Palmetto Pale Ale

Brewed by Palmetto Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Charleston, South Carolina USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

Nice brew! My first from S.Carolina. Pours a hazey amber colour with a small to medium sized white head. Aroma is sweet, but hoppy as well. Taste is relatively light, for a pale ale- but nice hint of pine, grapefruit and dates.

Bottle. Pours a cloudy orange/copper with a nice, lasting white head. The aroma is crisp and herbal with strong notes of marijuana and pine with a bit of caramel. The hops certainly are in the foreground of the flavor providing a sturdy grapefruit, pine bitterness which is rather drying. The malts are thin, but do balance things out a bit with some caramel sweetness. The finish is quite acidic, almost lemony, and really leaves a lingering burn. Considering APA to be such an unpredictable style, this one really establishes itself as a worthy brew. I now consider Palmetto to be one of the more reliable breweries in South Carolina.

Medium sized offwhite head, good retention and minimal lace. Hazy orange color. decent hop nose, lightly citrusy with a touch of malt. Med/light body. Light malt and hop flavors, lightly toasty malts. Finish is dry. A quaffable brew. My thanks to Impreza.

Brown bottle, 12 ounces, gift from Jean Hamilton, received on March 31 2008; eye: copper with an orangey hue, lightly hazy, tiny ring of beige head, some lacing; nose: malt, light caramel, light hops, light grain, yeast; mouth: watery, malt, followed by a surprising grainy hops appearance, layer of caramel, finale in malt that initially hides all of that surprising grainy hops, mild astringency, lightly sweet, mildly bitter, medium body, thin, average carbonation; overall: nice surprise FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 12 onces, cadeau de Jean Hamilton, reçue le 31 mars 2008, savourée le 7 avril 2008; œil : cuivrée avec une teinte orangée, très légèrement voilée, petit anneau de mousse beige, dentelle; nez : malt, léger caramel, léger houblon, léger grain, léger levure; bouche : aqueuse, malt, suivi d’une surprenante apparition de houblon granuleux, filet de caramel, finale en malt qui initialement cache pas mal de houblon granuleux, astringence moyenne, légèrement sucrée, moyennement amère, corps moyen, texture mince, carbonatation moyenne; en résumé : belle surprise

Pours a light color color with a white head. Aroma is sweet slightly fruity with a hint of some hops. Flavor is sweet, fruity, with a light earthy bitter finish.

I had this with a grip of seafood on Hilton Head. It was fantastic. Good floral aroma, nice fluffy white head, hazy amber color. Taste was fruity and nice and bitter. It was very crisp and refreshing and went well with my meal, and if I were anywhere where I could buy it, I would buy it again!

I think perhaps each beer I have from Palmetto gets a little better. The pale ale is very nicely bittered with a grapefruit profile that is very satisfying. The taste is fairly well balanced with hops and malts and it finishes very clean. This is a decent beer that I will have to seek out if I ever find myself lost in South Carolina.

Pours golden with a fully receding off-white head. Aroma of mild grapefruit, lightly acidic, green hop leaf. Taste is grainy (in a good way), lightly acidic, and lightly hoppy. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with full carbonation. Good beer from a pitiful beer state.