Full Moon Pale Ale
Alley Kat Brewing Company in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.71
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Notes
West Coast style pale ales are from a larger category of brews called American Pale Ale (APA). The APA is a cleaner and slightly hoppier version of British Pale Ales using North American hop varieties but everything else remains the same, right down to the balance between malts and hops to the medium body. With the additional hops APA tends to produce nice fruit-like flavours while balancing out the bitterness from the hops used in the process. 12.2°
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Brown bottle, 341 ml, purchased at the brewery on May 23 2008, savoured on June 18 2008; eye: copper, clear, slight effervescence, beige head that turns into a ring, good lacing; nose: bittering hops, grapefruit, pine, light caramel, light spices; mouth: refreshing, bittering hops, malt, hops is back, grapefruit, caramel, final in a nice bittering hops and grapefruit, mildly bitter, slightly sweet, medium body, slightly salty, resinous, a bit thin, average carbonation; overall: nice surprise FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 341 ml, achetée à la brasserie le 23 mai 2008, savourée le 18 juin 2008; œil : cuivrée, claire, très légère effervescence, mousse beige qui se transforme en un petit anneau, bonne dentelle; nez : houblon amérisant, pamplemousse, pin, léger caramel, léger épices; bouche : rafraîchissante, houblon amérisant, malt, houblon de retour, pamplemousse, caramel, finale en un bon houblon amérisant et pamplemousse, amertume moyenne, très légèrement sucrée, corps moyen, légèrement salée, résineuse, texture un peu mince, carbonatation moyenne; en résumé : belle surprise
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
2008-07-28, draught at Hop In Brew Pub, Calgary, 7-4-7-4-14=36
Copper to amber color, creamy head. Very nice fruity hop aroma. Toffee flavor, with a strong bitterness (with some fruitness and resins); just a bit more sweetness would be needed for my taste. Strong and long final. Good.
2007-09-21, bottle at Stockholm Beer Festival 2007, 7-3-7-4-14=35
Hazy golden color. A good APA with good creamy and fruity hops, quite malty, good bitterness, well aromatic, some resins, not much aggressive.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
(Bottle, Stockholm Beer Festival, 29 Sep 2007) Amber colour, slightly cloudy, with brief beige head. Fruity nose with notes of grapefruit, slightly sweaty character with very fresh hops (dry hopped?). Fruity taste with apricots, grapefruit and a fresh, dry-hopped character in a medium long finish. Not very bitter. Fresh and nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottled. Hazy deep orangeish red colour with mediumsized beige head. Aroma is flowery hops with some grass and earth. Flavour is grass, flowery and fruity hops along with some mild spicing.
TBone (30380) reviewed Full Moon Pale Ale from Alley Kat Brewing Company 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled@SBWF 2007
Pale copper brown color, small white head. Bready nose. Bready malty flavor, some hops. Clean and balanced APA.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottled at Stockholm Beer Festival. Pale amber,small head. Light grapefruity hops over cookie malt. Medium bodied with clean mouthfeel. Salty finish. Pleasant flavours, but a bit edgy.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
A dark orange beer with an off-white head. The aroma is sweet and very hoppy, but also with notes of flowers, caramel, and citrus. The flavor is sweet malty with primary notes of caramel, and lesser notes of hops and citrus. The end is dry, hoppy, and bitter, while the body is a bit thin.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
(Bottle 34,1 cl) Courtesy of presario. Pours a slightly hazy amber golden with a small, off-white head. Very fresh and citrusy - grapefruitish - aroma. Medium-bodied with some caramel and then this fresh, citrusy hopping leaving a dry bitterness. Very lovely indeed. 290806
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle: Poured a deep amber color ale with a medium head with short retention. Aroma of citrus hops is quite powerful and dominant. Taste is also dominated by the citrus hops with a lingering bitterness at the end. Body is too thin (definite lack of malt) for the style and the carbonation is a bit low. Nice for the style from a Canadian brewer but kind of weak compared to US staples of the style.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Hazy dark amber to orange colour. Nice nose of resinous hops and citrus, american style. Hops are very presnet in taste, with grapefruit, and some black pepper.Very enjoyable. Thanks to TrevorN.