2.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
(12oz bottle, thanks wickedpete) Small, quickly dissipating off-white head atop hazy apple juice body. Aroma is medium sweet, grapefruit, some peach, honey. Taste is medium sweet, grapefruit, honey, bread, light peach. Watery light body, light chalk. Not an APA in my book.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Slightly unusual aroma - there is hop. Slightly hazy gold color with a vigorous white head. Something of a flavorless start. There is some hop at the end, and I think I am detecting malt as well. Very innocuous. The bitter does go on nicely.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
This American Pale Ale pours an orange gold color from a 12oz bottle. Medium sized white foamy head. Aroma is bready and sweet. A very light bodied American Pale Ale. Malts are caramel, bready and sweet. Hops are slightly bitter. Its kind of mild tasting for a lager, and its really mild tasting for an APA. It a touch thin and a little sweet. Nice carbonation. Mouthfeel is thin. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.
1.8 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
This was a crappy representation of the style. It came off as more of a pale lager in every respect: straw yellow, clear, rapidly receding white head, grainy/corny aroma. Quite a featureless grainy palate with little discernable hop character. Poor at best.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
350 ml bottle from TJs. Pale golden amber with almost no head. Sweet malty and bready aroma and taste with a smooth finish and some citrus notes.
0.7 AROMA 1/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 1/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 3/20
12oz bottle. Had no other choice so I thought I’d try it. Better then the worst but worse then most.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle from Trader Joes; lagerish grainy aroma; dark gold with a small white head; flavor is spicy malt with a small amount of hops which linger into the finish. Mendocino beers are all better than this is rated! It’s not a 1.9 beer! Not super hoppy but a decent beer.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Courtesy of wickedpete. Hazy pale body with a tiny white head. Strange, doughy, honey, yeasty nose. The flavor is lightly sweet, very little bitterness with grainy malt, floral hops, honey and dough. Medium/light body is thin with light/moderate carbonation.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
12oz bottle, courtesy of wickedpete. Thanks, Pete! Pours a hazy, golden-yellow color; slight viscosity, thin white head with patchy lacing. Light sugar and mineral bitterness in the aroma; watery. Light-to-medium mouthfeel: very watery, light citrus and mineral bitterness; nothing offensive, really, but also not much of anything good. Watery, drinkable pale ale. Medium finish, showing toasty malts and breadiness; dry.
2.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
(Bottle) Fairly flavorless beer with a somewhat sweet and modest fruity flavor up front; Mildly bitter but almost no hops or maltiness to speak of, which is especially disappointing given that this is supposed to be a pale ale; Fairly thin palate to match the flavor; Sweet and very fruity nose with a strong aroma of peaches, which isn’t bad, but out of character; Slightly cloudy and dark yellow in color; Off white head has good size when poured and displays average retention with a fair amount of lacing
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