Brewery: 18th Street Brewery Country: USA ABV: 4.5% Style: American Pale Ale
Brewer Description: (from can) All aboard the Lake Street Express! Floral and fruity hops smack your tongue like a runaway train in our crazed session pale ale. Fare’s paid, next stop: Satisfaction.
My rating: 4 My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.09 My ratebeer.com rating: 4
Intro: A 12 fl oz can with unfortunately no best by or canned on date. Poured into a Mikkeller pint glass. Appearance: It poured a cloudy golden straw colour with a two finger white head that had good retention and left nice stick lacing. Aroma: On the light side, but there’s tropical fruit mango and pineapple followed by some grapefruit zest and biscuit malt. Taste: Light mango flavours followed by some nice grapefruit zest bitterness and a hint of orange. Mouthfeel: Dry, light bodied with medium prickly carbonation. Overall: Great fruit flavours and very easy to drink. Would have preferred a stronger aroma, but still a good sessionable beer.
Brewery: Deschutes Brewery Country: USA ABV: 5% Style: American Pale Ale Other Notes: 40 IBUs. Malts – Pale, Crystal, Carapils and Munich. Hops – Cascade.
Brewer Description: (from bottle) Floral, citrus and caramel notes. Balanced with the beautiful simplicity of the Cascade hop.
My rating: 2 My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.22 My ratebeer.com rating: 3.1
Intro: A 12 fl oz bottle with a best by date of 12th May 2016. Poured into a Moonzen teku glass. Appearance: It poured a clear copper colour with a two finger off white head that dissipated quickly but left nice sticky lacing. Aroma: Sweet caramel and bready malts with some pineapple, apple, grapefruit and pine. Taste: Mainly pine with light biscuit malt and light caramel. Citrus is there but fairly restrained. Finish is lightly bitter and spicy. Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with mid to high prickly carbonation. Overall: This was just ok for me. Everything was just quite light and the flavours felt lacking.
Brewery: Deschutes Brewery Country: USA ABV: 6.2% Style: American Pale Ale Other Notes: 60 IBUs. Malts – Pale, Crystal, Munich, Carapils and Pilsner. Hops – Cascade and Centennial.
Brewer Description: (from bottle) A citrus punch, bold hop aroma and clean finish.
My rating: 3 My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.77 My ratebeer.com rating: 3.7
Intro: A 12 fl oz bottle with a best by date of 7th May 2016 and poured into a Moonzen Teku glass. Appearance: It poured a clear amber copper colour with a two finger off white head that retains pretty well, leaving nice streaky lacing. Aroma: Grapefruit, pine, mandarin, apple, brown sugar and hints of pineapple and grassiness. Taste: Bready and caramel malt sweetness heavy with bitter grapefruit pith and juicy grapefruit on the finish. Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with medium carbonation. Overall: This was pretty good but perhaps a bit too malt heavy for my liking.
Brewery: Omnipollo Country: Sweden ABV: 5% Style: American Pale Ale Other Notes: Brewed by Omnipollo at De Proef Brouwerij (Belgium)
Brewer Description: (from website) Me and Karl reached out to Onda of STHLM Inkasso over a year ago. With beats and a rap flow like no other he had inspired us to brew a beer. Onda is a smooth pale ale brewed with 100% Mosaic hops.
My rating: 4 My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.09 My ratebeer.com rating: 4
Intro: A 330ml bottle with a best before date of 11th March 2016 poured into a Duvel tulip glass. Appearance: It poured a hazy dark yellow colour with a big puffy 3 finger white head that has good retention and leaves thick sticky lacing. Aroma: Very juicy tropical fruit especially mango, passionfruit, peach and apricot. There is also a hint of pine and citrus lemon. Taste: Starts tropical with mango and pineapple before slowly turning lightly bitter with pine, lemon and grapefruit taking over. Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with mid to high carbonation. Overall: A nice pale ale that is easy to drink and refreshing.
Brewery: Ballast Point Brewing Company Country: USA ABV: 5.5% Style: American Pale Ale Other Notes: 35 IBUs. Hoppy Pale Ale.
Brewer Description: (from website) A new Pale Ale where hops run the show. Our Grunion Pale Ale wasn’t born on a beach, but in a backyard. Originating from an employee-only home brew contest, this award-winning hoppy pale ale is named after the tiny local fish known for late night frolics on shore. A pair of new hop varieties lend strong yet balanced summer melon aromas and herbal flavors, while a soft caramel malt sweetness holds it all together.
My rating: 4 My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.36 My ratebeer.com rating: 4.3
Intro: A 12 fl oz bottle with a bottled code date of 15217 which means 5th August 2015, and poured into a Duvel tulip glass. Appearance: It poured a slightly hazy golden orange colour with a one finger white head that dissipated fairly quickly leaving nice lacing. Aroma: Lots of tropical fruits in the aromas with mango and passionfruit as well as some citrus grapefruit in the background. Taste: Much like the aromas the tropical fruit is strong, mainly mango, passionfruit and pineapple. In the background, is some light citrus grapefruit and biscuity, bready malts with a tea like finish. Mouthfeel: Crisp, medium bodied with mid to high carbonation. Overall: A very tasty and crisp APA with a wonderful tropicalness to it.
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