Mikkeller All Others Pale

Pours a hazy dark chestnut brown color with dark golden amber hues when held to a light source and a two finger frothy, pillowy white head with great retention, only slowly settling into a lasting cap that coats the glass with chunks of soapy white lacing. Not very pale. Earthy floral hop nose with a good bit of caramel/biscuit malt. Slightly grassy and smells pretty hoppy for a pale ale. Medium bodied with a lot of crisp floral hops up front that are nicely balanced by a sweet caramel malt backbone. Slight hints of citrus peel and grapefruit and a nice dry pine character. Finish is bitter and dry. The malt backbone is prominent but overall this beer is well balanced and very complex for the style.

500ml bottle from IPB. Pours clear amber with a big light tan head. Head leaves some lacing but not much. Nose is piny/earthy hops, sweet caramel and some malt. Taste is hoppy, piny and citrusy. Some malt in the background and some sweetness. Some fruits also. Finish is bitter and piny sweet. All in all this is quite hoppy and bitter but rather drinkable and well made. Not much complexity but just well done.

Creamy citrusy aroma with subtle malts... Flavor is initially nondescript, not much going on, almost to the point of being subtly malty water followed by a long dry lingering bitter finish... Seems to be missing something in the mouthfeel.... Almost reminds me of an English Bitter moreso than an american pale...

very light amber color...slightly hazy. thick light tan head and nice lacing. aroma is flowery, citrusy, and sweet with a light malt backing. flavor is roasty and caramel malt at first with agressive hop bitterness. finish is lingering, dry, and bitter.

Pours dark orange with a fully receding off-white head. Notes of citrus, pine, earthy English hops with coarse resins. Medium to full bodied with lively carbonation.

650ml bottle from Bev4less. Pours a copper color with a big fluffy white head that has great retention. The aroma is moderate in strength with caramel and some piney hops. The flavor has a sweet barleywine quality with caramel malts and mild pine hops. The mouthfeel is full and malty. The finish is short and dry. Overall: A very enjoyable, but ordinary, pale ale.

Beautiful red brown color with a thick lasting beige head. Fine lacing. Aroma: Dominated by citrussy amarican hops but discrete caramel and malt also. Taste: Very bitter citrussy taste, but quite good balanced by the malty background. Very typpical Amarican Pale Ale and a good representent for the genre.

500 ml bottle @ Kaarna, Helsinki. Slightly cloudy amber color, off-white head. Hoppy aroma with some citric notes. Hoppy flavor with caramel and a grapefruity finish. Medium-full body, medium carbonation. Too grapefruity for my taste, though well-crafted.