Charleville Explicit APA

Brewed by Charleville Vineyard & Microbrewery
Style: American Pale Ale
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

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Bottle. Aroma of floral and citrus hop notes with somewhat toasty, cereal malt notes. Flavor continues to keep the hop flavors popping with a grainy cereal quality that are quite complex for the style. Pretty dry, very drinkable. Tasty stuff.

Date: May 08, 2010
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Simpson Satisifier
Appearance: hazy orange, frothy white head, drippy lace
Aroma: light sweet malt aroma, lots of floral hops
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, lots of balancing hops and bitterness, long bitter finish
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4

bottle... dark gold with lots of copper, watery light tan head... reminds me of english beer, really light, has a tea quality, mostly toffee malt, hops are only an accent... boring

Thanks to Keir for this one as an extra. Cheers, Keir! Pours a caramel orange with a foamy white head. Nose is caramel, slight background hops, and tropical fruit. Flavor is slight caramel, slight citrus, apricot, and some tropical fruit. Light in body with some mild hops in the finish.

It poured a hazy golden color with an off-white head. The aroma was fruity with some caramel, grain and light hops. The taste was fruity with orange hops and some grain. A very decent APA.

Bottle courtesy of Strykzone. Pours a clear rich amber with a really aggressive off-white head that lasted a long time and left good lacing. The nose is caramel malts with citrus hops. Medium in body and light in mouthfeel. Flavor is a good balance between roasted caramel malts and citrus and floral hops. Mild bitter finish. Well done APAs are a delight. This is a good one.

Bomber from Wine & Cheese in Clayton, MO. Pours clear amber with a foamy 4 finger off-white head. Aroma through the foam is light citrus over mild caramel. Med body. Flavor is somewhat roasted malt with citrus and floral hop. Nailed the style. Definitely more bitter than not.

Bottle. Pours a hazy orange with a thick white head. Aroma of tropical fruits, citrus, and caramel malt. Flavor is quite fruity with plenty of citrus and light spicy hops.

02-Dec-09 (22-oz bottle: Purchased 08-Sep-09 for $3.79 at www.wineandcheeseplace.com) Basic in approach, the malt is minimally sweet and has a cereal character while the moderately hops are tea-like and slightly piney with a pleasant orange citrus character and minerals in the background. The nose is orange citrus, tea and stone fruit, but the dry malts add only a modest cereal aroma. Very dry and minerally on the palate, chalky and slightly astringent mouthfeel, moderate carbonation. Hazy golden body has small particles suspended in the beer, and the off-white head pours to half an inch, then over several minutes, settles to a thin, complete cap. Plenty of foamy lacing remains on the glass. Overall, this is fairly average. A touch of malty sweetness, slightly more assertive malt character, and more weight would make this a more balanced pale ale.

22 oz. bottle from Wine and Cheese Place. Pours a deep, cloudy orange-gold color with a massive, foamy off-white head and plenty of sediment in the beer. Sloppy lacing. Aroma of caramel malts, citrus, grassy hops, and yeast. Flavor of straw, cedar, soap, mineral notes, citrus and other fruits, and a little spice. Light-bodied, with frothy carbonation and a dry mouthfeel. Dry and bitter finish, evaporates right off the palate. I think this bottle may have been a little old because I’m just not getting much hop character.

22oz bottle. Small off-white head atop hazy amber body. Aroma is moderately sweet, orange/grapefruit, some spicy, bread, light lemon, berry. Taste is moderately sweet, orange/grapefruit, some bread, light spicy, berry. Light-medium body, light acidity, nice crispness.