3.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at brewpub. Looks like a "real" beer, rich red-brown with an okay head. The nose is a little bit absent, hints of sweetness and maybe some nuts? The mouthfeel is just about right for the style, a little CO2, but great thirst quencher. The taste is balanced hops and sweetness with even a bit of salt in it, not bad!
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Sweet citrus predominates the aroma. Clear copper color with thin white head. The flavor is sweet to start - orange mostly - and then turns slightly bitter. Not near as hoppy as many APAs. The finish was slightly sour and filled more with malt than hop. Medium body and clean finish.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
12 oz bottle. Pours a light brown/amber with a tight white head. The aroma is a bit hoppy, and a bit malty. The taste is not what I expect in an APA, but it is not bad. I think a few more hops would improve this beer. Strangely, I thought their IPA was a decent APA
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Draft. Let me start off by saying that I sampled several beers from this brewer over the past weekend... and all of them taste the same (in a way). There’s an underlying burnt-rice flavor to all of their beers that I just can’t get past. Anyway, brownish with a small head. Malty nose, not overly hoppy. Flavor is burnt rice and malts... many more malts than hops, and this is not what i look for in a pale ale.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Clear light amber body with off-white head, nice lacing. Aroma is medium sweet, grapefruit, some orange. Taste is medium sweet, grapefruit. Light-medium body.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
The Pale for the non-Pale drinker. The hops were quieter than I expected. Aroma was friendly without being chummy. Quick across the palate and impersonal aftertang. Enjoyed on tap at the Upland brew cafe/restaurant in Bloomington IN.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Hazy orange/amber body, thin off-white head. Piney hops aroma which was admittedly difficult to detect. Flavor was likewise standard APA fare with pine and grapefruit rind mingling with sweet biscuity malts. Rather thin-bodied, bitter finish. Probably follows the generic APA recipe 1000 American brewers apparently have stashed away in their offices.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Deep golden, medium head and lacing. Aroma is sweet and lightly hopped. Fairly well balanced, sweet bready malts and mellow citrus hops. Finish is sweet with very little bitterness. Easy to drink. Thanks Mike (from work)
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