Paper City Ireland Parish Golden Ale

(12oz bottle, best by 8-30-05) Lightly hazed golden body with small beige head. Aroma is moderately sweet, pastry, caramel, some grapefruit/floral. Taste is medium sweet, bread, caramel, some grapefruit, light orange. Light-medium body, light acidity. A bit bitter for the style, very nicely balanced.

Bottle from Capone’s. Hazy canary dark straw color, with 2-finger off-white head. Aroma of heavy tropical fruit, hops, citrus, bready pale malt, apricot. Tastes pale malty, with some hopcitrus notes and a dry apricotty fruit presence, and some tangerine as it warmed. The taste was a minor letdown after the aroma, but this is one I’d definitely buy again.

Bottle. Pours a nice golden colour. Sweet caramel and fruity aroma. Nice refreshing malty and a bit fruity flavour. Bit dry hoppy aftertaste.

2005 bottle consumed on 6/11/2005. Fantastic golden-amber, brilliant and lusterous. Small white head, is lightly bubbly, but retained at about a centimeter. Light chill haze and a touch of lacing. Smells of light citrus and pale malts. Tastes a bit of sourdough, quite bready and grainy, ample pale malt. Dry toasted grains as well. Soft lemon and orange rind notes give moderate bitterness. A bit too dry and acidic overall. Not watery, though, but just needs more malt sweetness. Some tea-like astringency on the end. Medium-light body, with low carbonation. Orange-herbal tea retronasal. Acidity again, though not horribly apparent, as in the Summer wheat.

Bottle (thanks Sue!) Golden? This poured more an amber color with a thin yeasty white head. Moderately crystaline hoppy aroma. Nice well-rounded hoppy beer, no like an American Pale or anything, but well-rounded "beer" ... not overpowering in any ay, bu it’s got just enough of everything ... little hoppy click, nice malty base, little apple fruity twist. Nice. (#2645, 1/12/07)