Carlyle A.P.A.

Brewed by Carlyle Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Rockford, Illinois USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

Arrived with a very dense, tall, creamy, off-white head with a slightly hazy copper body underneath. Modest caramel sweetness (not overpowering) and a modest citrus presence. Flavor starts off with a mild caramel and toasted malt note, lemon zest citrus middle and finishes with a light grassy taste. Modest density to the brew with a slight watery texture. Overall an okay brew by Carlyle. Definitely drinkable. Slight water feeling creates a little less fun for the tongue.

Draught @ brewpub: This one poured a somewhat orangish-amber color with a bit of a head. There was also a decent bit of lacing. The aroma is fairly decent, with a good bit of grapefruit and pine hops. Decent malt body with a bit of a malt kick. This almost treads into the IPA range.

Sampled at Great Taste of the Midwest. Usually not a fan or APA?s, but this one was quite good, according to my, by this time, hard-to-read notes.

Dark, hazy copper-amber; bright, leafy, pungent aroma. Fairly bitter throughout, a bit bland overall...fairly rough and unstructured, but still somewhat likable. The quality is there, it’s just not well put together. Some grapefruit wafts late.

Hoppy aroma with a slightly sour aftertaste. Reddish amber color with an off-white head. Excellent lace. Hoppy, but slightly thin. Somewhat like a cask. Sampled on draught at the 9th annual Prairie Rock Brewfest in Elgin, IL.

Amber colored, good hop nose, very low malt aroma, some caramel. Body is a little thin for my preference to balance hops, but still within style, has a good mix of malt and hops in taste, and finishes on the bitter side, but can be a little too carbonated at times, which makes for a thinner mouthfeel. Still a very good APA.

On tap at brewpub-This is my fav beer from this place, which is located in my hometown. I had a chance to visit this place on 1/3/04 and sampled what they had on tap at the time. This beer poured a nice deep orange appearance with nice lacing all around the glass. very piney/sweet hops in the aroma. good stiff bitterness, somewhat like gin. lots of grapefruit in the flavor.

Orange red with a small white head. Big Cascade hop aroma that is somewhat spicy. Citric hop profile is moderately large, and the underlying malt is light but noticeable, expecially in the immediate aftertaste. A very full mouthfeel. Piney and delicious.