St. Austell Proper Job (Cask)

Brewed by St. Austell
Style: American Pale Ale
St. Austell, England

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

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This is by far the best interpretation of the classic English IPA I’ve had. The aroma is floral with hints of earthy notes and just pleasant happy. Flavor adds the aroma with a nice medium

cask at Charlie’s in Copenhagen. hazed gold body with a fine bubbled white head. dry and musty lightly pungent noble-like hop nose. grassy dried leaves and a rustic but light cheese and citrus flavor is superbly clean. mild oiliness and pillowy natural carbonation work really well with the flavor profile. has a lovely tenderness and softness throughout. a touch of raw cereal grains and semi-sweet citrus surround it. quite good.

[5/14/12] Cask at Charlie’s Bar in Copenhagen. Clear geep golden. Aroma of butter, some malt and some earthy hops. SWeetish flavor with some malt, a bit of butter and a moderately bitter hoppy finish, earthy and citric. Medium-bodied.

Cask at Mitre pub, Notting Hill Gate. Orange-yelow color, whitish foamy small head with good retention, a hint of lavender in its aroma, sweetish hoppy taste, low carbonation, long finish. A smooth beer.

On cask at the Kenilworth. Pours golden, slight haze with a nicely proportioned head. The nose has grassy and citrus notes. The taste has soft ripe grapefruit. The palate is medium bodied and textured with a lovely clean finish. Overall, a well made pale ale.

Botled. Clear golden color with a nice white head. Light malty, flowery hop aroma, flavor is pretty much the same. mouthfeel is quite dry fresh hops.. good one!

Cask, handpump @ The Holly Tree Inn, Exmouth, Devon.
Produces up a sunny orange amber, sparkling, with a thin, creamy white pad atop. Pleasant, bright, fruity hop nose; pear drops, apricot, grapefruit, pineapple and honeydew comes to mind, a real fruit salad mix atop just a hint of pine needles. Lots of fruit esters on the palate; doughy, rounded and supple mouthfeel with a little residual spritz to give it height. The fruits of the nose meld with sundrenched grains and a hint of camphor in back. Becomes vinous in the swallow like a sweet Chenin Blanc before dropping off moderately bitter. Nice mix of flavour and it’s balanced to a ’T’. Do not know why it is listed as an APA, but hey don’t fight the system. Very nice. A solid session ale.

On tap at Old Kings Head in Southwark. Very malty, strong characteristics of bread and dough. Dry bitterness. Decent but not really my bag.

Cask at The Cleveland Arms, London. Pours clear gold with a creamy, sturdy foam head. Looks great. Zesty lemon, straw and fine dough in the nose. Nearly perfect flavor, light to medium sweet with sun-kissed straw bitterness, light dough, mild citrus. Wonderful balance. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Superb condition. Sweet finish with mild dryness, light lemon zest and rind, faint grass, straw, modest dough. Here, now, this beer is near perfect stuff.

First tasted this in the Last Post, Paisley (JDW) in November 2008. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear pale amber in colour with a creamy white head. Citrusy hops are evident in the short pleasant aroma. Thin resiny mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malt base gives a juicy citric note of pink grapefruit and thick cut marmalade. Citrusy hops compliment the malt well with a dry bitter aftertaste. Finish is slightly bitter but not too astringent with pithy grapefruit peel detected in the palate. A decent session APA.

Cask in Red Lion Cambridge. Fresh hop ans citrus fruit aroma. Pale to golden colour. White head. Medium to strong bitterness. Light sweetness in the finish. Good slicky beer heavy bitter. Nice proper job.