New Albion Ale 2013
New Albion Brewing Co. in Cleveland, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Samuel AdamsPale Ale - American Style / APA Special Out of Production
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Score
6.23
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Jack McAuliffe’s pioneering spirit paved the way for the American craft beer revolution. We’re rereleasing his original Pale Ale, with its distinct American hop character for the first time in 30 years in honor of Jack and his contributions to craft brewing. Cheers!
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5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Pours a clear pale gold with a white head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma has notes of bread and cereal with just a bit of grassy hop notes. Flavor is similar with a good amount of bread and cereal with just a touch of earthy grass hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Mar 2013
at 11:39
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Slightly hazy, golden honey coloured body with a large, white head about three centimetres tall. Aroma of yeast, citrus, basement, hay, grass, herbal notes and a tiny bit of hops. Light to Medium-bodied; Assertive metallic flavour with a grassy, herbal note and a little bit of yeast - almost nothing else of value in the flavour though. Aftertaste shows some metal, grass, malt, bitterness and almost no hops. Overall, very disappointing and not really worth sampling at all - this beer doesn’t show any characteristics of an APA or any retro or old-world style recipe might have. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Liqour Outlet in Boonton, New Jersey on 24-February-2013 for US$1.34 sampled at home in Washington on 15-March-2013.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2013
at 21:48
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 oz bottle from a six pack. Slightly hazy golden pour with a medium collapsing white head. Aroma is pretty muted, but I get dough, rubber, faint citrus. Taste is lightly hoppy with a dry finish; ends on a bready note. Light, crisp and refreshing. Highly carbonated, medium-bodied. Really basic, but tasty. It seems pretty humble now, but I can see how this would have turned heads back in the era of "all pale lagers, all the time" back in the ’70s.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2013
at 17:44
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12 oz bottle purchased at Lukas in Kansas, Missouri. Best before Jul marked on the label. The pour is clear golden yellow, with not much of a white head. The aroma is dusty floral hops (as it warmed this showed more as straw), some toasted malt, and a bit of dirt and earth. The taste is the dry floral hops, which pick up an herbal element and accent the straw, along with the toasted malt of the nose, a bit bland, and the dirt and earth appear in the longish finish. The palate is medium bodied, low carbonation level, and the dirt finish. Just OK, though I very much appreciate this historical re-creation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2013
at 06:13
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle pour to pint. Bright, light gold with medium head. Sour bready malt Peppery, resinous finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2013
at 14:16
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Location: 12 oz bottle from Sparrow, 3/4/13
Aroma: The nose is clean and light, some pine, lemon, bread, and a good amount of spice
Appearance: Pours a clear gold color with a small white head and that leaves fairly heavy lace
Flavor: The taste is similar, there's some light sweetness, light-mid hop bitterness, and a peppery finish
Palate: The body is light-medium, it has a clean feel, average carbonation, and a tingly finish
Overall Impression: Cheers to Jack, I can only imagine how this beer compared to its contemporaries in the hops department. Now a days if it doesn't have 100+ IBUs we call it a malt bomb, but if this is truly Jack's recipe from 30 years ago it's pretty good stuff.
Aroma: The nose is clean and light, some pine, lemon, bread, and a good amount of spice
Appearance: Pours a clear gold color with a small white head and that leaves fairly heavy lace
Flavor: The taste is similar, there's some light sweetness, light-mid hop bitterness, and a peppery finish
Palate: The body is light-medium, it has a clean feel, average carbonation, and a tingly finish
Overall Impression: Cheers to Jack, I can only imagine how this beer compared to its contemporaries in the hops department. Now a days if it doesn't have 100+ IBUs we call it a malt bomb, but if this is truly Jack's recipe from 30 years ago it's pretty good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2013
at 16:20
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Fruity bready malt aroma. Slightly hazy golden yellow with a moderate white head. Bready, lightly sweet barley malt and light grassy hops flavor. Medium body, moderate carbonation. Quite nice, and easy to drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2013
at 13:49
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Interesting re-make of one of America’s first craft beers. Pours clear golden yellow color, medium white head. Aroma of white bread, pine, light citrus. Taste is sweet, bready, straw, subtle white pepper. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2013
at 13:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Capitol Beer. Pours light amber gold with a creamy white head. Light malty aroma with fruity/grassy hop. Med minus body. Flavor is quite mild. Starts with some grassy hop then light roasty malt pops up. Finish is grassy/fruity dry. Bitter enough to scare people 30 years ago? After reading a book for 15 minutes while not paying attention to what I was drinking, my brain stood up and said "good stuff". So perhaps it’s a bit subtle for those of us used to hop bombs. But it is good stuff. Rating up a bit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2013
at 16:55
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle (oddly enough I hit rating 100 for this beer with it!). Pour is a clear medium to light gold with a smallish head and aromas of grain dust and light citrus... Aromas are not very pronounced. Flavor is sweet honey bread and light citrus hops... Kind of a lemon and peach edge to it. Not bad, and a very nice beer... But not as aggressive as I like my hops to be in a modern craft beer. I can see how this was a major departure from where the brewing arts were at the time, but I like the punchy stuff today much better. Thank you, Sam Adams for reminding us of where we came from!!!
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2013
at 19:10