Lonerider Peacemaker Pale Ale

Brewed by Lonerider Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Raleigh, North Carolina USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tulip

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Draft @ Hickory Hops 2011, Hickory, NC. Pours a slightly hazy pale amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty weak hoppy citrus aroma. Fruity malty hoppy citrus flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter citrus finish.

Date: August 28, 2010
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, Great NC
Appearance: clear copper, creamy off white head, drippy lace
Aroma: big fresh hop aroma backed by sweet malt
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, lots of hops, touch of citrus, long bitter finish
Overall: hoppier than many IPAs
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *** /4

12oz bottle. Medium off-white head atop clear amber body. Aroma is moderately sweet, orange, some caramel/bread. Tate is moderately sweet, grapefruit, some orange, fairly astringent. Light-medium body, light acidity.

on tap-pours a light tan head with amber color. Aroma is orange/pine, light/medium malt-caramel. Taste is orange peel/pine hops with a slight bite, light/medium malt-caramel/bready.

An amber ale with a thick moka head. In aroma, a nice pleasant floral hops, biscuitty malts, menthol. In mouth, a good chunky malt with nice restrained c-hops, well balanced. On tap at Great North Carolina Brewers Fest., August 28 2010.

Bottle shared by CaptainCougar. Pours clear copper with a medium, fizzy white head, medium retention with fair lacing. Aroma is average malt (bread, meal, cereal), heavy hops (floral, citrus, grassy), and average esters (apple/pear) with notes of peach and pineapple. Flavor is average malt (bread, meal, cereal), heavy hops (floral, citrus, grassy), and average esters (apple/pear) with notes of peach and pineapple. Medium body, warmth, and carbonation with a dry finish.

12oz bottle: Pours a clear deep golden bronze with a spotty-lacing white head. Has a lightly sweet toasty caramel nose with some floral piny hops. Starts with decent fullness and light toffee sweetness with a drier bittering hop balance and a touch of grapefruity hop flavor before a slightly drier finish. Not quite as drinkable as it could be, but still fairly flavorful.

12 ounce bottle from Lowes Foods in Hickory, NC. Pours a clear copper color with a large frothy offwhite head. Good head retention and lacing. Nice fresh hop aroma with citrus and some leafy notes, as well as a malty and nutty note. The taste is citrus and floral hops with a good bit of caramel malts. Medium bodied and well balanced. This brewery continues to impress me.

355mL thanks to CaptainCougar. The pour is a clear orange with a small, yellowish head. Spotty lace. Aroma is 100% diacetyl bomb, thick malt emerges along with the candies and old sweet oranges that would have created a mediocre, stale hop nose. Taste is malty, heavy butter (diacetyl), suddy, lightly bitter. Not really offensive if you like butter as much as I do! Palate is buttery, slick. Still not really offensive but a great example of a classic brewing flaw.

UPDATED: JAN 14, 2012 Draft at Barley’s Asheville. Dark bronze. Warm and malty up front, this finishes with a nice rounded bitterness. (#4284, 10/4/2011) <<Updated from the bottle. Same impression ... rich malt base, caramel even. American-style hop bite to finish. No change.>>