Sackets Harbor Thousand Islands Pale Ale

Brewed by Sackets Harbor Brewing Co.
Style: American Pale Ale
Sackets Harbor, New York USA

Single finger thick initial head. Settles to a single layer of fine bubbles. Leaves a nice ring of lace. The color is bright copper and nearly clear. Traditional malty pale ale aroma. Muted hop smell. Slightly metallic. Far more pronounced hop bite to this beer, which is particularly strong on the swallow and aftertaste. The initial sip is smooth and filling--a rich liquid that is close to the consistency of milk. Relatively lighter carbonation. An easy-to-drink APA.

Copper coloured body with a thinnish off-white head. Decent appearance - nothing impressive. Nice aroma of fresh hops with a bunch of caramel scents and a good potent maltiness as well. Medium-bodied; Sharp hops up front in the taste with a metallic twang, all with a good malt backbone. Aftertaste shows some fruit characterisitcs along with some malt and of course the hop bitterness. Overall, an alright apa, nothing remarkable and nothing worthy of a drain-pour. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased at Oliver’s in Albany, New York on 05-November-2006.

Pour is an orange with a large white head. Aroma is a nice mix of hops and citrus. Flavor is a little bit one sided and there is a decent hops but nothing to blanace it out. The malts are kinda on the low side and if your low on malts your going to have to hop the wazoo out of a beer. This is where this one falls short.

Pours gold/copper with a white head. Smells of resin, citrus, floral, some sweetness. Tastes resiny and lightly bitter with some sweet earthy undertones.

Pours a hazy light amber with a thick off white head. Strong citrus and grass aroma, very nice. Big bitter hop citrus taste with a nice malt presence. Finishes with a big bitter bang of hops. Nice pale ale with some interesting hops.

Poured a clear brown/orange with a small off-white head. Light aroma of grapefruit and hops. Starts off with a slight taste of caramel malts and then turns very bitter. Some grassy elements. Finish was a little too bitter. Overall not bad, but more malts would make the balance better.

Bottle 355 ml
Appearance: clear amber ale with mid off white top
Nose: leafy bitter hop aroma with kiwi like fruit feel. Good.
Flavor/Palate : Frontal clean bitter hop character. Crystal like malt does solid balancing and filling job. Slightly harsher at finish yet still continuing with its proper hop profile. Refreshing American bitter.

From botle. Light sweet tea aroma with fruity grassy hop resin, mild grapefruit. Hazy medium amber clear with no head. Medium body with medium carbonation. Starts with nice caramel and pilsner malts, medium grassy hop bitterness and light pine resin. Finishes quite bitter with resin and citrus peel and fairly heavy astringency. Decent pale ale.