Waimea Bay Pale Ale

Formerly brewed at Waimea Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Waimea, Hawaii USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tulip

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Bottle... Hazy light golden ale with a small, fizzy, off-white head. The nose is a tad yeasty, but mostly it’s all about grapefruit. The flavor is moderately bitter (grapefruit rind) with very little residual sweetness. A touch on the thin side. Light to medium-bodied with spritzy carbonation. Crisp, moderately bitter, dry finish. Thanks to kenb for providing the bottle!

This beer came to me from my beer club - I am not familiar with the brewer. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a dark golden color with a large yellow-white head. The aroma is nutty malts and fruity hops. The flavor is nutty, sour, bitter and dry with a moderate floral and fruity hop presence. The lager was better.

Botted. From Aubrey. Beer is cloudy, light caramel with an average-sized, light gray, frothy, mostly and rapidly diminishing head.<P> The aroma is malty with light notes of toasted grain, bread crust; Hoppy with moderate notes of flowers, light note of damp hay; Yeasty with a light note of basement, trace of blue-veined cheese and faint traces of soap and sweat; Miscellaneous light note of sherry.<P> The flavor is lightly sweet, moderately-to-heavily bitter with a longer-than-average, lightly bitter finish.<P> The body is light, the texture is watery and the carbonation is livelly.

Bottle. Head is initially small, frothy, off-white, mostly diminishing. Body is clear light amber. Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain), moderately hoppy (grapefruit, resin), lightly yeasty (dough). Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Good, if very straightforward.

Draught. Clear dark golden color. Pleasant caramel malt aroma and flavor. There is also a light fruity note and a faint sprucy hop character. Medium bodied.

Bottle from Naven I think. Enjoyed after a long run and I found this to be pretty refreshing. Some lemony -hoppiness and not to thin on the tongue like most Pales.

Bottle. A nice surprise. This bear pours with a golden almost copper color and an average head. It has nice aromas of grapefruit, lemon and hops. The flavors are nicely balanced, there is the bitterness but also maltiness to offset this, and a prounced fruitiness almost like strawberries. In my opinion one of the better pale ales.

Very smooth. poured a nice amber hue with a fizzy white head honey-like malts an a mild hop precence on the nose. A sweet malt flavor mixed with subtle hop notes. A really easy to drink ale.

Nice ale aroma! I want to dive right in and drink it in one swig! Cloudy amber with small head. First taste is enjoyable,small hops character w/ cirtusy aftertaste. I really like this beer, it has a nice balance between hops and malts, and it goes down very well. I could drink this one all day long.

Pours cloudy orange with little to no head. Aroma is citrus orange. Taste also has a orangy sweetness. Medium bitter aftertaste.