Full Moon Pale Ale
Alley Kat Brewing Company in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.70
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Full Moon is a West Coast style pale ale that is both kettle hopped and dry hopped with Centennial and Cascades. The hops provide this ale with a nice citrus-like taste to balance out the caramel malts.
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°
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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7/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Nov 2003
at 19:03
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy orangey-amber; lemony, grapefruity, slightly spicy & woody hop aroma, with toasty rye bread underneath, fresh from the brick oven. The palate is lightish, slightly metallic. Low carbonation. Lean, then woody, earthy bitterness shows notes of lemon & deeply toasted brown bread. Carbonation picks up as it goes along. Lemony finish is almost astringent.
Tried
on 16 Sep 2003
at 19:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
This clear brownish- orange medium bodied beverage gives off a Cascade hops floral nose with oranges and apricots being the most prevalent smells. The body is hoppy and chewy while the orange and apricots are present. I also pick up background hints of tobacco (not the first Alley Kat brew to have this trait). The tobacco comes across with a chewing tobacco likeness to it that accentuates the oranges and apricots. All of this leading into a firm, crisp moderately bitter finish. I love Pale Ales that actually try to achieve character instead of trying to be a bland, boring ale with no bitterness at all in it. This is an excellent North American Pale Ale!
Tried
from Can
on 08 Aug 2003
at 21:47