KLB Premium Pale Ale

Bottle. It’s an orange copper colour with a thin white head and light carbonation. The aroma is yeasty with floral hops and caramel. Mouthfeel is chewy and a bit bubbly on the tongue, despite the low carbonation. I taste caramel in the malt with grass, dandelion, honey.

Some nice hoppyness but not much other flavour coming through it all. Not terrible but probably wouldn’t have it again unless the pickings were quite slim.

341ml bottle from the brewery. Lots fo malty sweetness and some hops, but not what you’d expect in a micro pale ale. Flavour proflie seems to be aimed at the mainstream. Just ok.

Bottle from the brewery. Pours clear golden with small lacing that disappears rapidly. Earthy citrus aroma, very little carbonation with a medium body. Again an earthy, almost marmalade flavour, finish that seems more of an English Bitter than APA

[1797-20081017] Cask. Green twig earthy hops aroma. Very murky, slightly green-hued orange brown body with a quick bubbly head. Tastes like a blend of green and black teas and chocolate bread grain. Medium body is bitter and thick. Weird tea characteristic, interesting.
Overheard: "It’s like I’m filtering it through my teeth."
(Cask Days 2008 @ Volo; Toronto, ON)

Bottle courtesy of matt7215. Pours copper with an off white head. Smells of light citrus, spice, caramel. Tastes citrussy and peppery with a tea like finish.

341 ml bottle from The Beer Store. the bottles and packaging dont have a date on them but the case was dusty so im guessing that this has been "cellared" for me by The Beer Store. pours deep orangeish/brown with a mid tan head. slightly hazed body with mid level carbonation. the aroma is of faded once ample hops and a firm malt backbone. its actually almost has a barley wine aroma to it so its held up better then i would have expected. the flavours are similar to the aroma. faded hops with lingering bitterness. firm caramel malts. the finish had a slight oxygenated plastic/carboard aspect but it wasnt all that noticable. pretty good overall and id love to try it fresh.

341mL bottle courtesy of matt7215 (thanks Matt). Pours a very off looking pale copper, tons of haze that shouldn’t be there, and actually kind of resembles a wheat beer. Not infected, just another casualty of Ontario’s wonderful Beer Store’s mentality towards craft beer of letting it ’age’ for as long as it takes before someone buys it. Anyways, smells like a weird sour mix of malts, Fuggles hops, and plastic. Smells like it’d smell great when fresh. Taste is like a barley wine gone wrong, though still somehow tasty. The malt backbone is actually still holding its own, and the hops add some okay balance to the mix. Again, something that would be great fresh, but had been destroyed by the f***ing Beer Store.