Laughing Dog Pale Ale

Brewed by Laughing Dog Brewing
Style: American Pale Ale
Ponderay, Idaho USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tulip

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12 oz bottle. Average American pale ale. You’ve had one 100 times before and probably will have 100 more that taste exactly like this. Tasty, yet nothing special.

Bottled. Poured clear, medium orange with a nice cap of white head. The aroma picked up toffee and caramel maltage with spicy floral, citrus, and light fruity hops accenting.. quasi-sweet overall and well-balanced. The flavor had more of the toffee and some pale bready malts at the core, again with spicy floral and citrusy bitterness around.. warmth brought out mild oxidation.. tacky on the finish with lingering bitterness and warmth. Medium-bodied with OK balance on the palate.. a bit hotter than it should’ve been on the back.. decent one.

On tap at Rick’s Press Room in Meridian, ID, this pours a clear golden color with a slightly citric flavor and aroma.

nice aroma, very grassy and hoppy for a pale. lighter looking than expected, nice flavor similiar to the smell and their ipa just a little less, i would prefer this beer over alot of ipas including every montana and colorado ipa.

12 oz bottle from Market of Choice. Pours out golden/orange with a light white head that fades quickly. Aroma is citrus, spice, slight must. Flavor is very spicy, unexpectedly so but not unpleasant. A lot of citrus in there as well, light malt. Okay but not something I need to try again.

2009 Bottle - Pours cloudy orange with a small off white head...aroma is musty, citrus and olives...flavour is muddled, dirt, malt, slight bitterness, fermented dough...dirty finish, no more...

Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a bronze-amber color with a large orange-tan head. The aroma was a lovely and complex mix of strong sweet fruit, pine, grapefruit and pepper. The flavor was bitter, tangy and tart with a strong fruity and piney hop presence and nutty malts underneath. The finish was long, tangy and fruity. The mouthfeel was moderately thick. Solid.

Bottle thanks to jake65. Lightly hazy orange with a finger of white foam. Great biscuit and caramel aroma with grapefruit citrus hops. Body is a bit more boring, a watery caramel, biscuit with a disembodied spicy hop bitterness.

First rating in quite a while. 12oz bottle via trade with jake65. Thanks Jake! Pours a slightly translucent orange amber with a thin, creamy, lacing white head. Nose is nice and mild, biscuits and crackers with lemons and grapefruits too. Flavor is a bit of a let down, slightly sweet, not as much of the malt coming through and only slightly bitter. Finish is watery but clean. Not bad, could have used something else in the flavor profile though.

Sampled 10/23/2008. This pale ale pours a orange gold color from a 12oz bottle. Small to medium sized white foamy head. The aroma is caramel malts and citrusy. A medium bodied pale ale. The malts are caramel and fruity. The hops are grapefruity and floral. There is some fruitiness that I wasn’t expecting. It kind of sweet and tastes like some berry of some kind, possibly huckleberry? Kind of weird, but does not detract too much from the beer overall. Lively carbonation. Decent balance. The mouthfeel is full and round. The finish is clean and crisp. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.