Drakes 1500 Pale Ale

Brewed by Drakes Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
San Leandro, California USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

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Bottle 12fl.oz. @ home.

Unclear medium yellow colour with a large, frothy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, flowers - nectar, grass. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, dry, light metalic. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light metalic. [20110908]

Draft. An amber beer with a thin orangey head. The aroma has notes of hops and grapefruit. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, straw, grapefruit, and hay.

On tap. Clear amber golden with an off-white head. Fresh and somewhat peachy aroma hops in the nose. Medium body with light caramels but not much of a malty feel. The finish is dry and quite hoppy. Nice one. 110709

From tap at Drakes, RBSG2009. Pours hazy dark orange with a small off-white head. Dense grapefruity and slight wooden hops aroma. Dry fruity, light spiced and crisp bitter. Light bodied. Bitter and dry finish.

Bottled. Clear amber. Fairly strong lychee aroma. Dryish with clean mouthfeel and fairly light body. Notes of melon, medium bitterness. A predominantly hop aromatic very drinkable IPA.

Bottle at Ølbutikken. Clear golden coloured with a medium sized white head. Fruity aroma of hops, pine needles and grass. Fruity flavour of hops and grass with notes of pine needles. Dry hoppy finish.

UPDATED: JUL 18, 2009
Date: May 20, 2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Noog II
Appearance: dark yellow
Aroma: big sweet pine aroma
Body: thin body
Flavor: light sweet malt flavor balanced by lots of bitterness

Date: July 11, 2009
Mode: draft
Source: tasting
more hops in the flavor this time around,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

Slightly hazy amber. Massive hop aroma is very much bursting with fruity notes. The body is pretty light for style, as is the maltiness, leaving this an ode to hops, which again take on a fairly fruity character, but lack the bold, bright quality I enjoyed so much in the aroma.

(Draught) Pours a clear amber-yellow body with a small off-white head. Aroma of grapefruit, wood, caramel, grass, herbs, and some peach. Flavor of hops (earthy, grass, citrus) and caramel malt with moderate bitterness in the finish.

Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy copper color with a small white head. Has a malty citrus hoppy aroma. Sweetish malty hoppy flavor with hints of citrus. Has a sweetish malty hoppy bitter finish.