Heavy Seas Pale Ale

Brewed by Heavy Seas Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Baltimore, Maryland USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

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Pours a very lightly hazy golden amber with a bubbly tan head that left some light lacing. Aroma of iced tea, some grainy maltiness and light eary hop nose. Mostly picking up the caramel from the malts. Flavor is a lightly hopped malty pale ale. Very, very light bitterness that lingers. But mostly malty, a bit grainy and a pretty standard APA.

Tap - small foamy head, medium copper color, fair citrus hop aroma and flavored, decent malt balance

Cask at Liam Flynn’s. Cloudy gold color, lotsa lacing. Very fruity scent. Nice and fruity hoppy taste with long term sweet and sour. Could drink it all night!

Bottle. Different label than that in the picture. Purchase before: 02/12. A slightly hazy copper pour with a smallish beige head. There is a relatively subtle aroma of caramel, earth, grassiness, and hints of lemons. A light caramel maltiness is present upfront taste-wise. A sizable biscuity bitterness follows. Earthy. The finish is bitter, grassy, and lemony. Very drinkable, but rather unremarkable. A very "British" take on an APA.

Bottle. Reddish gold within initial decent head but nothing that lasts. It is a round plush hope aromas of barnyard funk and ripe fruit, most distinctly mandarin with a sweet malt and biscuit vein. It tastes like lightly sweet butter cookies and mandarin with a slightly bitter and astringent hoppy finish. The mouth feel is creamy but clean. It is a distinctly British take and much more flavorful and happening than you average American pale.

12oz bottle, best by May 2012. Clear orange-yellow color, thin off-white head fading to minimal. Metallic nose. Typical English-style hops on a malt base. Crisp, moderate carbonation. Light bitterness. An OK, drinkable pale ale.

pours light copper with minimal head. Nose is caramel malts and light hops. Nothing crazy. Taste is sweet, more sweet than a pale should be, it’s needs more hops to add better balance. Palate is smooth yet crisp. Aftertaste isn’t to long.

Pours a copper color with a sparse white head. Smells of malt, and doesn’t have much hop bite to it. Maybe a little citrus, and a malty aftertaste. Not the best pale ale.

12oz bottle. Pours amber with white head; good lacing. Aroma is floral and citrus hops and soft malt notes. Flavor matches the nose. Light mouthfeel and carbonation. Not bad, but nothing special either.

12oz bottle. Nothing too crazy here. Nice light citrus and floral flavor. Nothing to write home about, but an easy drinkable pale ale.

12 oz bottle from a variety pack. Pours clear orange with a thick, long lasting white head and good amount of lacing. Aroma is of bready, caramel malt, with notes of citrus, pear and hints of hops. The body is medium, crisp. Taste is biscuit malt, citrus fruit and earthy hops. Long, earthy finish. Nice, session brew.