Kissmeyer West Coast Pale Ale

Kissmeyer Beer
Brewed at Ørbæk Bryggeri
Style: American Pale Ale
Charlottenlund, Denmark

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tulip

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Thanks Wally for bringing this one out. Expiration date was first week in April. We opened it April 22nd. Poured into a Hill Farmstead Glass

A - Half-Finger yellow and creamy head. Light orange beer with some solid haze.

S - Vanilla, oranges, mango, hops, tangerine and cinnamon. Delicious smelling beer!

T - Fallen off for sure. hops were faded and rough around the edges. Cream, spices and oranges.Still very tasty.

M - 20/80 carbonation, dry with lingering hops and pepper spices

O - Solid C...perhaps a B if fresh.

Bottle@Home. Soft, fruity and floral well balanced aroma. Amber, light hazy, off-white head, good lace. Malty, light fruity, light floral, light bitter, hint of toffee, hint of laurel. Medium body. Very easy, no complexity.

Bottle. Pours a golden bronze colour with dense light tan coloured head. Aromas are dominated by light caramel with some stone fruits in support. A little muted to be honest. Flavours are dominated by sugary sweetness with only the lfeintest hint of hop bitterness to balance. Solid mouthfeel. Slightly odd to be honest.

Toasty and malty and somwhat sweet. Red and coppery. More like an english ale and than a pale ale. But anyway.

Bottle 50 cl. Hazy yellow beer with a large off-white head of long duration. Sweet aroma of malt, pineapple, lemon and grapefruit. Sweet and dry beer with a taste of malt, hops, grapefruit and lemon. Long and moderately bitter aftertaste.

Bottle. Pours a clear amber colour with a medium frothy light beige head. Wood and leather in the aroma with also a touch of sweet berries and sweet candy. Also a lot of wood, leather and bread in the flavour as well. Soft and slick mouthfeel. Bitterness = light+. An okay pale ale, fine balance with a small hop bite.

Bottle. Citrus floral combined with banana cara- cereal aromas. Bitter finish. Strong ale with lots of taste.

(50 cl bottle from Bunker Beer; BBD: 050113) Pours a clear, dark amber with medium, white head. Good lace and retention. Aroma is mostly malty with hints of dust and grain. Not much detectable hop aroma. Oily texture, medium carbonation, medium body with a slightly sweet finish. Taste is more sweet than bitter and definitely not dry. Easily drinkable, not very demanding, pleasant but perhaps not that terribly interesting.

Clear, dark amber colour (uh, this is a pale ale, isn’t it?) with a very light brown colour that lasts for some time and leaves some lacing. The aroma is rather strong and highly unusual for an APA, it’s malt driven with sweet dark caramel and even some hints of raisins, and the fruity elements are of the dark kind. Moderate sweet taste that lasts into the aftertaste, also a light bitterness in the quite long-lasting finish. The flavours follow the malty path laid out by the aroma: sweet dark caramel, toasted notes, raisin and dark fruits. Good mouthfeel, creamy and smooth texture and quite soft carbonation. Some faint traces of metal in the finish, but not very disturbing. A nice ale, but not something for the hopheads out there.
[50 cl bottle, enjoyed 6 months before BB date, from Vinmonopolet Vika, Oslo]

A good pale ale. Nice bitterness and well rounded. Flowery notes. Dark amber with a white head.