Flat Branch Katy Trail Pale Ale

Brewed by Flat Branch Pub & Brewing
Style: American Pale Ale
Columbia, Missouri USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

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Tap, Waldo Pizza KCMO. Amber pour, not much of a head. Aroma is malt, and some hop. Flavor is malt, and clean crisp hop. Nice all around beer.

One of the better beers by flat branch. Pours amber, medium body, off white head. Decent balance of bready malts and citrus hops.

Pours amber with quarter inch white head. Not getting much aroma..faint grapefruit and bread. Flavor light grapefruit and toast. Getting hints of diacetyl flavors up front. Hops kick in mid way. Really good bitter finish. Medium body. Ok pale ale.

It poured an amber color. The aroma was of honey and resiny hops. The taste was of resiny hops, and malts that are lightly caramelized.

Medium gold colored body with an off white head. The nose has grapefruit and wood. There is also a little bit of bread crust. The taste is musty citrus and light toffee. There is also tea. Meh.

Tasted at Flat Branch Brewery in Columbia, Missouri. Light orange appearance with a mild hopped aroma. Pretty mild pale ale but not too hoppy.

On tap at the brewpub. Pours amber with a small off white head. Aroma is light sweet malt and hops. Flavor is light toasty malt, grainy, good bit of hops, and a clean finish.

Sampled on draft at the brewpub - pours amber / orange with an off-white head. The aroma is fairly light with mildly toasted malt and a hint of hops. Medium grainy body with underscored carbonation. The flavor starts with earthy hops and toasty malt. It is clean with some light fruitiness. The finish has earthiness and spice. This seems like a cross between and English and American pale ale.

I did not like this. Sour and overly bitter in a bad way. Amber yellow with minimal head. Hops clashed with malt.

Date: February 25, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear copper, wispy off white head, streaks of lace
Aroma: light sweet malt aroma
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, lots of balancing hops, light bitter finish
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.8/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Sample at the brewpub. The beer is an amber-copper color with a thin and foamy light beige head that recedes steadily. Threads of lacing at the top with spots underneath. Aroma of mild hops, malt and citrus. Medium-bodied and moderately hoppy with some fruit and malt underneath. The finish is somewhat bitter hops with a light caramel and hop aftertaste. Decent overall.