Heavenly IPA-like bitter in a can will please hearty hopheads. More robust than a stylistically typical pale ale, allowing its sharp piney citric bite to criss-cross tangy apricot, tangerine, pineapple and quince sweetness. Increasingly effective grapefruit rind and orange peel bittering enhances resinous wood dryness and spicy tropical fruiting above saltine base.
On tap at Poconos’ Log Cabin Bar, stylistically robust and well balanced pale ale lavishes sharp perfumed hops onto viscous lacquered fruiting. Spicy lemon-peeled orange, peach, grapefruit and quince tones casually decorate doughy biscuit-like backdrop. A fine crossover to stronger IPA styling. Less efficient bottled version brings sheepish crystal-malted red, orange and yellow fruiting to spritzy dry-hopped spicing. Mild metallic astringency raids faded citric-spiced finish.
Fair springtime moderation for sweaty lawn mowers and beer-bellied boaters. Lacking a certain punch, slick lemony grapefruit sugaring overrides advertised ‘passion fruit-mango-peach’ tropicalia and grassy hop salting. Honeyed caramel malt backbone sweetens zesty citric aspect and earthen herbal nip.
A total misfire! Dubious soft-toned whiskey snip debunked by sour yeast pungency, minor corn oiling and stale breaded backbone. Subtle hop bittering lost to glutinous wheat bed of bland English-styled pale ale.
Bereft red-fruited hop spicing wraps around toasted caramel malting and cereal-grained minerality as murky flavor profile meanders. Distant apple-cherry-apricot conflux and ascending grapefruit-tangerine tang battle back minor metallic astringency and soily earthiness. (Contract brewed by Genesee Brewing, New York)
Opulent pine-needled fruit spicing of an India Pale Ale meets the musty earthen peat dryness dabbing an English-styled Extra Special Bitter. Lacquered peach-pineapple-pear-tangerine tang binds mild crystal malt creaming and hard-candied sugaring to wheat biscuit backend. Grassy-hopped bottom picks up resinous undertone at citric finish. Betters most milder pale ales.
Mild dry-bodied amber-yellowed moderation embellishes barley biscuit sweetness and rye-honeyed crystal malting with doughy notions. Prickly grapefruit-tinged lemon zest tingles floral-spiced grassy hop astringency and herbaceous vegetal tinge. A smoothly straightforward session beer whose name is a misnomer since there’s nothing ‘strange’ about this pleasantly ephemeral offering.
Calm moderate-bodied English-styled pale ale brings dainty citrus spicing to mild vanilla honeyed creaminess. Soft peppery hops prickle zesty lemon fizz, honeysuckle orange blossom snip and abrupt herbal tea nip to doughy almond-pasted backend. Fine summertime session beer perfect with mixed nuts and varied cheeses.
Understated English Pale Ale retains delicate caramel malting, mild mandarin orange tartness and gentle hop-spiced fizz. Minty herbal tinge detected.
