale

Brewed by Blue Cat Brew Pub
Style: English Pale Ale
Rock Island, Illinois USA

Serve in English pint

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On tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear copper-gold colored body with a finger-width, dense and frothy, off-white head that dissipates slowly and leaves a soapy lacing. Aroma has some lightly sweetened caramels with a decent amount of citrusy florals. Touches of grass in there too. Flavor is similar. Grapefruit florals with a lightly sweetened caramel malt backing. Finishes clean, dry, and lightly bitter with a bit of a grassy note. Lengthy aftertaste following a medium-light body and a moderate carbonation. Overall, a simple, but easy drinking and balanced pale ale. Nothing special, but enjoyable.

Tap at the brewpub. Clear orange pour with a soapy cream head. Buttery grains, lightly sweet, pretty decent brew.

Draught at the brewpub. Pours clear brass color with off-white head. The aroma is malty and slightly buttery with a bit of fruit, estery notes, maybe a small fruity nop note. The flavor is "dirty" English malts, some woody character. It’s fairly estery. The finish is semi-dry and slightly earthy.

Taster at the brewpub. Pretty clear amber/brown color. A little layer of foam. I get no real smell, either from my allergies, or because sometimes the smell brewing operations can overwhelm what you’re drinking. But it’s all right. A thinner mouthfeel than the Big Bad Dog I just had. Currently served on a nitro push, and very sessionable. Another nut brown malt and touch of fruit ester. Not spectacular, but there’s nothing wrong with that. A bit of yeast in the finish.

Clear pale orange pour, little carbonation and no noticeable aroma. Flavor was more like an amber, plenty of malt, a little sweetness and clean on the aftertaste. Not much of a hop profile as I would prefer, but a decent beer nonetheless.

On tap at brewpub, pours a clear amber with a thin head, aroma is sweet with malt and a slight hop kick, the flavor has some caramel with a hop finish, pretty crisp and clean.

Tap at the pub. Pours a copper/amber orange with light head. Sweet floral hops fill the nose. Quite sweet aromatically speaking. Slick mouthfeel. Floral hops and gentle soap on the flavor. Very gentle finish. What a delicate brew this is! Slight fruit on the finish.

On tap at the brewpub many times. A nice easy going pale ale that isn’t overly malty or hoppy... pretty simple, drinkable.

Opal brownish tan with some redness. Creamy white head. Light subtle hop nose with some maltiness. Some sweetness and a light hop fruity flavor. Some esters. Somewhat cloying but a decent session beer.

Draught at the brewpub. Slightly hazy, orange color with white head that laced the glass. Aroma is almost non-existent with the exception of light malty caramel and flowery hops. Flavor is well balanced with malty caramel and flowery hops. Plesant bitter hop finish.