3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
12 oz. bottle. Pours a clear golden color with a medium sized white head. The aroma has nice sweet malt, light citrus, and floral hops. The flavor is biscuity malt, light citrus, light bitterness, and a hint of a metallic sensation. Medium bodied, decent carbonation, if the metal wouldn’t have wandered into the flavor this would have been really nice. As it stands, this is a decent APA that falls short of the best in the class.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
12oz bottle from Badbeer. Quality brew. Pours clear, yellow/amber with a thin, crisp white head. Smells metallic with a nice mix of clean hops and mildly sweet malts. Tastes clean and malty with a slow-building, slightly bitter hop flavor. Quality. Medium body, good carbonation.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Date: 09/02/08, 12 oz. bottle
Aroma - Toffee and light fruit, faint citrus and earthy hops
Appearance - Thin, off white head under a clear gold pour, lasting thin layer of foam, sliding wispy lace
Flavor - Background of light, fruity sweetness, up front, mild citrus zest bitterness finishes
Palate - Medium body and carbonation, clean, zesty dryness
Overall - This is a good, drinkable, APA with nice balance and nothing that is overstated or excessive.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
12oz bottle served in a shaker glass. Golden pour with an inch thick head forming on top that lasts for most of the glass. Smells of citrus, grass, and pine. Smooth drinking with a big flavor, though not too much to keep it from being sessionable. Flavors of pine, caramel, and citrus. Finishes clean and thirst quenching. Very well done.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Nose is sweet malt, caramel. Not thin on the palate, full flavored. Piney hops, Lightly spiced well balanced full carbonation, sweet malt, floral notes. High drinkability.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
poured a nice deep amber hue with a nice slightly off white head. Aroma had mostly pine notes and some caramel notes. Avery crisp flavor with a great hop profile. Medium body.
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
I’m going from memory here, but I had a couple of glasses of this stuff in Gettysburg a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it. Very good pale ale, and as good a reason as any to get back to Pennsyvlania soon.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
This is a very good Pale Ale. It has a similar flavor to the saranac except the quality is much greater and it has more body to it.
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