American Pale

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

Collab with: Oakham Ales
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Special

Score

7.16

ABV: 5.2%

IBU: -

Ticks: 12

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

TBone (30139) reviewed American Pale from Thornbridge Brewery 4 weeks ago

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

Jamesie1857 (4455) reviewed American Pale from Thornbridge Brewery 1 month ago

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

TET (6603) reviewed American Pale from Thornbridge Brewery 2 months ago

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

lad_newton (4207) reviewed American Pale from Thornbridge Brewery 3 months ago

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

Fin (18365) reviewed American Pale from Thornbridge Brewery 3 months ago

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

Garrold (11394) reviewed American Pale from Thornbridge Brewery 3 months ago

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

Martinsh (3610) reviewed American Pale from Thornbridge Brewery 4 months ago

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

7.3

Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed American Pale from Thornbridge Brewery 4 months ago

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

Gravity cask at the 28th St Albans Beer Festival, 26/09/25.
Golden to light amber topped with an off white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is orange peel, soft malts, grass, light bread dough.
Taste comprises melon, bitter orange, grass, grapefruit, pineapple.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close splashed with juicy hop bitterness.
Tidy cask pale.

Tried on 26 Sep 2025 at 13:58

7.5

BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed American Pale from Thornbridge Brewery 4 months ago

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

25th September 2025, third of a pint at the Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival. Clean and clear golden amber body, white affair on top. Pleasing aroma of fruity goodness and malts, taste a fine blend of citrus/tropical fruits, maltiness and piney traces, nice, easy drinking beer.

Tried from Cask on 25 Sep 2025 at 13:30

7.3

reidyboy (3578) reviewed American Pale from Thornbridge Brewery 4 months ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Clear and golden with a frothy white head and a mellow citrus hop and a touch of caramel malt aroma. Smooth with a little kick ahead of citrus bitterness, delicate sweet caramel biscuit malt and a dry bitter finish.

Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival 2025

Tried from Cask at Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival on 25 Sep 2025 at 09:40