La Jolla Brewhouse Pale Ale

On tap @ the La Jolla Brew House brewpub. Pours with a slight haze, ice cold, copper with above average carbonation creating a lasting – regenerating off white head and decent lacing. Mild aroma hinting at sweet malts and a vague hoppiness. Served too darn cold really. The taste has a very nice up front grapefruit hop bitterness that has faint off note due to the serving temperature. The malts build to something just noticeable toward the finish.

Tasted at La Jolla. Clear golden yellow with a thin fizzy head. Aroma of malt and piney hops. Good grainy roastiness in the taste with a decent hoppy bite and a dry finish.

Draught at the brewpub. Clear copper color with thin white head. Pleasant citrus hop aroma and flavor balanced nicely with the cereal grain and caramel malt accents. Dry and medium bodied. This was one of the better beers I tried here.

28-Apr-06 (Draft: La Jolla Brewhouse in La Jolla, CA) The hops is fairly bitter, more piney than citrusy. Grainy malt base is fairly toasty but only mildly sweet. The dry, vegetal nose isn’t all that appealing to me. Medium-bodied, but the carbonation level is way too high -- it’s tough to drink this, but the loud belches are fun! Medium-dark amber in color and only slightly hazy. Average size head is off-white in color and settles to a wide ring. Some spiderweb lacing. Meh, not any more enjoyable than the first time I had it.

07-Jul-04 (Draft: Beach House Brewery in La Jolla, CA) This medium bodied beer is a pretty bland hops-dominated west coast pale ale. It is hoppy, moderately bitter with some grapefruit, but unfortunately, also quite sweet. The mild nose is hoppy, sweet and moderately malty. Lazy light amber in color. Headless pour, but with a small off-white ring at the edge. (6, 3, 5, 3, 11 = 2.8)

Draught at the Brewpub: Amber color, light hops and malt in the nose. Some biscuity characteristics. A good finish, dry, unbalanced flavor. meh.