3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: MAY 22, 2003 Golden/amber color with a nice, persistent head. Pleanty of hops--perfumey, piney, citrusy, and most of all, tea. Goose Island's attempt at a Pacific Northwest American Pale Ale. This is a good, easy drinking beer, but if you want a PNW APA, stick with those made on the Pacific Coast.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tab at pub in London, with food from pub. A very nice hobby taste that went well with the fat pub food.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Una pale ale muy normalita,de tirador gana un poco respecto a la botella.se nota el cascade pero con final dulce.....
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
12oz bottle pours golden yellow with a slight grassy bitterness in the aroma. Lighter bitterness than most pale ales. Honey like body. Very similar to Sierra Nevada.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Tried this on draught. Good pour with a decent sized head. Orangish color. It’s certainly on the hoppier side of a Pale Ale. Overall a strong beer. All in all, I’m still partial to Sierra Nevada.
3.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Drat. Pours dark amber with a medium white head. Has a hoppy aroma, a bit of citrus. Taste has a bit of hop, but not huge. Nice.
2.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
Pretty lacing on medium head. Tangerine colored. Not much body. Great big ol’ hoppy finish to this grapefruit flavored, somewhat acidic brew. No floral notes, which I would have preferred.
Flavor improved as it warmed, sweetening a touch, but malts are clearly overwhelmed by the hops-a worthy attempt at a California pale ale.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
At the VA Beer Festival, Norfolk, VA. Pale amber with a slight white head. Nose and flavor rather bland; slightly sweet malt and grain with a tiny bitter end. Not bad, but very blah.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pale Caramel/toffee malt and a mild citrus hopping combine in a fairly tame, but very drinkable APA...I prefer this to the more generic Honkers Ale, I believe.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a murky golden orange color. Aromas of citrus hops, caramel malts. Flavor is bitter and hoppy with a touch of pepper/grapefruit with sweet malt.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Kind of like Honker’s weak sister, a very mild APA with faint citric hops and a light malt for a nose. Balanced, but not much life to it. A bit thin with soft malt and a very slight hop bitterness. <font size=-4><a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Places/ShowPlace.asp? Island Beer Company - Wrigleyville, Chicago, IL<font size=-1>
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