Hales Pale Ale

Brewed by Hales Ales
Style: American Pale Ale
Seattle, Washington USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

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From tap at the brewpub. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is smooth citrusy and light peachy. Bitter, smooth fruity and crisp hoppy peachy. Bitter and lasting lingering fruity finish.

Date: 08/19/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip

clear dark aroma, thin white head, sweet fruity apricot aroma, creamy body,light fruity flavor with lots of well balance hops, good rich carmel character, light bitterness,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Fruity-hoppy flavour and pleasant balance. I guess I’m not as huge on this as some other people, but it’s not bad stuff.

(Bottle) Pours a copper body with an average-sized beige head. Aroma of caramel and citrus. Malts and hops nicely balanced.

Draught @ the brewpub. Pours a clear golden color with a white head. Has a malty hoppy aroma. Sweetish malty slightly hoppy flavor with some hints of caramel. Has a sweetish malty hoooy finish.

Clear golden/amber with small beige head. Aroma is medium sweet, caramel, light earthy, lighter floral. Taste is earthy, caramel, light peach. Finish is earthy with hint of peach. Medium/light body.

on tap-pours a thin white head that laces and gold color. Aroma is medium malt-caramel, hops. Taste is medium malt-caramel, hops-slight bitter. OK/mild carbonation.

Aroma seems floral with underlying citrus. Very nice. Fine amber color, very little head. Starts with malt and berry, not overly strong berry; the hop aroma dominates the flavor, and the hop bitterness carries through to the finish. After the hop wears down, the malt can be detected. This must be balanced. Very good stuff. Palate gets fatigued after about half a bottle, so it starts great, but it wears you out. Even so, it remains a good drink.

12oz bottle. Poured a deep and slightly hazy orange color with a smaller sized off white head. Aromas of caramel, citrus, some orange peel and a little doughy and earthy. Tastes of caramel, citrus, oranges and light grapefruit. Body a tad on the thin side.

Bottle poured a hazy copper with a small lingering ivory head. Aromas of biscuit, light carmel and some fruitiness. Palate was light bodied and crisp. Flavors of carmel, bread and a bit o0f fruitiness with a lingering unpleasent bitterness creeping in on the aftertaste. Save your money.