Double Pacific-Style Ale
Devils Backbone Brewing Company in Lexington, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Thunder Road Brewing CompanyPale Ale - Australian / New Zealand Regular Out of Production
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Score
7.18
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A strong Australian-style ale. Pacific ale is an emerging style that uses fruiter hops grown in Australia and New Zealand, for this US brew the team used Aussie galaxy hops and a combination of malts for smooth, tropical notes.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Shiny gold pour from bottle. Grapefruit smell. Bitter front loaded. Some malts. Pretty good west.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Rich golden coloured body with a thinnish, two centimetre tall pure white head. Aroma of grass, tropical fruits, herbs and a little malt - but this one is all about the hops. Medium-bodied; Strong grassy flavour at first of hops with a small but noticeable light malt backbone showing some herbs, tropical fruit and a hint of unfinished sugars. Aftertaste shows a lot of metallic and nutty malt with a big alcohol presence, some light grass and the smallest hint of sugars at the tail end. Overall, a strong and pungent beer that shows some nice flavours throughout, but not too much complexity. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Giant in Falls Church, Virginia on 04-March-2016 for US$1,75 sampled in my hotel room in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on 20-May-2016.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2016
at 14:45
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled from the tap at Black Squirrel. Pours a clear light yellow with a white head that lasts throughout the beer and laces. Aroma has a combination of citrus and grass with a light grain backbone. Flavor has sweet grains up front with sweet citrus, tropical fruit and a bit of grass.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Apr 2016
at 19:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On draft at Spacebar. Pours a clear gold with an off white head. Aroma of tropical fruit. Flavors of toffee. Slight bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Mar 2016
at 18:14
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Meridian Pint. Crystal clear golden color, fluffy white head. Aroma of tropical fruit. Taste starts with sweet fruit, then bitter citrus, dry finish. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Mar 2016
at 11:39
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Lots of fresh pine and some citrus. Golden pour with ok lacing. Some mash malt but light clean finish overall. Light bitterness. Tap at Rustico.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Feb 2016
at 17:59
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
12 oz bottle poured into a Spiegelau tulip. Bottled 12/7/2015. Hazy straw yellow with a finger of off-white head. Very tiny bits of floating sediment throughout. Aromas of floral notes, citrus, tropical fruit, malt. Tastes of floral notes, tropical and citrus fruit, candied fruit, malt, biscuit, toasty notes. Medium body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2016
at 21:50
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Aroma: citrus, grass, floral, mango Appearance: light clear golden with a white head Taste: medium sweetness, medium bitterness, Palate: medium body, sticky, average carbonation, bitter finish, Delicious
Tried
on 08 Feb 2016
at 18:08
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from the Collaboration pack from Wine Warehouse. Pours apple juice-golden with a small off-white head. Smells of mango, slight funk. Taste is citrus peel, overripe mango, soap, pine, bit of sourness. Very interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2016
at 20:50
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
12 ounce bottle from the 2016 Collaboration pack. Hazy golden, large foamy off-white head, good retention. Aroma of citrus, herbal, tropical hops, pale malt. The taste is herbal, tropical hops, mango, grapefruit zest, white grapes, pale malt and a hint of bread. Medium bodied, well balanced, interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2016
at 23:00