Dark Star American Pale Ale

Brewed by Dark Star
Style: American Pale Ale
Horsham, England

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

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Cask @ GBBF 2007, London. Clear light yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, fully lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, moderete to heavy hoppy, flowers, citrus. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration. Very nice long and dry finish. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. ;o))

UPDATED: NOV 21, 2010 From cask at Brew Wharf beer festival. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is solid citrusy and peachy hops fruity. Sweet floral and fruity flavoured. Nice bitterness coming through into the finish. Nicely crisp bitter and fruity finish. Very elegant brew.8-4-8-4-16=4.0>br>
From cask at Bon Accord. Pours pale yellow with a small white head. Aroma is mild peachy and citrusy hoppy. Crisp fruity and mild peachy to citrusy. Lingeríng fruity and crisp hoppy. Mild peachy and citrusy.7-3-8-3-15=3.7

Casked. Golden colour, mediumsized white bubbly head, which lasts long. Sweet fruity aroma with caramellish hints. Flavour sweet fruity with enormous hoppiness. Also some oaky and spicy hints there. Wellbalanced and pleasant cask, smooth palate.

UPDATED: SEP 7, 2007 Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm. Clear golden. Buttery malt aroma with a god amount of grapefruity hops. Sweet and malty with pleasantly soft mouthfeel. Towards the finish hops take over more. Perhaps not the most complex of beers, but damn good. Too soft for the style, which however is a good thing.

Tap @ White Horse on Parsons Green, London. RBESG 2011. Pours unclear golden with a small white head and lacings. Citrus, hay and buiscuit. Smooth. Dry and hoppy end. Nice.

@ Harp. Very pale straw. Loose cask head. Mmmm pedio nose. Light flowery, fruity as well. Fairly bitter on the tongue and fruity. Light and refreshing, but really more an English summer ale than anything American, despite the c-hop character.

UPDATED: AUG 8, 2008 Cask at Reading Beer Fest with chris_o and duff. Golden colour, reallly hoppy , citrusy nose. Tart lemon citrus fruit flavour that grows towards the finish which is dry, juicy, lemony and hoppy 4.4 Re-rate, oooh which shall I pick? Bottled fresh from the Butcher’s Arms in Herne. I had had a full day on the Saturday and bought a 2 litre bottle of this to take home. Therefore on the Sunday I wasn’t really feeling like a beer, and then I had to have this to make sure it didn’t go off. The grapefruit hop is outstanding and never let down or unbalanced by the malt. The two move together beautifully. A stunning APA

Cask @ GBBF 2009. Pours a slightly hazy yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity citrus hoppy aroma slightly flowery. Fruity malty hoppy bitter citrus flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter citrus finish with a bitter aftertaste. Very nice.

UPDATED: FEB 9, 2012 Cask conditioned
Pale golden color. Foamy steady white head. Some lace. Aroma is barnhouse and hops. Bitter hop taste. (5/2/7/4/11 2.9)
Cask@Pullman
Pale yellow color, small white head. Light citrus, lychee in the nose. Light body and palate. Light fruity citrus, grapes. Very light APA and American hops are quite fainted in it. (6/2/7/2/11 2.8)

Cask (RBESG 2011, London) at White Horse on Parson’s Green. Clear golden - white head. Grassy, ok hoppy, light bitterness, light malty, pleasant, citrus notes, light caramel notes. OK.