Lawsons Finest Paradise Ale (2012)

Brewed by Lawson’s Finest Liquids
Style: American Pale Ale
Warren, Vermont USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tulip

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Bottle. Thanks Ernesto. Pours a hazy deep golden with big white head. Aroma is tea, faded hops and damp hay. Taste was light hops, more bitterness than I expected. Tea at the end and some dirt.

UPDATED: APR 30, 2013 Bottle at Sander’s place, NYC. Pours rich amber with a fine, creamy white head. Toasty bread in the nose, light caramel, grapefruit. Light sweet flavor, lots of dry citrus fruits, bitter pine needles, citrus rind. Light bodied with fine to average carbonation. Dry piney hop finish, very light sweetness, lots of grapefruit bitterness. Decent. (3.6)Bottle at Bruce’s place for a tasting. Pours clear, copper-gold with a fine, creamy head. Raw hoppy nose, some wort, pine and grass. Light to medium sweet flavor with good bitterness, more pine and grass, some toasty bread and earth. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Gritty bitter finish, more earth, some toasty grass. Decent beer.

Bottle. Thanks Ernesto. Pours murky red with white head. Big hop aroma. Taste is super bitter earthy hops kinda astringent

draft @ Prohibition Pig. Tulip show a clear amber appearance. With quickly fading white head. Nose is a fresh orange peel with light caramel notes. Hints of citrus and spices. Strong orange peel, caramel and piney hop bitterness. Well done! Medium body and really easy to drink.

Bottle (bomber with fancied foil) from the Lushest of Shawns.

The pale ale pours a golden color with a medium sized, well retained, tight head that leaves a nice lacing on the glass.

The aroma is lightly sweet, very pleasantly floral with some big grapefruit notes. Very bright smelling, very inviting.

The flavor is plenty bitter and far drier than the aroma lets on. Some light toasty malt is noticeable and enjoyable but this one is pretty hoppy with lots of grapefruit, key lime, and melon flavors. The beer has a sort of snappiness to it that I can’t quite put my finger on. It’s not bitterness, but it works right along side it. Oh my goodness my notes are getting away from me I’ll just stop dissecting the flavor of the beer now.
I could easily drink a great number of pints of this were I ever in a place where it was on drought. In fact I’m totally shocked at how good this beer tastes. And by shocked I mean completely unsurprised in any way, shape, or form.

bootle. fresh. aroma of clean resin, pineapple, fresh oranges. taste is dry grassy herbal pine. tangerine and bitter grapefruit aftertaste. pretty nice. dry. easy drinkin.

22 oz. from the Booyamachine. Beautiful representation of a pale ale. I originally tried this at a crazy beer tasting event that was filled with DIPAs and imperial stouts and so it kind of got lost in the shuffle. Now that I’m able to focus my full attention on it I am smitten with its even body, caramelly undertones, and floral hops. Finest indeed.

Bottle @ home via Ernesto987. Thanks! Pours a dark orange appearance with a cream colored head. Skunk bud, resiny, fairly piney, moderately citrusy, spicy aroma. A bit thick toasty malty, spicy piney, spicy hoppy, caramel flavor. Nice beer.

Bottle shared by Paul. Thanks man. Served in a Lawson’s Finest Liquids snifter because that’s how this guy rolls. The beer is golden copper in color with nearly an inch of white head. The aroma brings a balance of bready malts and piney hops, with the hop character taking a slight lead. I really enjoy the flavor of this beer. Beautiful balance and finish. Biscuits and floral notes. Light in body and smooth sailing on the palate. Another tasty brew from Vermont. Good times.

Thanks, Michael. Leafy hops with a bit of earth. Some bread in the background. Flavor is a bit resinous. Fairly dry and quite bitter in the finish.