Captain Lawrence Freshchester Pale Ale

Brewed by Captain Lawrence Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Elmsford, New York USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tulip

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Bottle. Deep gold/amber with a fluffy white head. Nose is citrusy hops with a touch of pine. Taste is similar. Lemony to start with a bready lager like finish. Very crisp and clean. Well done. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

12 oz bottle from BlackIPA as I dump in some ratings. Thanks, Shawn. Pours a nice amber orange hue, a bit darker in the middle, healthy glow in this lower light. A mellow haziness in the body that clears up more on the edges and bottom. Frothy whitish head atop dies to a firm film, laces ok. Aromas are biscuity and bready, a touch sweet as firm florals meet oranges, grass, and some crisp cereal grains. A touch sticky, some grapefruit. A bit older and fruity. Initial is lighter end of medium bodied, some good oranges, bit of graham cracker, touch of oixidation. Bready malts, floral hops, some cereal elements. Medium bitterness becomes tempered. Very earthy as we round the corner, weedy and grass, florals and earthy elements are decent bitter. Bit of pine, soap. Middle and backend really preach the brunt of the bitterness. Finishing with cereal malts, bread, some crackers and dry earthy hops. This is a bit similer for me, perhaps a bit old. The hops come on later in and the maltbill seems a bit too firm for what I like in a Pale Ale. A solid beer if a bit dated as it is compared to what I’ve been enjoying. Meh.

A very bold, flavorful and boastful beer that is a pale ale, but represents itself as an IPA.

12oz bottle. Pours a deep gold color with 3 fingers of khaki colored foamy head. Aroma of pine needles and toasted malt. Quite simple and clean. Taste is piney hops, toasted malt, and a touch of tangy citrus.

Crisp copper coloured body with a thin off-white head. Aroma of light hops, yeast and a bit of malt. Medium-bodied; Nice fresh light hop flavour with pine and resin noticeable and quite a bit of herbs. Aftertaste shows some complexity for the style, with hay, grass, yeast and nuts all noticeable in addition to the malt and hops. Overall, a nice APA with some good characteristics. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Liqour Outlet in Boonton, New Jersey on 24-February-2013 for US$1.34 sampled at home in Washington on 04-May-2013.

Pours a clear amber with a puffy off white head. Aromas of toffee and bittering hops, perfume. Taste is bitter toffee, some grain. Underwhelmed.

I poured a 12oz bottle into a tulip glass. There was no freshness date whatsoever.

Appearance: Dark copper hue with visible sediment in suspension. Forms a good sized, eggshell foamy head which mostly dissipates but does leave nice lacing on the glass.

Smell: An earthy aroma of tree bark, pine needles, and dark cereal grain.

Taste: I’m inclined to believe the bottle I’m drinking is old, however there is absolutely no markings of a freshness date on the bottle at all (if that’s not irony considering the name I don’t know what is). Therefore, if the brewery doesn’t seem to care about freshness then neither do I and all I can do is review what I have. That being said, Captain Lawrence Freshchester Pale Ale is not a horrible beer, but it’s definitely not a good one.

This beer claims to be a pale ale but has a palette akin to an amber ale. The hops are quite mild and the maltiness is too twangy for the style. It almost reminds me of a sorghum base as there’s a touch of sourness right on the finish. The label description mentions West Coast influence, but there’s none of that here. No citrus, no flowers; instead just a general earthy character of tree bark and light resin. There is a faint taste of caramel and toffee, but both are short-lived and mild and cannot save the beer from itself.

Drinkability: While I wasn’t a fan of the flavor, at least Captain Lawrence Freshchester Pale Ale is an easy beer to drink. The mouthfeel and body are both on the lighter side with a good amount of carbonation. It goes down smooth, but the aftertaste is a tad annoying: a combination of starch and residual bitterness. It’s perfectly efficient at 5.6% ABV, but it’s a moot point considering this is only a tolerable beverage.

Seemed to be an English hop character to this. A bit of caramel in nose and taste, decent, not overpowering, some maltiness, but taste just a bit off to me. Surprised reading the list of hops, I don’t detect the grapefruit.

22oz bottle. not really much to say but i love this. extremely fruity and very refreshing. excellent.

12 ounce thanks to UDBeernut. Caramel and sweet for a pale. Some fruit. Maybe even a little orange. Slightly off with esters.