Steel Rail Extra Pale Ale
Berkshire Brewing Company in South Deerfield, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.20
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Berkshire Brewing Company's flagship brew is a light colored, medium bodied ale exhibiting exceptional freshness through its 2-Row Pale malt backbone and signature hop flavor and aroma. In the words of renowned beer writer Lew Bryson, Steel Rail EPA is “what the water in heaven oughta taste like.”
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5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
A golden ale with a thin white head. A rather strong aroma of boiled sweet vegetables, carrots, diacety notes. In mouth, a light honey malt, a bit of hops, very boring. On tap at Flat Street Brewpub, Brattleboro, August 2 2009.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Aug 2009
at 09:28
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Pours a golden color, with a thin white head. Mild and not too great grainy aroma. Mild taste of hops. Tastes almost like a lager if that makes any sense, because it is so grainy. Also it is kind of watery. Not that great at all. I would doubt that this is a proper APA... more like a blonde ale. BBC makes many better beers.
Tried
on 15 Jun 2009
at 14:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
@CBC-22oz bottle–pours a white head and yellow/gold color. Aroma is grain/light malt, herbal hops. Taste is grain/light malt, some herbal hops, creamy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2009
at 10:14
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours a slightly hazed gold into a shaker. Fluffy white whipped cream head. Biscuit and caramel aromas. Thin to medium and malty from front to back. No hop presence.
Tried
on 25 Sep 2008
at 20:57
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
I had this on tap at a pizzeria in the Springfield area visiting family. We enjoyed pitchers of this all night and it paired well with the pizza. Nice and cold, light and crisp. Moderate carbonation and a decent bittering finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Sep 2008
at 07:58
4.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Thanks RCL for this big bomber. Looks like many other american pale beers but then it gets cloudy, towards the bottom it gets hazy. Medium low carbonation. Smell is hint of fresh slag. Clean on the olfactory. Some wet hay insults the palate. Then it turn s light for an extra. An almost big blast of carbonated freshness. Processed and industrial at time like many higher quality pale lagers. Overall a really nice chance to have a beer that exhibits little bitterness on the finish. Thanks for this opportunity Ray!
Tried
from Can
on 07 Feb 2008
at 18:03
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Acquired via trade. Light amber color with a medium off-white head and stringy lacing. Malt and some floral hops in the nose. Medium body with mild bitterness, sweet malt and hops along with a bit of fruit flavoring. None of the flavors is very assertive but it is a refreshing concoction. The finish is dry and hoppy. Pretty simple overall and it would make a very good lawnmower beer.
Tried
on 08 Sep 2005
at 09:14
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Hazy light golden with some deeper maize colored tones. Smells of lots of grain/yeast, mildly sour with some dry barley on the aroma. Opens up moderately sweet but has a light buttery/hay flavored hops appeal. Light body. Low carbonation. Somewhat watery. Finish reminds me of a papery, flowery hops, with a touch of bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2003
at 10:11