Great Lakes Brewing Devils Pale Ale

Brewed by Great Lakes Brewing (Ontario)
Style: American Pale Ale
Etobicoke, Canada

Re-rate time! Pours deep ruby brown with thick, foamy head. Roasted almond and malt aroma. Heavy malt taste, with a hint of hops. Some nuttiness. Not a great balance between malt and hops (how about 66.6 kg of hops?) Solid, but ultimately flawed.

50 cl can, Shelburne. Dark brown colour, thick foamy head. Strong but balanced malt and hop aroma. Sweet caramel malt flavor, almost shandy like, with bitter finish under all the sweetness. Nice for one but wouldn’t want to drink too many!

Pours dark brown like a porter with two fingers of eggshell coloured head that dissipates quickly. Very little carbonation. Aroma has notes of black licorice and some spices. Initially there are some spring tastes like fresh cut grass. This opens up into a pleasant hoppy bitterness that persists for a while.

Can from trade with Matt7215. Half inch white head that recedes quickly. Dark on top, pale on the bottom. No bubbles. Aromas of sweet caramel and malt. Mild alcohol smell. Hoppy bitter taste. Well balanced, medium body. Too bad this is canned, I’d love a bottle or a pint of this one.

Can. Chestnut appearance and excellent head-retention for a canned beer. Aromas of orange custard, milk chocolate, dark malt and the faintest touch of coffee. Hefty palate offers a creamy flush of malt. Dark chocolate flavour evolves to bitter coffee towards the finish, with a nutty/buttery quality surviving throughout. Good to very good.

Dark burgundy-amber colour. Aroma of canned peaches, some caramel and tobacco. Light body. Some toffee notes, light smoke and earth. Esters of pear, golden plum. Interesting interpretation is nothing like a pale ale, but isn’t all that bad as a beer.

Killer can. Pours with little to no head, but much darker than expected for a beer billed as a pale ale. Deep reddish-brown, and not much in the looks department. Aroma of candy sugar and malt: a sweet array of smells. Nice mouthfeel, soft and silky. An odd balance of flavors. Enough hop bite but thins out considerably at the end. Prune sweetness. Earthy, with some wholemeal bread notes like pumpernickel.

Dark brown in colour, very odd for a pale ale. Minimal lacing head. Smells a little nutty and malty. The taste is a little too metallic for my liking. Refreshing though with a nice roasted coffee aftertaste. Strange for a pale ale.