Gray Whale Ale
Pacific Coast Brewing in Oakland, California, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.09
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6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Pacific Coast, pours a clear copper with a small beige head. Aroma is subdued, with light pepper, English biscuity malt and a hint of herbal hops. Flavour is along the same lines, with herbal hops, English malt and light spiciness. Clean and easy to drink. Solid stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Aug 2017
at 21:06
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
From tap at the brewpub. Clear golden amber color with off white head. Malty and light hoppy aroma, bread, caramel, grass, citrus. Moderate sweet and light bitter taste. Light to medium oily body with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Mar 2017
at 15:14
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Keg at the brewpub. Clear golden / light amber coloured pour with a lasting thin geeyish white head. Aroma is subdued, mineral, light caramel, biscuit, hints of spicy hop. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, caramel, nutty, malts, light spicy hop, light pine. Assertive slightly dirty bitterness. Palate is semi crisp, grainy, highish carbonation, slightly gassy. OK epa.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2015
at 02:01
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
On tap and cask at the brewpub. Dramatically different experiences (mediocrity and a heinous infection).
:Tap:
Pours with a lightly hazed golden body with a thin white head. Aromas are faintly estery, light fruit, bready, grainy and a hint of citrus. Flavors are bready, lightly grainy, caramel, not bitterness and no hop flavor (APA?!). Some esters. Lively bubbles, dry, short duration.
CASK:
Pours with a slightly dark amber body with a thicker bone hued off-white head with good lace. Aromas are INFECTED, lactic, acetic, vinous, floral. Flavors are acetic, orange, vinegar, cotton candy, undrinkable. Cask would be rated a 1.2. SHOULD NOT BE SERVED in this condition!
:Tap:
Pours with a lightly hazed golden body with a thin white head. Aromas are faintly estery, light fruit, bready, grainy and a hint of citrus. Flavors are bready, lightly grainy, caramel, not bitterness and no hop flavor (APA?!). Some esters. Lively bubbles, dry, short duration.
CASK:
Pours with a slightly dark amber body with a thicker bone hued off-white head with good lace. Aromas are INFECTED, lactic, acetic, vinous, floral. Flavors are acetic, orange, vinegar, cotton candy, undrinkable. Cask would be rated a 1.2. SHOULD NOT BE SERVED in this condition!
Tried
from Draft
on 13 May 2011
at 22:49
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at the brewpub pouring up clear copper with gold edges and thin off white head. The mild aroma hints at a feeble level of maltiness and little else. The taste is a bit yeasty to go along with a modest amount of caramel malts and a sense of citrus and pine hoppiness. It seems to end with a tired yeasty buttery diacetyl note that is only just noticeable. A mild malt forward Pale.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Feb 2010
at 20:22
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
From tap at the brewpub. Pours clear and golden orange with a fully gone head. Light malty aroma. Sweet malty and fruity hoppy flavoured. Light bitter and dry finish. Bitter and slight herbal bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Jul 2009
at 17:26
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft @ the brewpub. Pours a golden color with a small off-white head. Has a malty hoppy aroma with some floral hints. Sweetish malty hoppy flavor. Has a sweetish malty finish with some weak bitterness in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Mar 2009
at 11:11