American Pale Ale
Bluegrass Brewing Company in Louisville, Kentucky, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.54
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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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6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Vintage Cellar. Amber color with a smallish off-white head. Nice aromas of roasted caramel and fruit. Medium body with light, creamy carbonation. Flavor is lightly roasted malt with some fruity bitter. It’s not a harsh bitter. With a little less ABV it might do as an ESB. Pretty good drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2008
at 21:27
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 10
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Marvelous aroma of grapefruit, pine, caramel, and thistle with a hint of strawberry. Opaque ochre, medium vanishing off white head, nice lacing. Dry and bitter with pronounced grapefruit notes. Medium body. Finish is pine with a bit of tar that doesn’t really detract. Not all that complex, but very enjoyable. Actually quite unique and particularly well done.What an unexpected delight!
Tried
on 10 Nov 2007
at 08:05
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Hazy dark amber color. Pine, citrus and hops are the main aromas found in this beer. The taste is a nice citrus (orange and grapefruit), pine, and hop flavor. The flavor comes out quite well in this and doesn’t leave a bad taste behind.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2007
at 21:48
6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Nice deep amber coloured body with a very thin tan head. Aroma of strong hops, caramel, malt and toffee. Medium-bodied; Strong metallic and malty flavours definitely influenced by the stronger hops and the piney flavours throughout. Aftertaste shows some more sweetness and good malt throughout - all completely blessed by the hops. Overall, a good APA, not amazing, but a very well-rounded beer. I sampled this twelve ounce botle purchased from Norm’s Beer & Wine in Vienna, Virginia on 21-April-2007 on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
Tried
on 21 Apr 2007
at 13:13
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
bottle - Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a two finger, fluffy, enduring head that leaves lots of lacing. It looks great. There’s a nice pine hop aroma. The flavor has the expected hops kick of an APA and it’s well balanced. There’s not much else going on, but what’s there is good. The body is medium and the finish mildly bitter. This is a fine pale ale!
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2006
at 19:38
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
This beer fits the profile of an APA very well, which is a good thing in my book. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a light bronze color with a medium sized tan head. The aroma is sweet and has a strong citrus fruitiness. The flavor is moderately sweet an nutty with strong fruity hops - citrus and pine most noticeably. There is a dryer floral hop finish. A nice APA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Mar 2006
at 16:20
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 5
Draft. Lots and lots of hops, both in the aroma and taste. "Flavor supported by generous amounts of malt" just isn’t accurate. The aroma is floral with a note of spruce. The flavor is heavy with floral hops to the point of being perfumy with a aftertaste of scented soap. Bitter it is. There is no balance with malts, at least in the draft I had. Pleasant, refreshing mouthfeel.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Oct 2005
at 08:35