Delicate straw-hued pale ale lacks assertive crispness of better dry brews. Lean hop flow, sugary malt sweetness, and sludgy dark grains may not suit seasoned drinkers. Lingering Band-Aid aftertaste unsettling.
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LAWSON CREEK PALE ALE
MC SORLEY’S ALE
NUTFIELD HOPFEST ALE
PETE’S (WICKED) PUB ALE
(ROCKIES) HAZED & INFUSED DRY-HOPPED ALE
Serene pine forest waft matches bitter orange peel tang and floral hop zip of mannered dry-bodied pale ale. Discernible piney mouthfeel picks up earthen resin countering sugar cookie decoy as swarming plethora of grapefruit-ripened apricot-pear fruiting and ester-y green grape rasp perk up sweet ‘n sour lemon-limed red apple pucker.
SCHOUNE A L’ERABLE MAPLE ALE
SNOWSHOE THOMPSON PALE ALE
THREE FLOYDS ALPHA KING PALE ALE
Ambitious amber-clouded tan-headed pale ale softens blackened grain-roasted assertion, dry piney hop redolence, and nutty undertones with lively perfumed citrus persistence. Subsidiary orange-peeled berry-cherry conflux adds further luster. Oats-charred malt-lacquered thickness reinforces fruity essence.