Thornbridge Brewery American Pale

American Pale

 

Thornbridge Brewery in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Collab with: Oakham Ales
  Pale Ale - American Style / APA Special
Score
7.15
ABV: 5.2% IBU: - Ticks: 15
Oakham Ales have a stellar reputation for brewing excellence and are a firm favourite of the brewery team here, making them a natural partner for this collaboration. Together we’ve brewed a standout American Pale Ale, fermented on our Union set. Using the finest Maris Otter malt as a base, we’ve used a classic combination of the best US hops to give bold flavours of zesty citrus, fresh pine and a touch of tropical fruit.
 

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6.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

EB - Bottle 500ml. @ [ Petalax 🇫🇮 💻👀 Virtual Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🏠🇩🇰 🍀 ☁️☂️ [ As Thornbridge / Oakham Ales American Pale ]. ABV: 5.2%. [20260309]. 6-/3-/6-/3/13

Tried from Bottle on 09 Mar 2026 at 16:02


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

50cl bottle. Vaasa tasting.
Poured clear golden in color. Citrusy hops, light malts, clean and very drinkable pale ale.

Tried on 07 Feb 2026 at 21:20


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Slightly hazy golden colour with a small white head. Aroma is floral, some fruity tones with mild earthy tones. Flavour is floral, some toffeeish and mild citrusy tones with a bit earthy elements.

Tried from Bottle from Alko (Webshop) on 07 Feb 2026 at 21:18


6.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Hazy orange-amber colour, small white head and alce. Biquity malts, fruits, citrusfruit in the nose. Light-bodied. Bitter hops, fruityness, citrus in the flavour. Typical Thornbridge flavours.

Tried from Bottle from K-Supermarket (Kampus) on 01 Jan 2026 at 18:39


6.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

500ml bottle from Mitchell Wines Meadowhead - cloudy orange with a firm white head. Piney, bit of grapefruit, grassiness and pithy finish. A bit meh.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Dec 2025 at 19:38


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

A golden beer, a head is medium and blond. Aroma has fruitness, some fructose and pine. Taste has grapefruit, pine, some grass, medium bitterness. Medium bodied. Good beer.

Tried from Bottle from K-Citymarket (Turku Kupittaa) on 06 Nov 2025 at 10:43


6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Cask at the Southampton Arms, London on 21st October 2025. Deep amber with shallow off-white foam and full lacing. Nutty malts and pungent earthiness in aroma. Grapefruit notes, citrus peels and spices in-mouth on a good malt. Finish blends maltiness with bitterness. Full bodied with a smooth mouthfeel.

Tried from Cask at Southampton Arms on 21 Oct 2025 at 16:47

gave a cheers!

8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Had this 15th October 2025 in the company of Jude at Hereford Beer House, Hereford. Pours hazy warm gold/light amber with excellent mid/large foamy head. Quite crisp, fresh, clean, nice fruity bite and a great bitterness. This is a very more'ish' beer, I loved it immediately and wished I'd of picked some up from Thornbridge the other day

Tried from Bottle from Hereford Beer House on 15 Oct 2025 at 14:15


8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle. Mitchell’s Wines. Soft haze on a pale-ish gold. Slim dense lasting white foam. Nose has the Union kit yeasty esters behind peachy orange hop and clean dry bready malts. Taste is light fruity bitterness with a light sweetness. Clean and fairly dry on the palate. Decent bitterness to finish. Class pow wow.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Oct 2025 at 17:46

gave a cheers!

7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Hops, Crewe. Pours golden amber with a small almost white head and good lacing. There’s oranges, marmalade, floral hops and some spicy hints in the aroma. In the mouth it is sweet and juicy but with some sharp edges, and a deep creamy texture. Flavours has oranges, barley sugar, pine and some herbal traces. Sweetness lasts into the finish. This is pretty good stuff !

Tried from Cask at Hops on 26 Sep 2025 at 16:45