Primal Pale Ale
Evolution Craft Brewery in Salisbury, Maryland, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.27
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A golden, dry, slightly hoppy pale ale. Refreshing & Balanced. Notes of Pine & Citrus in the aroma, earthy middle, clean finish 28 IBU’s, 4.9 ABV.
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3.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3
Slightly cloudy copper coloured body with a thin one-centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of bread, yeast, caramel and a touch of hops. Light-bodied; Effervescent, watery flavour at first with some pungent light malt and a touch of hops with no body at all, no depth and nothing really flavourful. Aftertaste is just as mild, showing some malt, water, cardboard and perhaps a touch of light hops - not really though. Overall, a pretty sub-standard beer with not much flavour and absolutely no complexity - especially for the style. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Total Wine in Chantilly, Virginia on 27-March-2011 sampled at home in Washington on 05-April-2011.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2011
at 23:04
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
Very pale golden color with a fizzy white head. Doesn’t look much like a pale ale to me, but that’s not gonna stop me. Sweet malts, some grassy notes, light skunk, and a bit of zesty spice in the aroma. Highly carbonated mouthfeel. Flavor is decent, but lacking. Grassy, earthy, light malt, and some sweetness. It passes but not by a whole lot.
Tried
on 07 May 2010
at 13:56
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Sampled on tap at RFD in Washington DC. Pours a transparent golden amber with almost zero head. I think the lack of head was more a result of a bad pour than bad head retention. The aroma was actually very nice, citrus hops, oranges, a little sugary candy, lemons, a touch earthy. Flavor was not as good. Nothing bad, per se, but a watery finish really lets this beer down. Flavors of sweet malts, some light orange, some light lemon. Needed more kick in the flavor.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Dec 2009
at 10:13
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
@Pilsner Petes East Coast Gathering-growler–pours a light tan head and yellow/gold color. Aroma is pine, bready. Taste is some bitter pine, sweet light malt-bready, semi-dry. Thanks notalush for sharing.
Tried
from Growler
on 18 Jun 2009
at 19:50
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Thanks to beachbum25 for the growler - shared at Peter’s NY gathering - a fairly straightforward pale ale - somewhat british in style, as the hops take a back seat to yeasty character and bready malt - some tangerine and other fruity notes through the middle - the hops add a spicy bite on the back end - the finish has an odd metallic note, but otherwise this is fairly good.
Tried
from Growler
on 31 May 2009
at 18:17