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RATINGS: 162   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.79   EST. CALORIES: 135   ABV: 4.5%
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Kentucky Ale is a marriage between two classic beer styles, Irish Red Ale and English Pale Ale. The Kentucky Ale mashing program uses: • the finest 2-row imported Harrington malt, • select caramel malt varieties grown both domestically and abroad, • a pinch of wheat malt for a smooth, creamy taste. Varieties of the English hops East Kent Goldings and Fuggles impart a spicy yet soft, floral aroma without a harsh, bitter aftertaste. These ale hops are used to balance the sweetness of the malt and are an important flavor component of Kentucky Ale. Light copper in color, the unique body and character of Kentucky Ale is heavily influenced by the water, drawn from aquifers in the limestone underlying the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky.


2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
blankboy (4285) - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - JUL 20, 2008
Bottle (12oz) shared with HogTownHarry & garthicus -- courtesy of HogTownHarry. Pours a hazy orange with a spare diminishing white head. Aroma of caramel malt, grain, fruit, light hops and buttery toffee. Flavour of caramel malt, mild hops and again, buttery toffee. Light bitter finish. Average bodied. Just alright.

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
Hansen (4227) - Assentoft, DENMARK - NOV 14, 2011
Colour is amber and it’s clear. Has a white head, mostly lasting. Moderate malty aroma, light bread. Flavor starts moderate sweet and finish light bitter, Creamy texture.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 10/20
thedm (4116) - Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA - NOV 18, 2006
This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a small sized head of foamy finely sized off-white colored bubbles that were mostly lasting and left behind a transparent typically carbonated copper brown colored body and a fair lacing. The mild aroma was malty and dough. The mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish. The flavor contained notes of malt mild hops dough and mild caramel. An OK brew just nothing special.

3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Suttree (3765) - Knoxville, Tennessee, USA - OCT 17, 2004
Dark gold, HUGE white head. Soggy toast aroma. Hints of yeast flavors, as well as breat and touch of maybe some peppery hop s. OK, rather nondescript. Sampled at 2004 Knoxville Brewer’s Jam.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
RichardGretton (3711) - Leicestershire, ENGLAND - AUG 21, 2011
Bottle. Amber beer with a soon disappearing fizzy head. The aroma is lightly roasted and toffee, and the flavour is bitter, roasted and quite malty. Overall a reasonable but basic beer.

2.4
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 11/20
SledgeJr (3579) - Omaha, Nebraska, USA - MAY 18, 2005
In the bottle. A gift from Bill Baburek. Pours amber in color with a non-existent head. I’m about to generalize here and state that beer that makes you burp is usually bad beer. This one folks is a burper. It has a very subtle caramel malt aroma, but no hop aroma. Tingly and crisp in flavor, this has plenty of calcium carbonate. A little more malt flavoring than your average macro, but not much more. I liken this to the old "Governor’s Ale" that was carried by the Harris Teeter grocery chain (made by the Virginia Brewing Co.) many years ago.

2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
GeneralGao (3515) - Iowa City, Iowa, USA - NOV 9, 2007
12 oz bottle. Poured a clear light orange color. Head was thin, white, and reduced to a thin white film that hung around for a while. There was some lace on the glass at the end. Aroma was of light molasses and husky grain. The flavor was the same with too much husk in my opinion. There was some light hop bitterness at the end. I preferred the Kentucky Horse Piss Beer I just tried to this one. Bleh.

2.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 11/20
IrishBoy (3264) - Bakersfield, California, USA - APR 10, 2008
12 oz bottle from acknud! Nose of caramel, and grain, with a light vanilla and fruity pear note in the background; dark gold with a small off-white head; flavor has a bit of fruitiness, toffee, and a tiny buttery note. Cool bottle cap with a horses head on top! Maybe it’s brewed by the Godfather!


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