Watered down tasting. Nice hop aroma, but very mild. Flavor is a mix of heart hop bite at the same time it tastes/feels like you’re drinking half water. I wonder if this is their low alcohol IPA?
3.5 out of 5 Stars.
Category Archives: Pale Ale
Paw Paw Kalamazoo Urban Assault
Clean smell, slightly fruity. Crisp taste with a mild sweetness. Finishes nicely with a mild maltiness and very mild hop.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
Right Brain Will Power
Very sweet aroma. Sweet full mouth flavor. Finishes fairly clean and light with a mild hop taste in the background and a hint of malt.
3.5 out of 5 Stars.
Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale Ale
No aroma other than maybe an old nasty beer smell. Luckily after further sniffs, the clouds parted some and there was a hint of fresh hop sweetness. Flavor is a bit edgy with some hop sweetness overlayed with some harshness. Aftertaste is a bit harsh them fades off to a moderate hoppy maltiness. Not bad, but a bit too much harshness hiding here and there to make it too enjoyable. Says it was canned on 03/08/13, which makes it only 2.5 weeks old. Nothing about it tastes fresh, though.
After letting this warm slightly from the ice cold state, flavor actually mellowed a lot and new flavors came out with a nice maltiness. Bumped it up a half rating.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Bell’s Midwestern Pale Ale
Slight sweet aroma that becomes a strong sweet fresh grain taste as it gets close to the nose. Slightly hoppy taste with a bit of a bite at the end. Fades into a malty taste that’s fairly mild but has hints of graininess to it.
3.5 out of 5 Stars.
New Belgium Dig
Smell of slightly dog food. Slightly sharp bite with very little aftertaste. Bite is good and aftertaste not bad, but aroma is very dog/cat food like.
3.5 out of 5 Stars.
Odd Side Citra Pale
Slight sweet hop aroma. Hits the mouth with a nice moderate hop flavor. Has a mild malt taste and them ends up with a sweet hop ending that fades slowly.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
Okanagan Spring Pale Ale
Slight sweet aroma, followed by a slight sweetness. Nice even wheaty taste. Leaves a light fresh aftertaste.
3.5 out of 5 Stars.
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Slight hop aroma. Clean tart slightly sweet hop bite. Fades out evenly and leaves you with a mild hop aftertaste, but generally very clean.
3.5 out of 5 Stars.
Old Dominion Brewing Hop Mountain
Faint grain smell. Taste is pretty flat. Almost like this beer is old. Based on birth date it’s about 5.5 months old. Kind of reminds me of tomato sauce. Not at all what I was expecting…
2 out of 5 Stars.
