Pike Pale Ale

Bottle, hmm a strange sweet taste seemed to dominate. Its fairly easy to drink except for the very perfumy taste in my mouth. it was not bad, but I would prefer a bigger hop profile in my APA’s while the malts were decent I can’t get over the lingering candy taste in my mouth.

I like an American pale Ale and this was a good example of one. This would be a good session brew for me.

12 oz. brown bottle. Pours light amber/orange colour. Sticky and clingy white head. Aroma is toasty and caramel malts, light hops. Flavour has toasted malts, some nut, late grapefruit bitterness. Good sessionable APA.

An enjoyable pale. Citus hop aroma, rhubarb. Pours a cloudy orange, nice head. Earthy malts, pleasant hop finish.

You think you’ve rated it and you keep passing it by untli you look at another rater and see that the beer is unrated. So you buy it. Clear copper. Thick head. Moderate but intriguing hop aroma. Flavour is woody, nutty oily with a buttery hop.

Dry with a woody sour, finish and even know I can buy this in Alberta I don’t. Page 365 of Michael Jackson’s Great Beer Guide and only 290 of his 500 Classic Brews to go.

Draught sampler at the brewpub. Golden-copper colour. Nice aroma, good balance of toasty malt and fruity hops. Medium body. Flavour is fresh and well-balanced. Simple, but nice, especially fresh at the pub - in bottles, I expect it might be disappointing.

Orange amber with an ecru cap and a modest amount of lacing. Very fuity and resinous aroma, with the toasty malt coming forward as my nose adjusts and the beer warms. A little light in the body, but not in a bad way. A bittersweet finish that feels just right. A solid representation of the style.