Spoetzl Brewery (Shiner) Wild Hare Pale Ale

Wild Hare Pale Ale

 

Spoetzl Brewery (Shiner) in Shiner, Texas, United States 🇺🇸

  Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular
Score
5.95
ABV: 5.7% IBU: 28 Ticks: 35
Wild Hare is a classic American Pale Ale-richly hopped, fruity and floral. Munich malt nicely balances the assertive character of the U.S. Golding and Bravo hop varieties that give this brew its signature bitterness and aroma. Enjoy!
 

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7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottled. Orangey pour. Clean citrus and piney hops and malts. Best effort from spoetzel in awhile.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 01:21


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Bottle. Amber is color, decent head and nice lace. Aroma is citrus, with some hints of floral. Taste is citrus, oh so slight candy corn and toast. Finish is metallic.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Mar 2025 at 04:43



4.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Pours gold into a shaker. Off-white head with medium retention recedes to hug rim. Sour earth aromas. Thick with sour malt and toasted nuts front to back. Blech.

Tried on 04 Sep 2015 at 17:56


5.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

dark orange 1 finger consistent head that never fades. the nose is really interesting. like fresh pineapple and a little lactic acidity. taste though falls short. mild cream, some orange, pineapple and something else. a little yeasty and light tartness.

Tried on 14 Feb 2015 at 16:20


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Purchased in Vermont, part of their tester mixed-pack. Pours a clean golden-amber colour with a warm creamy cap, good retention and lots of sticky lacing. Malty nose with biscuit, fruity malts, mild caramel, yeast and hints of bananas. Flavours of light roasted malts, bread and again, banana notes. Smooth mouthfeel. One of their better brews so far.

Tried on 15 Oct 2014 at 19:18


5.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Barely perceptible aroma of orange peel. Hazy copper, thick lacy head. Tea with a hint of meringue at midpalate. Weak.

Tried on 17 Aug 2014 at 18:13


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Pours a slightly hazy golden orange color with a decent sized but short lived off white head. Aromas of bread and light caramel maltiness with hints of fruit and earthy hops. The flavor holds more earthy hop flavor than the aroma suggested backed up by a solid bready caramel malt base and lots of sugary fruitiness. Medium body with a moderate level of carbonation. Decent pale ale, but kind of middle of the road. Nothing flawed, but a bit boring.

Tried on 28 Jun 2014 at 19:22


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle - Caramel malts. Clear dark copper with a nice beige head. Sweet watery caramel and light orange hops. A very mild APA, to the point I think it may be poorly classified. Much too sweet.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Mar 2014 at 19:10


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

12oz bottle pours with a crystal clear deep copper body that has thin gold edges and supports a thin tan head of foam. The aroma offers up malts and a thin layer of sweet alderwood bacony smokiness. I wasn’t expecting that. Hmm. I get a little bit of red apple in the background but I’m failing to find any hops. After a while that odd bacon note drifted off. The taste starts with malt sweetness and ripe crisp red apple slices before a mild smoky bacon note surfaces. Maybe it is the esters and the floral to earthy almost tea hoppiness that create a bacon sort of note. Strange experience. A few more sips and fruity hops and a drying biscuit maltiness are noticed amid everything else.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Feb 2014 at 20:35