Casco Bay Pale Ale

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

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

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Pours a slightly hazy rich copper with a huge and dense creamy looking khaki head. Good lacing. Smells of hops and pale malt. Lightly bready. Creamy tasting beer. Lightly bitter. Lightly sweet pale malt. Very British pale ale in style, kind of like Bass before it all went wrong. Mouth is really creamy and smooth. A long low-level hoppines lingers forever. This is a great session brew for sure. Well done.

Casco Bay Brewing Company--Casco Bay American Style Pale Ale--2006 12 oz. Bottle. 4.60% ABV--30 IBU’s. (4.0 / 5.0) Pale Ale. Beer of the Month Club Selection January 2006. Mild lacy head. Clear bright dark gold color. Crisp floral hop front. Thin tangy earthy crisp caramel citrus mild sweet fruit biscuit body. Tangy clean mild earthy hop spice end. Mild malt Pale. Sampled 4/20/2006.

Hazy deep gold in color with a small white head. Aroma is of sweet caramel malt. Flavor is hoppy,fruity and malty.

12oz bottle-pours a foamy to rocky light tan head and cloudy orange/gold color. Aroma is sweet medium malt-caramel, secondary hops, fruity. Taste is sweet medium malt-caramel, hops with some bite. Good carbonation.

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.

(Bottle) Obtained at the brewery. Pretty much your staple Pale Ale. Good English style with a strong hopped-nose and flavour and malt undertones. APA not so...

Bottle: Clear orange with a thin white head, flowery piney notes in the aroma, medium bodied with mild carbonation, starts and ends lightly bitter. A good solid American pale ale.

[bottle] Clear copper with a good, foamy cover. Pine, citrus, and caramel aroma (pretty standard pale ale aroma). Plenty of pine hops and biitterness dominate the flavour in a nice floral bouquet. Unfortunately, there is an obvious lack of malt character (preferably caramel/toffee) and a significant diacetyl contribution. Medium to light body with significant carbonation.

I don’t remember who brought it to the January gathering, but I think it was Mullman. Anyway, on with the rating. Poured a pale amber with a fizzy off-white head. Bubble gum and grapefruit hops aroma. Flavor is one-dimensional hoppiness with a toffee finish. Light, pretty straight-forward, not bad.

12 oz. Bottle. Pours murky orange with a frothy off white head with sticky lacing. Floral hop nose. Nice malt profile with an herbal and slightly mint flavor. Well balanced and drinkable beer.