Erie Brewing Mad Anthonys Pale Ale

Name: Mad Anthony’s Pale Ale
Date: 06/20/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: hazy copper, wispy off white head, bits of lace,
Aroma: sweet crystal malt aroma with lots of citrus and floral hops,
Flavor: dry malt flavor, lots of earthyness, light balancing bitterness,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

(12oz bottle) Small off-white head atop crystal clear light amber body. Aroma is moderately sweet, toffee/bread, caramel, some orange. Taste is medium sweet, orange, caramel, some lime, slightly astringent. Light-medium body, some acidity.

Bottle, labeled Mad Anthony’s APA: Pours a transparent golden with a thin-lacing white head. Aroma of slightly earthy, piny hops and semi-sweet lightly toasted pale malt. Starts with a mild sweetness and some earthy bittering hops toward a crisper, bittersweet finish. A decent amber/APA.

12 oz bottle-pours a retaining off white head and amber color. Aroma is medium malt-caramel, grainy, secondary citrus. Taste is medium malt-caramel, grainy, secondary citrus/spicy hops. Nice although the finish is thin.

Bottle courtesy of sloth. Pours copper with a thin white head. Smells of caramel, some light spice, tea. Tastes earthy with some nice peppery hints.

This poured a golden amber body with a decent enough head that did some fine lacework. The aroma is sort of like overly ripe oranges, old flowers, and a bit of caramel. The malt also has a touch of butterscotch in the flavor, but the hops seemed cleaner. Balanced and drinkable, but not something that I’d care to repeat.

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Bottle from Belo Vino. Poured a clear deep amber with an average rocky off-white head that diminished slowly with fair lacing. Medium sweet hoppy citrus aroma. Medium body with a slick texture. Moderate hoppy bitter flavor with an average bitter finish of medium duration.

Bottle from Pat’s. Copper pour with minimal off-white head. Aroma of caramel malt, some slight vinous fruit and hops. Medium palate heft, with initial and continued caramel malt, with slight hops and cabernet wisps at mid-palate. Decent.