Pilot Program - Pale Hop Pale
Athletic Brewing Company in Milford, Connecticut, United States 🇺🇸
Non Alcoholic / Low Alcohol - Pale Ale / IPA Series|
Score
6.69
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When we hit Oregon’s hop fields this year, we rubbed and smelled something that stopped us in our tracks: an experimental hop that was strangely white in color. The result: Pale Hop Pale. A radiant pale brew with bright notes of strawberry, mixed berry, and melon with a subtle touch of pine.
INGREDIENTS : Water, Malted Barley, Hops, Yeast, Wheat
INGREDIENTS : Water, Malted Barley, Hops, Yeast, Wheat
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6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours clear light yellow into a willi. White head with medium retention recedes to nothing. Mild bread aromas. Crisp with a hint of citrus and not much else - not especially interesting, but drinkable - almost like a mis-labeled Athletica.
Tried
on 05 Jan 2026
at 23:33
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
6 pack of cans, best before 8/13/2026, most recent can drunk 1/4/26, as pictured.
Sweet barley and almost a dash of corn with yellow fruit galore (big golden apple and a hint of melon). Not super expressive/complex in the hop department, that's for sure. But it's clean and pleasant enough with no seltzer or wort character.
Nice body on it, or maybe a lot of that is the big carbonation...but it's not seltzery and there is some malt sweetness and texture. Would have liked a little more hop character, or a bit more distinct/complex hop character, I guess. As is, it's pleasant and has a mild bitterness to balance, but doesn't show much more than golden apple, unripe strawberry and a touch of musk melon.
Sweet barley and almost a dash of corn with yellow fruit galore (big golden apple and a hint of melon). Not super expressive/complex in the hop department, that's for sure. But it's clean and pleasant enough with no seltzer or wort character.
Nice body on it, or maybe a lot of that is the big carbonation...but it's not seltzery and there is some malt sweetness and texture. Would have liked a little more hop character, or a bit more distinct/complex hop character, I guess. As is, it's pleasant and has a mild bitterness to balance, but doesn't show much more than golden apple, unripe strawberry and a touch of musk melon.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jan 2026
at 22:03