Sample at the brewpub. Light gold/amber color with a weak ivory head and very little lacing. Aroma of earthy malt and hops. Fairly light body, with a bland floral hops flavor and not much else. The finish is lightly bitter hops with a touch of citrus in the aftertaste. This brew doesn’t really have much going for it.

I don’t quite understand why this beer has so many low ratings - I really haven’t been this impressed with a "mere pale ale" in quite some time - nice cloudy copper color, with a few suspended floaties - pretty full and spicy aroma, with the herbal quality of the kent goldings showing through - light body, sure, but it is a pale ale, is it not? - biscuity, bready malt is there in abundance, but washes clean in the finish, which may be why others characterize this as "thin-bodied" - semi-dry, toasty finish, with long-lingering hops presence - overall a really nice pale ale, and one that deserves more attention.

Sampled on draft at the brewery. I like Pale ales so this one intrigued me. It poured a light orange color with a small tan head. Rather pretty actually. The aroma was really faint but did have some hops to it. The flavor was sharp, hoppy and bitter. The hops linger on the aftertaste. Really not much balance for an English style pale. The hops while definitely there were not a great flavor. Pretty disappointing. However I have tried this one on cask condition as well and it is far far better that way.