Eight Degrees Brewing Howling Gale Ale

Howling Gale Ale

 

Eight Degrees Brewing in Mitchelstown, County Cork, Ireland 🇮🇪

  Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular
Score
6.43
ABV: 5.0% IBU: - Ticks: 52
Launched in 2001. It delivers a refreshing crisp smack around the gills. It pours a pale golden colour and the malty sweetness is well balanced by the Chinook and Centennial hops.
 

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6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Pale amber with a white head. Aroma of oranges, peach and a little pine. Taste is much more grapefruity, with hay, peach and oranges. Quite dry at the end with firm bitterness. The hops don’t shine quite as much as they ought in the aroma, but it’s pretty good.
Tried from Bottle on 13 May 2015 at 07:46

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
330 ml bottle. Pours a hazy orange with an average, off-white head that laces. Sweet, fruity aroma with malt and hay. Sweet malty flavour with citrus, caramel and a dry, bitter, grassy, hoppy finish. Medium body with an oily texture and soft carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Apr 2015 at 21:24

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle at the Long Dock, Carrigahalt, 05/12/14. Golden amber with a decent beige covering. Nose is citric sherbets, bitter orange, hoppy waftings, straw, light pine. Taste comprises grapefruit, straw, pine needle, orange pith, chalky minerals, apricot. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Solid hoppy number, surprised to see such a low score for this one, freshness issues?
Tried from Bottle on 08 Dec 2014 at 02:38

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Tap at Friends of Ham, Leeds. Clear golden. Tidy, white head. Orange. Orange zest. Light toffee. A little fusty. Tea dunked biscuit taste. Light, bitter finish.
Tried from Draft on 18 Mar 2014 at 15:18

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Golden cloudy good head citrus note and malty good dryness medium bitterness Dorata leggermente velata buona schiuma un po grossolana persistente naso piuttosto bilanciato tra malto e luppolatura agrumata pompelmo buona secchezza un buon amaro
Tried on 26 Jan 2014 at 07:43

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle sample at a tasting at the Beer & Beyond shop. Thanks beerandbeyond. Hazy yellow. Aroma of floral hops, yeast, bread, floral and fruity notes and soapy hints. Fruity and yeasty flavor with some floral hops bitterness and light soapy hints. Light to medium-bodied.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Oct 2013 at 12:18

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5
Bottle. Cloudy orange with a solid white head. Aroma is light metallic grain. Flavour is fruity, biscuit with a dry pine bitterness. Finish is long dry hop.
Earlier Rating: 7/16/2012 Total Score: 2.9
Bottle. Clear honey with a short lived head. Light hop and fruit aroma. Flavour has a fruit and honey base that builds to an even bitter finish. Palate is dry, light bitter
Tried from Bottle on 08 Oct 2013 at 13:20

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Keg @ Hargadons Bros, Sligo [160813]
Amber, slight haze, thin bubbly white head, little lacing
Aroma - Soft citrus, dab of tangy lemon
Taste - Citrus zesty hops, touch of lemon zest, hint of grapefruit pith, slightly spicy, light sweet pale malt background
Palate - Medium carb and body, tangy zesty palate. Finish is fairly bitter, zesty hop linger
Overall - Quite a decent pale ale
Tried on 16 Aug 2013 at 16:55

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
This brew is a slightly hazy amber color with a medium off-white head that recedes steadily. Short strings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of citrus, hops and malt. Light-bodied with a mildly bitter hops character and notes of grainy malt and fruit in the background. The finish is lightly hopped with a short fruity aftertaste. Slightly above average overall.
Tried on 29 Nov 2012 at 13:25

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Bottled at L. Mulligan Grocer, Dublin. Hazy deep golden, rich head. Hay-like hop aroma. Mid sweet with clean, rounded mouthfeel. Lots of hay, salty bitter finish. Nice hop flavour. but too clean and shallow malt character.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Nov 2012 at 05:34