Ekim After Battle Pale

Brewed by Ekim Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Sydney, Australia

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tulip

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Love the simplicity of the label, love the tight aroma and bright, sourish hops on the palate. This is a strange one and goes against the grain of most of the pale ales on the market. It starts off with a persistent dollop of white atop a hazed, pastel orange body. Bright, fruity and tart nose showing under-ripe honeydew, lime zest, grapefruit and desert lime pulp with an underlying biscuity sweetness. Light malt front overpowered by quenching, tart and tight hops and yeasty notes. Sour, bitter fruit and rough pine backend precedes a fresh citrus finish that fades rapidly. Body is light but its firm presence and soft and creamy feel give it a weight beyond its gravity. Quite impressive; one I’ll have to grab a hold of fresh bottled!! (33cL, Bottled 19/11/12, 5.4% ABV, Cellarbrations Carlisle)

330ml bottle from Warners at the Bay Bottle Shop. Strong sunshine orange colour with a level head. A little spritzy and lively in the mouth. Okay without being great.

330mL bottle with hand written ABV and bottling date. Pours a slightly cloudy golden hue with a small white head and an wonderful toffee/grass/citrus zest aroma. Hop dominated flavour that has an intense grapefruit like punch to it. Very impressed (bottled Novem 2012)

Bottle. Pours lightly hazed orange gold with big tight creamy off white head. Off-beat mix of aromas close, but distant to your typical APA aroma showcasing - lemons, lime, pine, other orange citrus, grain, light malt, earthen yeast, dough. Light medium body, med-high carbonation, generous bitterness - light hop flavour, but refreshing nature finishing with a light grassy pine citrus with a balance of the malt.

Bottle date of 21/11/11 5.7 ABV A-- Poured a hazy, nearly opaque, orange amber color. One finger dirty white head. Sticks around a good while before settling to a nice looking soapy film with a good collar. No lacing with this. S-- Dirty grapefruit, orange, lemon and passion fruit. Big malt backbone. T-- A mixture of orange marmalade, pineapple, passion fruit,burnt toffee, and somewhat soapy. M-- Kind of all over the board. Thin in spots, under carbonated, and lacks balance. Finishes well, a pungent orange and sour grapefruit but lacking a spark that carbonation has for it. Needs to be crisper. O-- Have had some really good and some really not so good batches. lots of batch variation with this. Good looking and good smelling beer but lacks a lot in the taste and feel.

Bottled.08/03/12 Slight hazy orange with.small white head Nose of.tropical fruits.reminisce n’t. Of nz goodies bitterness and crisp finish Damn good

Bottle 330ml.

ABV: 5.7%. Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, fruity, moderate hoppy, fruity, mango, leather, grass. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long to average duration, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120419]

Bottle at Papsø’s - Thanks. Cloudy golden - white head. Grape fruits, piney, toasted, citrus, sweet fruity hoppy, grapes, light to medium malty, pleasant.

Bottle at Papsø. Cloudy golden coloured with a medium sized white head. Fruity aroma of hops and pine needles with notes of caramel. Fruity flavour of hops, pine needles and grapefruits. Hoppy finish.

33 cL bottle. Pours cloudy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is fruity hoppy, grapefruity and light pine. Sweet, caramelish and crisp hops fruity. Smooth fruity and light mango, peachy and grapefruity hoppy. Ends bitter and smooth fruity.