Burnside Oatmeal Pale Ale

Brewed by Burnside Brewing Company
Style: Specialty Grain
Portland, Oregon USA

Serve in Shaker, Tumbler

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On draught at Living Room Theater. Orange amber in color, with a lot of grassy hop flavor, and just a hint of oatmeal in the finish.

Two fingers of frothy head on a copper/orange colored body. A mellow aroma of grain, hay and lemons. The taste has medium bitterness of lemon with a not a hint of sweetness. A softer texture, moderate carbonation and medium body. Pretty good and good job with using the oatmeal.

Bronze, light cream head. Nice oatmeal and bitterness in the nose--an interesting zest to it. Body has a nice lightly grainy body with a toasted oat quality and a decent bitterness throughout. However, the mouthfeel is on the thin and uncomplex side. Sessionable, but kind of monotonous.

650ml bottle pours a golden orange color with a generous white head with some good retention that leaves some nice lacing on the glass. Aroma is mild but pleasant with grass and grains and a hint of citrus. Taste is better with a generous grass and citrus hop bitterness and a caramel malty sweetness. Light to medium bodied with good carbonation. A nicely done pale ale that is easy to drink and recommended as a session ale.

22 oz bottle from Roth’s Sunnyplope store in S.Salem. $4.99 Pours a slightly hazy dark golden colour with a large bubby off white head. Aroma is subdued and mostly of oats,slightly grassy hop and hay Taste not so subdued with resiny hops and smooth oat and a touch of toffee. Nice yet odd on the tongue smooth from the eats yet well carbonated at the same time! OK beer drinkable.

pours a clear pale amber with a medium size bubbly light tan head, and a little lacing. smell is a little funky, caramel, and some citrus. taste is of oats, a little citrus, grain, and caramel. ends a bit oily.

Draught at the brewpub. Grassy aromas, a field of hay. Hazy golden straw color. Creamy malt initial; grassy in mid palate, creamy and buttery; balanced aftertaste. Medium body. Very mild flavors. The creaminess is interesting in a pale ale.

Sample pour @ 45 North. Clear orange, white head, no lacing. Aroma is, well, cigarettes from outside. Flavor is oat, oat, oat. Very smooth mouthfeel. Little carbonation. Not terribly complex, but great, but drinkable.

22. Bottom line, this is a solid little APA that doesn’t really gain anything in particular from the oatmeal. It doesn’t have any obvious flaws, but there’s nothing about it that stands up and demands notice, either. Pours a clear medium amber with a dense and creamy tan head that fades quickly away to almost nothing. Rich toasty nose, almost cooked. Creamy medium body with lively carb. Toast, nuts, and dark biscuit on the mid palate. Mild biscuity finish. Not too bad.

Draught @ brewpub.
Pours hazy amber color with small head. Aroma of fruits, caramel, malts, hops and nuts. Flavour of malts, mild fruits, nuts and toffee. A bit disappointing.
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