Whistler Classic Pale Ale

Brewed by Whistler Brewing Company
Style: English Pale Ale
Whistler, Canada

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Had this some time ago but found my notes... Light hops aroma... Flavor is gentle and crisp with a nice hop base... Not very bitter, a good starter beer for hop novices... Kind of watery, not as sweet as pales I’m used to... The coors light of pales, okay at best

330ml bottle pours a pale amber color with a small white head that settles quickly leaving no lacing behind. Aroma is light cereal grains and mild herbal tea-like hops. Taste is light malty sweetness with mild herbal hop bitterness. Light to medium body with light carbonation. Below average pale ale.

Bottle:   Clear amber with a pale copper hue, moderate sudsy white head, spotty lacing.   Big time tea leaf nose, slight cardboard and a hint of overcooked vegetable.   Luckily not as strong on the tongue, but its there.   Hops a minor, malts are even less.   Some tobacco leaf as well.   I think I understand why those in BC come down to Seattle for IPAs and Pale Ales.   Too much tea and tobacco leaf, not enough hop... or should I say hardly any.   At this point the body and mouthfeel aren’t even a factor.   Next!

353ml bottle picked up at The Grapevine
Appearance: Pours clear golden with a medium sized white head and good lacing
Aroma: Bready, dusty caramel and some light fruit
Taste: Caramel, grains, herbal and salty
A decent, easy drinking pale ale.

[Bottle] Clear copper color, moderate head formation. Fruity hop aroma dominates along with a mild biscuity malt. Lightly spiced hop flavor, touch of creamy malt, mild woodiness, slightly sour hoppy finish. Body is fairly light. Pretty straightforward English pale.

On tap. Nice copper colour, small off white head. Not much taste or aroma, some caramel malt. Meh

11.2 oz bottle. This was in a "summer beers" gift pack that was given to me for my birthday. This is the first one I tried. I wasn’t expecting much, and that’s what I got. Virtually hop-free. I guess you could call this a pale ale in the British tradition. Refreshing, very drinkable. Not a lot of flavor or substance, but I guess that’s the point?

Bottled sample at chateau whistler. Not m favorite of the trip. Lackluster in flavor

It pours an amber color with a small white head that quickly fades to a cap. On the nose I am getting some malty notes and some light carmel. But pretty dull and that’s even after it has warmed. The flavor is pretty generic. I am getting some malt, little biscuit,carmel. There is some spicy hop notes. It is pretty thin overall. It finishes with a slight bitterness but also there is a lingering metallic taste. This would be the first thing I have had from these guys and not overly impressed.

Pint at Firerock pub in Whistler. Okay, I was at a venue with very little of interest in the tap list. This was the best they had. Pours a deep brown with thin off white head. Aroma is almost entirely absent from this nitro tainted offering. Taste was extremely underwhelming...kind of like an inferior dark lager more than a pale ale. Once again a terrible effort to dumb down a beer to the mainstream rather than excel in the style. Boring and uninspired.