Erie Brewing Mad Anthonys Pale Ale

Brewed by Erie Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Erie, Pennsylvania USA

A really nice pale ale out of Erie: Pours a clear orange colour with lots of froth. In fact there is quite a bit of carbonation in this beer. Plenty of citrus fruit and floral notes. Soft and piney and well balanced. A very smooth yet well hopped pale ale.

Found this one as part of a multi-pack in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Flavor has medium sweetness, very bitter, medium body, sticky, lively, long, bitter finish. Good example of the APA style.

Bright yellow in the sun; light orange in normal light. A thick but brief head. Minor icy lace. Clear but a bit hazy. The smell is very mild. There is a slight pale malt. Smell is really hard to detect, though not unpleasant. The taste is a nice citrusy flavor to go along with the spicy pale malt flavor. The spicy hop is almost witbier-like. The citrus sets it apart; surprising. The feel is a little fizzy but actually makes the flavors come alive. Nice, minor thickness. A surprisingly citrusy, fruit-tinged pale ale. Easy-drinking and refreshing.

Very similar to the IPA, I know because I sampled them back to back, but this one is a bit maltier, and a bit less hoppy, so is true to style. Nose is very malty, caramel, pineapple, quite sweet. Looks are nice, basic copper. Palate is nice, very well balanced with hops and malt. I could do well with this as my house beer.

Pours crystal clear copper with thin off white head. The aroma starts with malts, a dash of caramel malts and some roast and then moving into spicy hops. The taste begins with both a rush of sweet malts tempered by spicy hop bitterness. It then becomes a tad roasty as the spice hop flavor along with a touch of citrus hops and earthiness take this toward the finish. The balance seems to sway more toward the hops than the malts but not by too much.

clean apa. Pretty typical flavors, but nothing offensive. Slightly hoppy with a hint of honey and sweetness. Lighter than other APA’s i’ve had.

clean and crisp, weak hops but overall grainy and light. easy to drink for an IPA or whatever they consider it, not amazing by any stretch, but easy to throw down a few.

Bottle: Poured a golden color with no head. The aroma was honey, malts, and hops. The flavor was malty and hardly any hops. Overall, just eh.