Founders Pale Ale

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

On tap. Nose was hoppy and grassy. Poured a golden color with 1 finger head. Flavor matched aroma. Strong Cascade hop flavor with some citrus notes. Thin palate. Very refreshing. I’d recommend it.

Founder’s Dry Hopped Pale Ale. Poured from the usual Founder’s short, squat, twist-off bottle. Hazy golden color with a small, foamy, off-white head. Web-like lacing. Looks fairly thick in the glass. Toasted malt, faint toffee, and wet hops (grassy) in the aroma and flavor. The hoppiness is full flavored (slightly floral, some lightly bitter and tart citrus peel), but fairly mild in bitterness overall. Mild carbonation and medium mouthfeel. Not nearly as sweet and hoppy as the Founder’s Centennial IPA, but quite a bit drier overall. This was a good Pale Ale, but needed a little something extra to set it apart from the others that I prefer a little more... 12 oz bottle from Jungle Jim’s.

great hop flavor, a well crafted pale. aroma and taste arten’t too far away from each other either, which is nice.

bottle golden color...Big head; fruit and piney aroma...hoppy taste, very similar to what it smelled like...thin palate; overall best described as a super refreshing beer...i love founders, one of many great brewery’s in michigan!!!

Smells of floral hops as it pours amber gold. It is bitter but very well balanced. That carries through to the end with a smooth dry finish.

Poured from a 12oz. bottle into a nonic tumbler A: Pours a sparkly golden pale color with a HUGE amount of fluffy white head, almost too much head (and I poured it gently, too). Foams takes quite some time to disappear and leaves tons of lacing. S: Very floral, grassy aroma, not much sweetness to speak of. T: Big hoppy bite on the nose, with grass and mild citrus being the most prevalent flavors. Some odd soapiness finds its way into the mix too. A nice toasted malt balances the hops out and allows for a smooth, lingering finish. M: Very tingly, sparkling mouthfeel, extremely dry on the finish too. D: Quite drinkable, but not exciting enough to return to over & over again. Decent though.

Founders Pale Ale 12 oz bottle Medium pour in a tulip glass Recent brewing, hopped into 02/07 Poured a golden amber with a massive rocky fluffy slightly off white mostly lasting head with good lacing. Smelt of strong bitter and sour lemons, grass, light sour horseblanket like yeastiness. Taste was upfront strong bitter and sour lemon hops with light dark bread malt followed by a strong bitter grassy and mossy hops and moderate bitter sour horseblanket yeast. Palate was light to medium body, creamy, lively carbonated and strongly astringent. Overall, a very unique take on a pale ale. The dry hopping adds a great layer of complexity to this classic style. It does feel a bit awkward though. It’s probably a great lawn mowing beer because it smells like freshly mowed grass, high quality grass though.

A pleasant aroma of hops with the aroma of sweet malt. A hazed orange pour with a slight head and gooy lacing. Just a tad of malt with a good hoppiness that is borderline for the style in a good way. The palate is just a tad thin but still pretty solid. A good beer overall . The palate drags it down just a tad but overall this is a good beer.