Brewery: 18th Street Brewery Country: USA ABV: 8.5% Style: American Pale Ale Other Notes: Unfiltered, sediment may occur
Brewer Description: (from bottle) Brewed as a salute to our brothers at Spiteful Brewing, Deal With The Devil is packed with Citra hops. It is a juicy pale ale that’s low in bitterness and huge in tropical flavors.
My rating: 4 My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.21 My ratebeer.com rating: 4.1
Intro: A 22 fl oz bomber with no best by or bottled on date. Poured into a Duvel tulip glass. Appearance: It poured a hazy deep amber orange colour with a one finger cream coloured head with decent retention and nice spotty lacing. Aroma: Strong citrus notes with orange and grapefruit rind combined with lots of pine and caramel sweetness. Taste: Orange, approaching candy orange, with a good amount of grapefruit zest, pine and caramel sweetness. Mouthfeel: Just over medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Overall: For some reason, I had it in my head that this was going to be like pseudoSue or Zombie Dust, but this was completely different and not in a bad way. Deal With The Devil was still a great pale ale with a good balance between citrus fruit and malt.
Brewery: Three Floyds Brewing Co. Country: USA ABV: 6.66% Style: American Pale Ale Other Notes: 68 IBUs
Brewer Description: (from bottle) Alpha King is a bold yet balanced American Pale Ale with slight sweetness and aggressive citrus hoppiness.
My rating: 4 My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.16 My ratebeer.com rating: 4.1
Intro: A 12 fl oz. bottle bottled on March 31st 2016 and poured into a mini Mikkeller long stemmed tulip glass. Appearance: It poured a clear copper colour with a one finger off white head that had decent retention and left nice lacing. Aroma: A bit light but grapefruit and pine come through along with some caramel malt. Taste: Bitter citrus grapefruit, lemon and orange peel, sweet lemon tea, lightly sweetened tea, pine and caramel malt in the background. Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Overall: Nice and well balanced. Good mix of bitter and sweet.
Brewery: Founders Brewing Company Country: USA ABV: 5.5% Style: American Pale Ale Other Notes: 50 IBUs.
Brewer Description: (from website) Mosaic Promise showcases two unique ingredients: Mosaic hops and Golden Promise malt. The versatility of the hop’s pleasing aroma and flavor characteristics and the traditional barley’s depth of flavor comprise this clean, rich, golden beer. We can brew complex beers with the best of them, but we recognize that there is also beauty in simplicity.
My rating: 4 My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.03 My ratebeer.com rating: 3.9
Intro: A 12 fl oz bottle with a best by date of 1st July 2017 and poured into a Duvel tulip glass. Appearance: It poured a slightly hazy golden straw yellow with a two finger white head that had decent retention and left nice spotty lacing. Aroma: Tropical pineapple, hint of mango, and a lot of citrus grapefruit, lemon zest, pine and grass. Taste: Strong bitter citrus grapefruit and lemon, pine and a hint of tropical mango and light bready malt. Mouthfeel: Crisp, medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Overall: Very crisp and refreshing with nice bitter citrus notes.
Brewery: 8 Wired Brewing Co. Country: New Zealand ABV: 5.4% Style: American Pale Ale
Brewer Description: Could not find any information or description for this beer at the time of posting.
My rating: 2 My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.2 My ratebeer.com rating: 3.1
Intro: A 12 fl oz pour on draft at The Roundhouse Chicken + Beer into a pint glass. Appearance: It was a clear deep golden colour with a one finger white head that dissipated quickly but left nice lacing. Aroma: As the name suggests, aromas were tropical with peach, apricot and pineapple. Taste: Felt like there was something missing here. Flavours were tropical but it disappeared really fast. Mouthfeel: Medium to light bodied with moderate carbonation. Overall: Nice aroma, and the flavours weren’t bad either, but they fell off too quickly, which did not make it as enjoyable as it could have been.
Brewery: Oskar Blues Brewery Country: USA ABV: 6.5% Style: American Pale Ale Other Notes: 65 IBUs
Brewer Description: (from website) This voluminously hopped mutha… delivers a hoppy nose and assertive-but-balanced flavours of pale malts and citrusy floral hops from start to finish.
My rating: 3 My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.4 My ratebeer.com rating: 3.3
Intro: A 12 fl oz can with a canned on date of 20th November 2015 and poured into a Mikkeller pint glass. Appearance: It poured a clear copper colour with a less than two finger slightly off white head that dissipated slowly to a nice puffy layer and left nice stringy lacing. Aroma: A lot of pine and wood with a hint of citrus orange peel zest. Taste: Orange citrus with a bitter piney hop in the background and honey caramel malts. Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with medium carbonation. Overall: This was a decent pale ale and easily drinkable.
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