Dundee Pale Ale

Dundee Brewing Company
Brewed at Genesee Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Rochester, New York USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

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12 oz bottle. Poured dark amber-red with a small, white head. Smelled mainly malty with a little hops. Taste is a little flat and mild for a pale ale. Finish is malty. A very mediocre pale ale.

Sept 2006: reviewed on BA. Part of a JW Dundee’s Craft Beers of America pack bought in the UK. Drank this first at just below room temp, it was OK. Thought you American types might drink in cooled, so put the next one in the fridge, big mistake, don’t drink it cold, there is no taste at all if you do that! It looked fine and smelt of hops and honey, I have had a lot of UK Pale Ales, this New York version is in the middle of my rankings. Would I buy another? Yes, but I would drink it uncooled, like we do in the UK.

Medium gold-light copper pour,thin head to no head with a froth ring and spotty lacing. Aroma is somewhat more malty/sweet with fruity english esters and/or very light fruit/floral hop with evergreen or spruce like notes.Pretty much no hop aroma. Taste is smooth somewhat almost slick then some carmel and mild citrus, with a moderate tart citrus type bittering.Kinda light grainyness , very light toast,some floral hop,pretty refined and subtle. Pretty crisp somewhat malty and quaffable.Pretty solid standard pale ale.Some would say boring but its a solid brew.

Originally reviewed: 1/28/10. Bottle from a mixed Dundee 12-pack. Poured into a pint glass. Pours a clear dark orange with a huge rocky off-white head on top. Great retention; left lots of sticky lace and sip rings on glass. Scents of earthy malts and bread. Pretty basic here. The mouth was thin and wet. I didn’t care for that at all. Flavors of biscuits, some mild hops, and semi-sweet malts. Finish was earthy. This was a pretty basic PA. I wouldn’t reach for this often, but it would do in a pinch.

Blonde with a red-orange tint. Small white head. First sip I got floral notes, after that it was orange/grapefruit. LIttle bit of malt sweetness (increasingly as it warms), but the bitterness and tartness stick out more than anything.

decent pour + aroma. not many hop’s jumping out of the glass, picked up on more malt. taste follows the smell. just ok

12oz bottle from Pick’s poured into a shaker. Pours a clear pale amber with about 1 finger of thick white head. Aroma of herbal and pine hops. Taste is light bitter. Taste of pine hops. Light bodied and thin texture. Lively carbonation and a bitter finish. Overall, not that bad. Probably the best Dundee I’ve had yet, but that is still not saying much.

Tasted bottle from what I consider a budget craft-beer mix-pack. Poured a clear, light amber color with weak off-white head into standard pint glass. Nice bready aroma with healthy dose of American aroma hops. Well-balanced bittersweet taste. Somewhat watery, light-body mouthfeel. Fewer fruity ale yeast esters than I’d expect. Less complex than better American Pale Ales, but nonetheless tasty and drinkable. Good for the money. If I go to a party and the fridge has a few of these mixed in with dozens of mass-market fake pilsners, you know what I’m gonna grab.

Pours clear light orange with large frothy white head. Aroma bit sweet sugared orange. Flavor bit dryer finish, sweet sugared orange body, tad light, but not too watery. Overall, not too bad.

Drinkable brew, not the greatest of APA’s, this beer doesn’t have that hoppy overtone that I like. But again, not bad.

(12oz bottle thanks to blutt59) clear orange-gold with a creamy fine off-white bubbled head. Nose of biscuit, sweet grain and light citrus. Taste of sweet malt, cracker, orange peel. Pretty drinkable. Creamy body.