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Sonoran Burning Bird Pale Ale

Sonoran Burning Bird Pale Ale

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An American Pale Ale brewed by
Sonoran Brewing Company

Phoenix, Arizona USA

bottled
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693.69/5.03.67/5.04.8%98.8Lager glass, Shaker P  Stats

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A superb example of an American Pale Ale. The Cascade hop flavor just explodes in your mouth. Combined with the clean malt character and smooth finish, you are left utterly wanting another when your glass is empty.

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spydog (72), Tempe, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/519/20

Mar 30, 2002  
Huge hop flavor. Similar taste to their IPA, though not as bitter. Hoppiest Pale I have ever tasted.

 GMCC2181 (485), Bear, Delaware, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/57/104/516/20
Nov 19, 2008  
Bomber from spark-diggity-dog! Thanks !... Poured into a sam adams lager glass. No head? Light orange in color. Aroma is light hops and malt. Intial taste was a little cinnamon. Minor touch of hops and malt. Light and crisp. Easy to drink, good example of what a pale ale should be. Thanks again E.


 Sparky27 (687), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Nov 17, 2008  
Bomber. Pours a clear dark gold with some floaters and a half finger white head and spotty lacing. Nose is floral hops for the most part. Taste is malt, biscuits and earthy hops with some tart grapefruit in the finish. Lighter mouth feel. Pretty good pale. I liked it better than their IPA.


 jjpm74 (3400), Connecticut, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Oct 29, 2008  
Bottle courtesy of rustychiles. Pours copper with a nice white sustained head. Smells of perfume, citrus, dough, pine resin, caramel. Tastes of pepper, resin, mildly bitter.


 rustychiles (532), Mesa, Arizona, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
Oct 19, 2008  
Spankin Fresh 22oz bottle. Glad t o see the boys at Sonoran bottling again. Pours a golden caramel color with a nice white soapy head. Aroma of citrus, pine, malts, hops. Flavor is piney hops, a decent malt backbone, a touch of citrus with a nice bittering finish. Oily slick mouthfeel with decent mid-palate on this one.


 Indulgence (131), Ajo, Arizona, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/516/20
Oct 17, 2008  
22oz bottle: A golden amber color with a blossoming head to an initial 3 fingers, settles with lacing that covers the glass all the way down... aromas are subtle but there are some citrus, pine and sweetened malts present... the flavor is like a premium British bitter, and it could easily go that way IMO... with the stronger sweetened malty fruity body and the asparin like bittering from the hops - if I closed my eyes, I’d swear it was an ESB... anyways, this is a nice quaffer with low alchohol and it is easy to session a couple of 22oz’ers in an evening... I’m glad to see these beers in bottles... since I’ve sat at the brewery a couple of times and enjoyed the food and beer... go for it!!



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