3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Yellow/copper w/ some sediment & small frothy head. Fresh, floral, grapefruity aroma. Medium-light body. Flavour is fresh, fruity, & quite bitter w/ slight hint of ash & oak. Could use more malt for balance & body.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Slightly cloudy but clear. Nitro head. Tangy and fruity aroma. Good finish with absolute minumum balance.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
Light golden colour with a slight haziness and a moderate head that leaves a lot of lace. Nice aroma, very fresh and floral. The body is very light, especially for a 6% beer. Flavour holds notes of grapefruit, oranges and apricots, with a pleasing bitterness in the finish.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Fresh blond pale ale with beautiful floral aroma. good hop bite in the finish. Well done cask ale.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
NIce looking beer , it had quiet strong , firm head . Very balanced , bitter but not overrlly .
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Creamy apricot aroma. Golden amber. Apricot and nutty flavours, great bitterness. Bold on the tongue, nicely bitter. A very good Cask.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
I liked this beer. I see that it is categorized as a Bitter. I also like bitters, but that style implies the use of english hops. This beer is ALL cascade and is much closer to Sierra Nevada Pale Ale than any bitter I’ve ever sampled. That being said, off the beer engine, Al’s Cask Ale was a pleasure. As previously stated, the beer has a citrusy, floral nose which is achieved by dry hopping with cascade hops. This is the same cause and effect as found in SNPA. Light, hoppy, full resounding bitterness beautifully balances this medium bodied beer. Again, citrus flavours from cascade hops are present. In my opinion this beer finds bitterness much higher than oake’s estimates - likely in 35-45 range. This is an american microbrew style pale ale rather than a Bitter.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
big grapefruity hop aroma. tart, lemony flavours. nicely hopped, bitter finish.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Light golden appearance. Hops and bread in the nose. Slightly citrusy and piney body, finishes smooth and bitter.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pale amber coloured. Medium bodied, bitter.
If you’re not giving it too much thought this is a really good bitter, but as a beer geek I find something is missing.
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