1.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
UPDATED: MAY 1, 2010 Bottle out of my mailbox. Yay! Clear orange yellow color. Smells of chewing tobacco, aged hops and light grains. Flavor is light with a heavy bitter finish. Dry banana peel finish. No flavor past the peak.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tap - small foamy head, medium copper color, fair citrus hop aroma and flavored, decent malt balance
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
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!
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
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.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
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.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
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.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
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.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
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.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
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.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
12oz bottle. Nothing too crazy here. Nice light citrus and floral flavor. Nothing to write home about, but an easy drinkable pale ale.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
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.
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