Reef Donkey
Tampa Bay Brewing Co. in Tampa, Florida, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.77
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
From a can at the DC RB gathering January 7, 2017. Pours a clear pale gold with an off white head. Aroma of hay and citrus. Flavors are moderate bitter citrus. Lingering bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jan 2018
at 16:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can courtesy of tricyclist, thanks! Clear golden color white head. Fruity aroma. Taste starts sweet then light bitterness. OK.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Dec 2017
at 09:18
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
4 pack bought to share but I had 3 of them. Orange gold pour nose is ripe citrus fruits and some herbal tones. Tastes of pineapple, mango, grassy, herbal, touch hard candy. Sticky and little booze. Zesty.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Nov 2017
at 20:50
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16 ounce can into pint glass, canned on 6/15/2017. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy golden amber color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty foamy lacing clings down the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of lemon, lime, grapefruit, tangerine, peach, pineapple, mango, citrus zest, light pepper, pine, honey, light caramel, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/piney hops and moderate bready malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of lemon, lime, grapefruit, tangerine, peach, pineapple, mango, citrus zest, light pepper, pine, honey, light caramel, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, grassy, zesty, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, lime, grapefruit, tangerine, peach, pineapple, mango, citrus zest, pepper, pine, honey, light caramel, toasted bread, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/piney hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy/sticky, and slightly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.5%. Overall this is a delicious American pale ale. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/piney hops and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the modestly bitter/drying finish. Nicely vibrant and lightly dank hops; balanced malts with no residual sweetness. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Nov 2017
at 17:07
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at CBC, pours a clear orange with some sudsy, white head. Nose has orange, candy, pine. Flavor is pithy, pine, soap, orange, grapefruit. Dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Apr 2017
at 07:30
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap at Tampa Airport (Rumfish)
Pours clear golden with a medium sized white head, lots of lacing. Aroma of tropical fruit, grapefruit and grassy. Flavor is fruity, citrus and grassy
Well balanced and hoppy. Tasty
Pours clear golden with a medium sized white head, lots of lacing. Aroma of tropical fruit, grapefruit and grassy. Flavor is fruity, citrus and grassy
Well balanced and hoppy. Tasty
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Mar 2017
at 17:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can - pours gold white head - nose/taste of citrus, lemon, light malt and touch of tropical fruit - medium body
Tried
from Can
on 10 Mar 2017
at 17:02
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at Southern Brewing. Pours a hazy gold with medium frothy white head leaving spotty lacing. The aroma is pine and citrus. Medium body, juicy hop, grapefruit, pineapple, light bitterness, good.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Mar 2017
at 17:04
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at Hops n’ Vine, Washington Avenue, Miami Beach. Pours golden with a small white head. Aroma of hop, and tropical fruit. Moderate sweetness, good amount of hoppy bitterness. Medium body. Finish is dry and lasting tropical. Good brew.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Dec 2016
at 22:18
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
It’s an IPA really, I don’t care about the ABV. whatever. Styles are stupid and this illustrates why. Big citrus hop nose and flavors, lingering citrus and resin in the finish. Dry bready malts are more or less just there. It’s a good beer, hard to call it sessionable, at least not for Florida standards, because that hop whack is a bit strong, not as refreshing as it could be. But I’ll drink it.
Tried
on 20 Sep 2016
at 15:28