Granville Island English Bay Pale Ale

Brewed by Granville Island (Brewery - MolsonCoors)
Style: English Pale Ale
Kelowna, Canada

Serve in English pint

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Can 473 ml
Aroma: worthy malty with slight woody hints. Tad creamy with caramel notes. Soft finish.
Look: clear amber look with initial large fine tanned top. Fairly long lasting. Some rings on glass, no lace. 3+
Taste: medium bodied. Caramel woody blend, medium lighter carbnation. Slight peppery heat. Some of cardboard.

Fairly mild pale ale. Nothing too exceptional about it. Not very hoppy. Wasn't objectionable, but I probably would not buy again. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Smooth tasting beer that offers a rich caramel flavour. However, it does not stand out as a superiour beer.

Canette 473ml. De couleur cuivrée et claire. Nez de grains de malt légèrement rôti, léger de houblon herbeux aux notes florales et fruitées (agrumes) avec des notes de caramel ainsi que des traces de pain grillé. MInce-moyenne en bouche avec un pétillement moyen-doux ainsi qu’une texture légèrement crémeuse. Goût de grains de malt moyennement sucré et légèrement rôtis avec des petites notes fruitées (agrumes) dès l’entrée en bouche auquel un léger goût de caramel et de biscuits avec des petites notes de pain grillé puis en finale l’on retrouve une légère amertume aux notes asséchantes de houblon herbeux et légèrement floral avec des traces de noix. Post-goût moyen-doux, légèrement amer de houblon hebreux aux notes florales avec des notes de grains sucrés et grillés et quelques traces de noix.

On tap. Fairly clear amber with a nice off white head. Fairly malt forward, light floral hops, some caramel. Moderate carbonation, mild body, malty, bit sweet for my liking with an odd grainy mouthfeel. However served cold it was refreshing with not much of an aftertaste and was ok.

can. pours clear pale golden with a decent white head, little retention, no lacing. toasted malts, fresh graininess and maybe bread crust, lager fruitiness (?), hint of nuttiness and sweetness, touch of acidity. light hopping - herbal blandness for a very short bland herbal-citrusy finish. average to soft carbonation, light body - watery. balance - ok. aside no english character, meh.

2 finger head,redy amber orange. Smell is nothing like a pale ale it’s vanilla,caramel,mabye chocolate smell is so flipin good. Some sips taste that way and some sips taste like a bitterness orange and citrus fruit type pale ale and it’s medium to heavy bodied. cheer’s!

Copper amber pour with decent off-white head. Aroma of sweet caramel and yeasty of the top with some faint spices and hops hidden in there. Fairly sweet with lightly roasted malts and toffee up front, followed again by some biscuity/bready flavours. A bit too sweet for my liking, but an OK pale. Needs some more hoppy complexity to balance the sweetness. I never had anything from Granville pre-buy out, so I can’t compare.

Beer drank on tap at the Grand opening of a new pub so I’ll just assume it’s a Fresh keg ( this was their best tap selection………sigh). Amber brown Body with a 1/8” tan cap floating on top when first delivered to me. Nice aroma, mild yet had some substance. Taste and aroma where basically the same so I’m not going to waste writing it twice. Pennies, nice noble hops, caramel malts, some toasted grains, surprisingly no noticeable bread ( I was truly expecting a bread bomb ). All comes across clean and crisp. Nice brew that won’t offend anyone and suitable for the none beer geek.

Bottle: another GIB brew I am tasting after a long time. This pale ale I’m not so crazy about, never was. Although it is a malty brew, sweetness dominates and the hops are trimmed back too far to even approximate style. This is more like a commercial cream ale - too sweet for me.