Inveralmond Export Pale Ale

Formerly brewed at Inveralmond
Style: English Strong Ale
Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland

Serve in English pint, Trappist glass

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Tasted this in the Three Judges, Glasgow in October 2007. Cask, handpump dispense. Crystal clear pale amber in colour with a thin white head. Strong aroma of fresh grapefruit evident. Thin but creamy mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malts give a fiery digestive biscuit note with a sweet golden syrup base. Spicy hop resins give a robust earthy bitter aftertaste which compliments the malt well. Bitter sweet finish is warming with alcoholic notes present. A decent strong Pale Ale and well recommended.

Half pint, cask hand pulled at The Central Bar in St Andrews. Moderately lacing head. Crystal clear amber body. Hoppy smell on a low level. Blended taste of fruits, peaches and oranges, and malts beneath. Gentle bitter ending. Medium bodied [27.10.2008].

Cask Cloisters Bar Edinburgh ... Light amber ... light fruity watery hop nose ... slight caramel sweet with quite a lot of fruity hops dominating it.... quite tatsy if not my thing.

(Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm, 8 Dec) Golden colour with hints of amber. Small white head. Fruity, slightly soapy, nose with notes of grapefruit, orange and toffee. Fruity taste with notes of grapefruit, mandarin and toffee. Rather sweet, malty finish where the alcohol comes through as well. Notes of butterscotch, but the nice hop character makes it quite enjoyable.

Cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm 30 Nov 2006. Golden coloured. A small creamy head clinging to the glass. Faint fruity aroma. Undeterminable perfumed flavour. A bit unvaried, but some bitterness in the finish.

Cask at Akkurat. Stocholm. Deep golden. Evident butterscotch aroma, Sweet, buttery and lightly fruity. Mildly malty with soft, solid mouthfeel and generous body. Fruity notes of orange and grass with some alcohol coming through, low bitterness.

Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm. Clear dark golden colour topped with a thin white lace. Very fruity aroma oranges, red apples and leom with touches of butterscotch. Full flavour of biscuity pale malts, oranges and cherries with a distinct grassy hop bite. Long medium bitter finish of grass and orange-peels with sweet undertones of butterscotch. A powerfull strong golden ale with a lot of attitude.

[Cask at The Three Judges] Gold with a small, dense head. Aroma is prodominantly hoppy with notes of pine, grapefruit, perfume (l’air du temps) and some floral nuances against a backdrop of pale malt. Full bodied with a slightly sweetness upfront, a perfumed, floral palate with some yeasty, peppery character leads to a dry, hoppy finish.

I can see the mexican has done his homework on this beer, "sticky foam"? Aroma is grassy and grassy and theres grass in there too, but it does disapear after a while. Taste is quite ehh grassy with some alcohol coming through. An intrsting beer as there seemed to be no malt character at all, but still body?

1/2 pint cask, Thompson’s Bar, Edinburgh. Bright golden with a slight haze. Medium, but very nice looking, white creamy head. Citrus hoppy aroma. Mellow and soft mouthfeel with well-balanced hopping. Refreshing and crisp hop flavours with a soft malt flavour. Not as watery as many of the other cask ales I’ve tried over the last few days, but that must have to do with the fact that this beer is much stronger. Soft finish with only a little hop character.