Buzzards Bay Pale Ale

Formerly brewed at Just Beer (fka Buzzards Bay Brewing)
Style: English Pale Ale
Westport, Massachusetts USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

Poured into a snifter. Burnt amber color with good clarity. White head that drops rather quickly. Aroma reminds me of sauerkraut. Biscuity, cabbage, some soy, which is odd. Cabbagey flavors reminds me of St. Patrick’s Day dinner, corned beef and cabbage. Dry mouthfeel with a mild carbonation level. It is drinkable, but the cabbage feels weird on my palate. Would be great with some bratwursts. Could it be a tainted bottle? DMS I assume.

12oz bottle. Pours a light copper color with an off white head that has decent retention. Smells of grainy malts and light caramel with a slight hint of alcohol. Smooth, mild malty taste, with a mild bitterness. Not much flavor from the hops. Medium to light bodied.

Bottle poured a clear amber with a lingering ring of ivory foam. Aromas of carmel,earthiness and a hint of fruittiness. Palate was medium bodied and smooth with a dry finish. Flavors of carmel and earthiness with a smooth dry malty finish.

Yellow straw pour with nice white head. Hops and malt. Better than mass produced pale ales, but average micro. I tend not to like this style very much. Rated 3/19/03

Pours a murky golden orange color. Aromas of citrus hops, caramel malts. Flavor is bitter and hoppy with a touch of pepper/grapefruit with sweet malt.

This was a pretty good straight up pale ale. It has all the typical malts and hops. I remember having this straight off the taps at the brewery itself. It taste so much better there. Too bad they decided to change their ways and retire this one.

Orange amber in color, the egg shell white head dies out within a minute, leaving a thin layer of minute bubbles. Some nice lace on the glass. The aroma is malty (crystal?) with surprisingly little hop. That missing hop really comes through in the flavor and the aftertaste. Thick, almost chewy with a light effervescence. A decent brew...

12 oz bottle from trade. Poured copper in color with a large frothy beige head. Aroma of grass, hay, light hops and wet grains. Tastes of very mild hops, lightly sweet, earthy, bland and not really that good.