Little Creatures Pale Ale
overall
96
style
Brewed by Little Creatures Brewing Australia (Lion Co. - Kirin Holdings)
Style: Pale Ale - Australian / New Zealand
Fremantle, Australia
Style: Pale Ale - Australian / New Zealand
Fremantle, Australia
Serve in
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RATINGS: 708 WEIGHTED AVG: 3.57/5 IBU: 36 EST. CALORIES: 156 ABV: 5.2%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
We love our Pale Ale. Many of us from the brewery have made pilgrimages around the world in search of great varieties of this wonderful style. Surprisingly, there are no great secrets to brewing this type of ale but there are most definitely no great shortcuts. Bag loads of Cascade and Galaxy whole hop flowers that we source direct from hop growers in Victoria, Tassie and the US are thrown at this beer, creating an intense citrus and grapefruit aroma and flavour that we balance with a careful selection of specialty malts and a local pale malt made to our own specifications. Preservative and additive free our Pale Ale is live-yeast conditioned in bottles and kegs for unmatched freshness and character. From brewing to release, a batch of pale ale takes about six weeks, allowing for two weeks conditioning in the bottle after packaging. No artificial additives are included, just great ingredients. Pour it into a glass to enjoy it at its best! The beer’s character is driven by the use of fresh whole hop flowers. Hop Flowers are carefuly selected that are bursting with aroma and contain all the essential oils and acids that deliver an uniqe flavour experience. Drink a few pints of this beer and you’ll soon become one of us…a certified "hophead" craving those crisp citrus flavours of grapefruit and passionfruit and maybe a bit of honey, all backed up with a good balance of bitterness. If you’re wondering what on earth malt or hops actually are then click on the two hop characters to the left and find out more. It’s not just the hops that make Little Creatures Pale Ale what it is though. Selected malts are kilned in small batches to our specifications and are used exlusively in our pale ale. Two different yeasts are used to both ferment and bottle condition the beer. The latest technology and equipment is used to maintain absolute quality control and one of the main ingredients in the pale ale has got to be the amount of passion that it takes to produce a seriously good beer...we live for it! From brewing to release, a batch of pale ale takes about six weeks, allowing for two weeks conditioning in the bottle after packaging. No artificial preservatives or additives are included, just great ingredients.
We love our Pale Ale. Many of us from the brewery have made pilgrimages around the world in search of great varieties of this wonderful style. Surprisingly, there are no great secrets to brewing this type of ale but there are most definitely no great shortcuts. Bag loads of Cascade and Galaxy whole hop flowers that we source direct from hop growers in Victoria, Tassie and the US are thrown at this beer, creating an intense citrus and grapefruit aroma and flavour that we balance with a careful selection of specialty malts and a local pale malt made to our own specifications. Preservative and additive free our Pale Ale is live-yeast conditioned in bottles and kegs for unmatched freshness and character. From brewing to release, a batch of pale ale takes about six weeks, allowing for two weeks conditioning in the bottle after packaging. No artificial additives are included, just great ingredients. Pour it into a glass to enjoy it at its best! The beer’s character is driven by the use of fresh whole hop flowers. Hop Flowers are carefuly selected that are bursting with aroma and contain all the essential oils and acids that deliver an uniqe flavour experience. Drink a few pints of this beer and you’ll soon become one of us…a certified "hophead" craving those crisp citrus flavours of grapefruit and passionfruit and maybe a bit of honey, all backed up with a good balance of bitterness. If you’re wondering what on earth malt or hops actually are then click on the two hop characters to the left and find out more. It’s not just the hops that make Little Creatures Pale Ale what it is though. Selected malts are kilned in small batches to our specifications and are used exlusively in our pale ale. Two different yeasts are used to both ferment and bottle condition the beer. The latest technology and equipment is used to maintain absolute quality control and one of the main ingredients in the pale ale has got to be the amount of passion that it takes to produce a seriously good beer...we live for it! From brewing to release, a batch of pale ale takes about six weeks, allowing for two weeks conditioning in the bottle after packaging. No artificial preservatives or additives are included, just great ingredients.
3.5
UPDATED: DEC 14, 2022 330ml (5.2%; Advent Beer 6; F03757 MV01; brewed at Fourpure) at home on 14 Dec 2022, present 4 Nov 2022 from the BB (bb 20 Jun 2023): bready, fruity aroma, straw, thin white head, patchy lacing, honey, orange, malty flavour, oily texture, soft carbonation, sweet fruity malty finish.
3
UPDATED: DEC 10, 2022 330ml can
Colour is a typical amber coloured ale with a one finger white head. Aroma is malty, citrusy, biscuity and slightly fruity. Taste is malty, biscuity slightly hoppy and wheaty but not really much else. Carbonation is moderate and mouthfeel is slightly fizzy. Overall an okay beer. Similar drinkability to a lager, not offensive, some okay flavours but no wild flavours. Not too bad.
3.2
UPDATED: DEC 3, 2022 Smell of malt. Golden colour, white head. Aroma of hops, honey, grapefruit, malt. Medium sweet. Lively carbon.
3.6
UPDATED: NOV 19, 2022 330ml Can at Home 23/08/2020 Medium carbonation. Hoppy aroma. Clear golden coloured pale hoppy and citrus flavoured with a hint of bitterness in a dry malt finish.
3.1
UPDATED: MAY 9, 2022 Ietwat flauwe pale ale uit Nieuw Zeeland, deze Little Creatures. 5,2% alcohol. Toegevoegde suikers zorgen mogelijk voor de kleffe afdronk. Verder niet slecht hoor.
3.4
UPDATED: MAY 8, 2022 375 Ml. Can
BBF 21/02/2023
Finally I got this one and it’s made my day. Coming with clean body, smooth drinking, nearly dry finished no bland or something harsh.
Tasting is piney, bitter, a little bit of citrus, a little bit of grape or melon. Feeling bright and shine like summertime in Australia.
Very good pale ale so enjoyable.
3.2
UPDATED: MAR 16, 2022 375 ml can from Cold Storage; unfiltered and can conditioned. Pours a slightly hazy amber; aroma of mango, peach and slight citrus; taste of not that much, but slight resin and floral flavours. Quite watery (expected) maybe because they cut costs when they sold out. High and quite punchy carbonation as well. Overall not that pleasant.
3.6
UPDATED: MAR 12, 2022 375ml Dose. Dunkelgolden mit kleiner Schaumkrone und klar. Spritzig. Leicht nach Grapefruit. Eher leichter Körper. Lecker!
3.4
UPDATED: JAN 22, 2022 Appearance is amber and clear, with a half-finger white head. Aroma is hops, hints of citrus fruit, lemon, wheaty malt in the background. Taste is creamy hop bitterness, fruity hints, creamy malt, short juicy finish.
3.1
UPDATED: DEC 31, 2021 Bottle at food and Indian London. Clean gold with a medium head. Aroma of grainy hop. Flavour of caramel malt, fruit base, light bitter fruit hop finish.
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