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Great Lakes Brewing Devils Pale Ale

Great Lakes Brewing Devils Pale Ale

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An American Pale Ale brewed by
Great Lakes Brewing (Ontario)

Etobicoke, Canada

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813.23/5.03.22/5.0Autumn6.6%55.2Lager glass, Shaker P  Stats

Commercial Description:
The Devil Made Me Brew It! Brewed for 66.6 minutes with 666kg of malt and 6.6kg of hops, Devil's Pale Ale is a robust ale weighing in at 6.6% alcohol (notice a theme yet?). Darker than traditional pale ales, Devil's Pale Ale has an unmistakable hoppiness both in aroma and taste, balanced by a selection of 6 choice malts.

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The_Root (37), Brantford, Ontario, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
Sep 14, 2006  
Upon first sniff there is a hint of sweetness. This is the shy start to something beautiful... understated sweet nose with just the faintest hint of what is to come... I had a 5 oz serving as part of a three beer sampler at Volo (on tap of course) It poured a dark rich amber colour with a slightly off white head that persisted throughout the entire sample. It presented lacing worthy of a drunken spider in a fishing net factory. The sweet hints in the scent gave way to a robust roasted flavour with just a hint of a citrusy zest finishing with the sweet aftertaste. All in all an enjoyable beer.


 yarry (352), Waterdown, Ontario, Canada
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Oct 27, 2007  
473ml can, 6% a/v Pours a dark brown colour with a nice tan head, some lacing on the glass. Smells malty, and hoppy with a nice earth base. The taste is malt, chocolate, caramel, and roasted grain with a very nice hop balance. The mouthfeel is very full and the aftertaste very complex. I thought the idea of 666kg of malt, 6.66kg hops, etc etc, would make for a good gimmick but possibly limit the beer, in fact it makes for a very nice, complex and delicious recipe.


 JesseM (406), Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Oct 27, 2007  
Whoever added this as an APA was painfully off target. It says right in the description: "Reminiscent of early English Pale Ales", and if you know anything about EPA’s you know that they’re dark, not pale. Anyways, on to the beer. Pours a dark burgundy/brown, with a huge beige head. The aroma is a mix of the 6 malt varieties blended into one, along with some earthiness and a touch of hops. It smells pretty nice actually, there’s definitely some pils malt in there that I’m detecting. The taste is again, huge cluster of malts, toffee, caramel, bread, coffee, pretty much all the basics. There is a small hop presence in there, and it does have sort of a pale alelish taste to it. The mouth-feel is fuller because of all the malts, and the earthiness is actually really refreshing tasting. It’s a neat gag, and I like barley malts, therefore this is a good beer, you just have to know and appreciate the differences in pale ale types. There’s really nothing wrong with this beer. And it was also my 166th beer rated, oooooooooooo creepy.....not really, but hey it’s a mildly cool point to make.


 matt7215 (578), Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Sep 16, 2007    Updated: Jan 24, 2008
473 ml can. pours dark brown almost (bright red when held against light). looks much darker then most apa’s. malty aromas dominate but wiffs of hoppy presents are detectable. great malty flavours with hops only showing up to round out the finish. i dont think this is an apa at least it isnt in my books, but it is fantastic and something ill buy loads of.


 JohnBarleycorn (374), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Dec 14, 2007  
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.



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