Illinois Newmarket Pale Ale

Brewed by Illinois Brewing
Style: American Pale Ale
Bloomington, Illinois USA

On tap at the brewpub. Pours cloudy orange/gold. Virtually no aroma and barely a flavor either. Slight malt and just a hint of hoppiness. Mouthfeel is extremely thin and low carbonation.

Picked up a growler of this at the GTMW thanks to the folks at Illinois Brewing: Poured a bright clear copper colour with really no head. IT had lost some carbonation. Mouthfeel was light and creamy, soft with floral notes abundant. Taste was flavorful- citrusy with soft lime andgrapefruit notes. But not as bold and hoppy as the description said.

(Tap) Pours a light amber color with almost no head. Sweet, fruity aroma. Light hop notes in the taste. The fruity taste almost seems like a flaw. Could have been more hoppy and had a better mouthfeel. Not particularly good.

From the tap this poured a pale amber with a white head that had no desire to do any lacing. The aroma is faint, but it presents some sweet caramel covered by grapefruit anmd pine hop scents. A bit thin, but I can forgive them that because of the hops. The grapefruit gets almost juicy in the flavor, balancing out nicely with the sweet malt. Good crisp, bitter finish. Pretty decent.

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not sure i got a good sample of this one. ill try later to try it again and re rate. it was very sweet and a little watery. a good deal of citrus flavor, but that didnt taste like it came from the hops.

Draft, at IBC. I can definitely find the Cascade hops advertised on its description, but I didn’t find it to be especially hoppy for the style. Still some fruit taste that may be more from hops than esters.

Wonderful pale ale-the aroma was very piney/hoppy with a tad darker appearance than say SNPA-lots of lace and a smooth palate with a strong emphasis on Cascade hops. A good brew from an interesting brewery