Matilda Bay Alpha Pale Ale

Brewed by Matilda Bay Brewing Co. (CUB)
Style: American Pale Ale
Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tulip

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Bottle 345ml. @ home.

Clear medium amber orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light light heavy malty, caramel, moderate to light heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, warm citrus. Flavour is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, dry, hoppy. Body is medium, texture is oily and sticky, carbonation is soft. [20110813]

Bottled. An amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet and lovely hoppy which gives it notes of grass and grapefruit. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of grapefruit, and medium notes of grass and caramel, as well as light notes of alfa acids, leading to a good bitter finish.

From 33 cL bottle. Pours filtered orange brown with no real head. Aroma is fruity and caramel sweet. Flavour caramel malty, dry into the finish.

(Bottle 34,5 cl) Courtesy of highlandlad. Pours a clear, amber golden with a small, off-white head. Very fresh and citrusy aroma with a hint of pine needles also. Medium body, light accents of caramel, very floral an citrusy hopping. The finish is dry and hoppy. Lovely indeed. 290607

Bottle. Clear amber coloured with a white ehad. Aroma of fruits, hops and pine needles. Hoppy flavour of fruits, pine needles and grape fruits. Hoppy finish.

Bottle at MikkellerBAR. Clear amber - white head. Medium hoppy. Caramel. Fruity. Grassy. Citrus. Medium malty. Light roasted. Berries. Nutty. Flowery. Nice drinkability.

Bottle at London Gathering Nov 2005. Attractive amber colour with thin white head. Nice hop aroma. Bit thin and tinny in mouth. End has attack of hops. I really rather enjoyed it.

De botella. Clear amber colour, white head. Pleasant rather mild fruity hoppy aroma. Mouthfeel, ok/good. Flavour has fruity hops, fair maltiness , some citrus. Bit mild but a good APA.

Bottle. Pours a slightly red-like amber with a small creamy off-white head. Aroma is sweet and has a buttery feel to it. A touch of caramel is mixed well with a good dose of fruity and grassy hop notes. Quite low carbonation giving it an oily feel. Flavour is somewhat milder than the aroma - the hops don’t come to the fore in the same way. But it is quite low in alcohol, which might explain the missing ’pang’, I was looking was. If the aroma didn’t hype it, I would have given this 3.8, but the flavour is a touch of a let-down in comparison.

Bottled at the Chris_O Beer, Cheese and Curry powwow. A light amber coloured beer with a little tan head. The aroma is nicely hoppyt with citrus fruits. The taste is nicely hoppy also with good alcohol notes. Tastes a lot stronger than 5.2%. Nice one!