Bluegrass Brewing Company American Pale Ale

American Pale Ale

 

Bluegrass Brewing Company in Louisville, Kentucky, United States 🇺🇸

  Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular
Score
6.53
ABV: 5.8% IBU: 55 Ticks: 32
An American standard, BBC APA is a full bodied and heavily hopped American Ale. It is copper in color and brewed with a blend of pale and crystal malts, balancing the citrus and pine flavors from large doses of American and English hops to create a very drinkable, hoppy ale. BBC APA is a hophead’s dream!
 

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6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Sampler at the brew pub. Cloudy copper in the glass. Small head. Caramel and some butterscotch on the nose. Floral hoppy at the start, honey and caramel. Increasing hop bitterness. Long lasting bitterness in the aftertaste.

Tried on 16 Jun 2024 at 01:28


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Grapefruit and lots of pine. Golden pour with decent head. Bitter astringent finish. Tap at brewery.

Tried from Draft on 07 Nov 2023 at 17:30


4.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5

(tap) slightly hazy, bright orange amber colour with a small beige head; aroma of honey, dry, mineral, unbalanced bitter flavour with a long, strong bitter finish

Tried from Draft on 06 May 2019 at 20:02


3.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

On tap at Bluegrass, pours a hazy copper golden with a small beige head. Aroma brings out metallic notes, piney hops and somewhat stale biscuity malt. Flavour is a bit stale, with metallic notes, stale biscuity malt and old hops. This just isn't good.

Tried from Draft on 29 Dec 2017 at 21:22


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

On tap at the brewery. Pours a clear copper with small off white head that lasts. The aroma is floral and citrus. Medium body, pine, citrus, light bitter finish, good.

Tried from Draft on 01 Nov 2016 at 17:27


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Old rating. Bottle from Old Town. Nice aromas of floral hops, citrus and resin with some malt in there as well. Fairly well-balanced between caramel malt and bitter hops on the palate. Biscuity malt flavors appear is it comes to room temperature. Nice bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Mar 2015 at 08:02



6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle. Very dark amber color, tan head. Aroma of floral pine, caramel biscuit. And someone wrote "morning breath" in my notebook, but it’s not my handwriting, so I won’t count it in the score. Taste is very bitter caramel.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Aug 2014 at 18:44


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Nonic pint draft at the Bluegrass tap room on East Main Street in Louisville, Kentucky. The pour is a clear golden copper with a one inch well formed white head. The aroma is a dusty floral with a bit of cracker malt. The taste is cracker malt forward followed by the dry floral bitter hops. A bit of dirt shows in the taste as it warms. The palate is medium to light bodied with soft carbonation and the dry softly bitter finish. Tasty enough Pale Ale.

Tried from Draft on 25 Apr 2014 at 09:26


5.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Copper-brown with a pillowy, dark tan head. Aroma is malt, floral/cherry. Taste is slightly cherried...with a strong floral/herbal bitter. A bit rough.

Tried on 16 Jun 2013 at 14:45