Founders Pale Ale

Brewed by Founders Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Grand Rapids, Michigan USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

Clear golden with a medium off white head. Hoppy nose with pine, grapefruits and pale malt. Hoppy flavor with pine, grapefruit and lemons. Finished dry and bitter.

12 fl oz bottle, courtesy of Ungstrup. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is dry pinewood, grapefruity and mild peachy. Bitter, grapefruity and peachy. Dry and bitter finish.

Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of Ungstrup. Clear golden with a white head. Citrusy hop aroma. Light-bodied, dry fruitiness and some perfumy, citrusy hop accents leaving a dry finish. 250810

En APA med betoning på beskan som ändå är relativt snäll och maltig (35 IBU). Humlenarom och smaker relativt platta med toner av aprikos.

Decent, not great like I’ve come to expect from this company. Grapefruit/pine nose, hazy dark gold pour. Palate is a bit low on the maltiness, but not quite enough hoppiness either, it is dry, it is drinkable.

OK for a pale ale. The finish is a bit too dry and not hoppy enough for my liking. Very, very dry finish. Aroma is bland.

The dry hopping provides a nice aroma....citrus and earth. Pours cloudy with quite a bit of lacing. It isn’t refreshing enough for me to think of it as a good pale, but it isn’t bold enough for me to think IPA. It is somewhere in between the two....

Botle at home. Clear amber coloured with a medium sized white head. Fruity aroma of caramel, grass, peaches, hops and pine needles. Fruity flavour of caramel, hops and pine needles with notes of peaches. Hoppy finish. Nice APA.