Full Nelson Pale Ale

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, best before 10/2014. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy deep orange/amber color with a 1 finger dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of grapefruit, lemon zest, orange zest, caramel, toasted bread, floral, grass, slight pine, and floral/toasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus hops and moderate dark/bready malt sweetness; with solid strength. Taste of grapefruit, lemon zest, orange zest, caramel, toasted bread, floral, grass, light pine, and floral/grassy earthiness. Fair amount of pine/grassy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, lemon/orange zest, floral, grass, caramel, toasted bread, light pine, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, balance, and robustness of juicy citrus hops and moderate dark/bready malt sweetness; with a nice malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a smooth, fairly crisp, and lightly creamy/sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very nice pale ale. All around good balance and complexity of juicy citrus hops and moderate dark/bready malt sweetness; and very smooth and crisp to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.

Huge citrus infusion here. Sharp and poignant lemon zest with some sugary malt. Finishes bitter and a little sour. Slightly opaque orange pour with ok head and lacing. Slick on palate. Cask at Churchkey.

Can, courtesy of nimbleprop. Golden pour with two fingers of creamy off-white head. Really nice aroma, albeit a bit mild. Fresh citrus, light herbals, floral, and caramel. Sort a soft and wet mouthfeel, flavors of light florals and herbal hops. Citrus seems to have fallen off. Bready malt base and a mild spicy hop finish. I feel like there is a bit more going on here than I’m really picking up… maybe I’m reading more into this than I should. Enjoyable. I could see this being a local staple.

12oz bottle thanks to obguthr
Pours clear amber with a medium sized off-white head and good lacing. Aroma is caramel, herbal, bready and piney. Flavors of caramel, bready, pine with bitter grapefruit in the finish
A nice solid pale ale.

Pours clear light amber with small white head. Aroma is light herbal hops, medium carbonation, medium/light body, and little lacing. Taste is herbal hops balanced with some caramel malt. Not for me.

Tap. Pours crystal clear orange, small off white head, some lacing. Aroma is caramel and pine. Flavor same. Light sweet, medium bitter. Pretty basic APA/IPA. Would have turned some heads a decade ago, but doesnt stand out now.

Draught @ Capital Ale House, Downtown, Richmond, VA. Draught. Pours hazy amber with small off-white head. Clear aroma of citrus, hops and fruit, with malty touches. Intense, bitter, hoppy flavour, with notes of citrus and needles and touches of fruit. Botter and needlelike aftertaste with notes of yeast. Lively carbonation. Nice.

On draft at Mad Fox Oktoberfest. Pours a clear copper with a thick and frothy off white head. Mild citrus hop nose. Flavors of citrus and grass. Moderate bitter finish.