Yards Philadelphia Pale Ale

Pours copper with a white head. Smells of citrus, earthy, tea. Tastes earthy and peppery with some citrussy elements on the finish.

12oz bottle. Pours a hazy light amber with almost no head. Has a mild floral and citrus hop aroma. Taste is on the light side, with citrus and a touch of earthy hops. Also has a faint malt sweetness. Very toned down and on the bland side.

Enjoyed from a 12oz bottle in a pub glass. The beer pours a nearly straw-colored yellow color with a nice and fairly long-lasting white head. The nose gives strong characters of Cascade and Simcoe hops, with the latter becoming more prevalent as the sample warms. No malt character is easily detected. The palate is firmly bitter, again showing the danky character that betrays Simcoe. The beer notably lacks a strong malt presence, but it is reasonably acceptable, given the beer’s abv. The finish is clean and fairly dry. Overall, a nicely crafted session ale.

Bottle. Big orange peel nose, not so much hops as paint, with some garage mustiness. Crystal clear yellow-golden with a rocky off-white head. Taste is sweet at first but dries out a bit to a sort of fruity rind and light biscuit. A little roughness from barely-palpable resin, but the way the hops are used here is very strange and unique (a first for me, at least). Medium body. Worthy of a try, but not veneration.

12oz bottle. piuttosto scarsa. non che ci si aspetti molto di più da questo stile birraio, ma ci sono molti esemplari migliori di questo.

Several bottles while in Philly for a conference. First bottle at Monk’s Café. Big citrusy piney hop nose. Clear light yellow golden with a small white head. Citrusy fresh hop flavor is predominates over light caramel sweetness and a light graininess. Dry moderately bitter finish. Clean and easy drinking. Had several more on tap.

This was a very plain beer. It’s flavor was slightly better than the norm. A little different. It did have a nice finish but not enough to make you want more.

Pours a dark golden yellow color with a 2.5 finger frothy white head that slowly fades into a lasting ring and cap, leaving splotches of lacing along the glass. Biscuity malt aroma with hints of grass and straw with some graham cracker malt and a nice hop presence. Lower end of medium body with a nice pilsner/ bicuity malt backbone and a decent hop presence for the style. Clean and very drinkable with a crisp subtle hop dry finish.