Founders Pale Ale

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

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

Hazy orange-gold, abundant off-white head, good retention, streaks of lace on the glass. Hops aroma, principally floral, a bit of citrus aromatics there, too; yeasty must as well. Flavor strongly floral, balanced by the must and yeast of yeast. Malts provide balancing sweetness. Hops bitterness comes off as slightly soapy near the finish. Medium body, zest, lively palate. Soapy flavors are reinforced by a very soft palate.

Bottled at Monk’s Café Wallingatan, Stockholm. Lightly hazy golden, richhead. Strong aroma of grapefruit. Fairly sweet with light, soft doughy malt. the lightness and softness allows for full access to the citrusy, perfumy hops. Very up front and hop driven. A focused pale ale up to Founders high standards!

Bottle at Pinhook. Cloudy yellow hue and thick creamy head like a hefe!! Nose is floral and citrus hops with a decent malt backbone. Flavor is more malty than expected, the hops are more in the background here and there is moderate floral and citrus tones mostly in the finish. An interesting beer with a hop nose and malt flavor, easy drinking and balanced with little alcohol heat. This doesn’t fit nearly into a classic style but is still delicious.

Thanks coyotehunter! Cap came off with a strong -hiss- but didn’t gush out of the bottle, though the head rose very quickly in the glass and fell slowly and awkwardly. Seems like a tablespoon poured yields 3 inches of head. The thick head is prohibitive of much of the aroma, maybe some cinnamon. Some lemongrass in the sip, sweet bread, light bodied but a full and very lasting balance between lightly roasted grain and citrus hops. Bummer it took me ten pours to get it in my glass.

Had this at the Pinhook in Durham, NC. My friends were recommending it to me, but once I had it, I could not enjoy fully. The tangy, semi salty, semi sweet, semi sour flavour ruined it for me. Bad batch, or is supposed to be like this? Unique, but not so good for me.

Bottle. Pours light hazy orange body with lots of white head. Aroma is floral and fruity hops. The flavor is sweet malt. Very smooth and sweet beer.

Pours amber/copper with a thin off white head. Smells grassy and earthy. Tastes of caramel, some earth, a spicy finish.

Don’t know what happened but this beer is all head???? Waiting at least 10 minutes to try. Decent flavor of hops some carbonation.....feel like a got a half dose.