Strong sweet aroma, very flowery and nice. Taste is immediately sweet, then dries a bit. Lingering fruity sweetness. Refreshing and tasty. But not sure I could drink more than one.
4 out of 5 stars.
Category Archives: Pale Ale
Downey Brewing Thunder Down Under Pale Ale
From 2017 Michigan Brewer’s Guild Summer Beer Festival sample.
5 out of 5 stars.
Tri City Intergalactic Jack
Faint sweet aroma. Taste is mild with a bit of malt sweetness and a hint of hops. Can’t detect any of that Galaxy hop flavor I love. A bit disappointing, almost tastes like it’s a bit old. They don’t use date stamps so don’t know. Bought from a good beer store, but you just never know.
3.5 out of 5 stars.
Kickstand Pontoon Pale Ale
Very nice malt taste. Moderate hop bite comes in toward end.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
Short’s Space Rock
Sweet hop aroma. Refreshing taste of hops and malt, nice crisp bite. Hop bitterness fades slowly and is then replaced by a nice even malt taste. Based on bottling date, this one is only 3 weeks old. Very good balanced and full flavor.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
Draught Horse Galaxy Blast
Nice sweet aroma like fruit. Taste is a mix of caramel malt and hops, followed quickly by a clean grain taste. Eventually fades to a mild hop aftertaste.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
Surly Xtra-Citra Pale Ale
Sweet aroma, crisp taste. Refreshing and crisp but not much malt presence.
4 out of 5 stars.
Toppling Goliath pseudoSue
Nice full sweet aroma. Flavorful hop sweetness with a time of bitterness. As hops fade, there’s a nice malt smoothness that tests on the palate. Very nice. From an Iowa brewery.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
Karben4 Dragon Flute
American Pale Ale from Wisconsin. Nice fruity hop aroma. Clean taste with fruity hop flavor present. No real bitterness. After hop sweetness fades, nice clean malt flavor.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
Bell’s Oatsmobile Ale
Interesting smell, kind of hoppy, but also smells a bit like body odor. Flavor is immediately bright, crisp, and refreshing with a great hop flavor. You can get a sense of the malt on the back end with a nice clean, creamy oat flavor. Very drinkable for sure.
5 Out of 5 stars.
