Casco Bay Pale Ale

Brewed by Casco Bay Brewing (Shipyard Brewing Co.)
Style: American Pale Ale
Portland, Maine USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tulip

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UPDATED: SEP 6, 2005 Bottled. Clear amber, no head. Piney orangey hop aroma. Sweet with some paper and syrup as well as caramel. Extremely simplistic malt character creating a very hard mouthfeel. Completely lacks ambition. American microbrewing at it’s worst.

Tasting@Jungle Jim’s: Clear golden color with an off white head. Flowery hop aroma. Light smooth citrus flavors with a slight hop sting. Light dry citrus rind finish. Medium body, smooth palate.

Very dark golden color, crystal clarity with a tight collar of white foam. Aroma is light citrus, some butter, subtle toastiness, and grapefruit hoppiness. It is hard to taste this beer considering the acidity is so big that it finishes the beer before it starts. The palate is gone weel before ant nuances could be expressed. The malt is creamy, the grapefruit comes in underneath, and it is hard for me to tell them to back off on the bittering hops. This has the acidity and palate closer to a traditional IPA than a pale.

Bottle, from Julio’s. for best flavor drink before 06/15/05. Ok nose, Citrus,lime, orange, Hints of a canned iced tea, some caramel, some grass. Clean orange color. Good white beige head that faded. to a ring. Bitter sweet flavors, citrus. Grapefruit, tad metallic, caramel. Medium body, lite creamy/ slippery mouthfeel, medium bitter sour finish. Tasty pale ale.

2005 bottle at Julios Spring Beer Fest, 4/02/05. Talking with the head brewer while sampling. Dark caramel-amber color, small amount of white head, well-retained. Slight glassiness to the body. Low lacing. Aroma of floral hops, sweet, sugary pils malt, caramel malt, a touch of toasted malt and just a well-rounded sweet, creamy body. Fairly simple, not much fruitiness, but the low hops are enjoyable. Substantial, medium body, low carbonation and a moderately sweet finish, with a touch of minty/herbal bitterness.

UPDATED: MAR 20, 2005 Bottled: Pours clear orange. The head is white and sticks around for a while. Nice. Light orange aroma, mild hoppiness. Clean tasting but not much there. Finish is disappointing. Somewhat flavorless in the finish.