Legend Pale Ale

Brewed by Legend Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Richmond, Virginia USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tulip

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Bottle via The Beer God (I believe): Pours a coppery hue (not very pale like really) with an initial large foamy head and very good lace. The aroma has notes of both piney and floral hops, light grapefruit, biscuity and toasted malting, and earthy esters. The taste starts bitter with a nice combonation of old school British and new school American hop profiles. A good amount of malt background and sharp citric notes as well. A touch of pepper and clove to make things interesting. The feel is part sticky and part sharp, a nice balance and refreshing. Shoot, I almost drank it all before I could in words what I thought of this beer. A darn nice offering. YummY!

Beautiful clear copper amber with a THICK off-white head. Medium strength hoppy/pine aroma. Whoah! the taste is a strong blast of bitter grapefruit hoppiness with an alcohol kick, tons of malt and notes of caramel, pine and light buttery-ness. Perfect level of sweetness with a lasting bitter grapefruit rind aftertaste. I didn’t pick up any of the trademark Legend sourness in this one. Very full, round, creamy and velvety smooth on the palate with pefect carbonation. Lacing hangs on the glass like puffy clouds. Has a prominent head that’s not going anywhere - just pefect to look at. One of the best APAs I’ve ever had. Loved it!

Pretty stuff, shining clear copper with a really impressive thick head, great lasting character. Nose is lightly citric and quite buttery, fruity and perfumed. Quite bitter, sharp and hoppy. Not particulary citric, hops mostly assert themselves as pure bitterness. Sticky malts are there, but could be a bit sweeter for balance, lightly buttery but begs for some more caramel sweetness to balance stuff out. As with seemingly all Legend beers, great mouthfeel, very full, creamy, and sticky.

Crystal clear amber coloured body with a nice crimson tint and a smallish off-white head. Aroma of fresh hops, pine, malt, oranges, alcohol and toffee. Medium-bodied; Strong astringent hops up front with a piney and very bitter finish. Good malt backbone to keep this one afloat and a good fruity/alcoholic finish. A nice APA, one to rival the best available APAs in the country (as far as I’m concerned) produceed up here at Dominion. Overall, a good beer- this should be on people’s shopping lists if it isn’t already. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased the same day at Whole Foods in Vienna, Virginia, 19-December-2004.

Clear brilliant amber body with a tall dense manila head. Glass lacing is excellent. The aroma exhudes that Legend house character, light butter, citrus hops, bready malt and wafts of caramel. The falavor is even more full of the house character. Again lightly buttery, crisp citrus hops, and a good dose of malt. Comes together very nicely. The body is bitter throughout, with a medium crisp finsih. Another real winner from this great brewer!

Always open to trying new legends... my favorite local brewery. Aroma of lemon hops. Nice lemon citrus hop flavor. Always open to a great hoppy brew like this.

Bottled. Ruby tinged amber with a small fluffy tan head. Aroma is earthy hops, light citrus, pine sap, combined with a really nice malt backbone. The taste is great! Mild citrus and pine hoppiness with some decent maltiness. Light spiciness as well. Body is bitter and slightly oily. Light astringent feel. Finishes with medium bitterness but it seems lasting. Mild fruit and pine blended in as well. Nice beer and as Kinz remarked, I have been looking for this for a while as well.

I’ve been trying to track down this beer for around 3 years now. I’ve always seemed to have an uncanny knack of missing its release. So I’m in a freaking Kroger, not a local beer store, not a local beer bar, not the brewpub itself, but the freaking Kroger of all places and I find a row of fresh new bottles on the shelf. Go figure. Amber orange appearance, quite clear, very nice head with great lacing. Aroma is a bit biscuity with some earthen hops. Understated but pleasant. Biscuit malts are the initial flavor, followed by earthy hops with a slight bit of pine, and a long lasting bitterness. Balanced, quaffable, a well done APA. Glad to have finally tracked this thing down.

A very nice American Pale with ample hop aroma and flavor. Sour apple and grapefruit flavors and aromas abound. Not watery in least for 2002, but not overwhelmingly malty or full. Hops dominate here. Golden in color with a small to medium head.

A seasonal offering, this beer is quite enjoyable. Substantial amount of hop aroma, although not too much bitterness. Only minor complaint was that the mouthfeel was a little ’watery.’ Other than that, very enjoyable.