Founders Pale Ale

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

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

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Bottle 12fl.oz.

Unclear medium yellow orange color with a large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, light to light moderate hoppy, fruity. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20101023]

Bottled. A hazy golden beer with an off-white head. The aroma has notes of straw, hay, and hops. The flavor is sweet with light notes of malt and hops, the latter lending it notes of straw and lemon, and making the finish dry and bitter. A bit boring.

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

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.

Bottled@Pikkulintu, Helsinki. Honeyish goldeny orange colour with a small white head. Aroma is fruity and floral hops, quite strong on the maltyness as well. Some herbal and grassy notes as well. Flavour is bready and quite sweet malts with some floral and fruity hops finishing in a quite floral and grassyness. A rather pleasantly balanced and easy to drink APA.

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!

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.

Bottle at Monk’s Café, Stockholm, Wallingatan; 35 IBU, 5.4% ABV
Golden color. The aroma is initially grassy; it’s also a bit creamy and dusty, meaty; ah, there is some malt too. Medium-light body, with dry toffee flavor and strong bitterness; the hop brings only a very light fruity touch, and there is a rare rose flower aftertaste. I can’t see much of the promised Cascade, but it’s still a god thirst-quenching beer.

Date: 04/28/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

hazy yellow, solid fine white head, light sweet malt aroma with a hint of floral hops, nice hop flavor on a medium malt base, hint of toasted malt, good bitter finish,
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clear amber, whispy off white head, touch of lace, sweet carmel malt aroma with light floral hops, nice bitter hop flavor, enough malt to bring some balance, good carmel malt flavor with only a touch of sweetness,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *4

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.