Pale Ale 2.0

Fast klare orange gelbe Farbe, geringe weiße schaumkrone. Geruch sehr malzig, nass hopfig, bitter. Geschmack trocken hopfig, grasig bitter, viel malz, geringe restsüße.

12 ounce bottle from Beer Run, 5/5/15. Clear copper, large creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of citrus, earthy, tropical hops, crackery caramel malt. The taste is earthy, tropical, citrus hops, caramel malt. Medium bodied, moderate lingering bitterness.

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, best before 7/26/2015. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy bright orange/amber color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky off white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of tangerine, lemon zest, orange peel, apricot, pear, pine, caramel, toasted bread, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/earthy hops and moderate dark/bready malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of tangerine, lemon zest, orange peel, apricot, pear, pine, caramel, toasted bread, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Good amount of earthy pine/herbal/grassy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of tangerine, lemon/orange peel, apricot, pear, pine, caramel, toasted bread, and herbal/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice balance, complexity, and robustness of citrus/earthy hops and moderate dark/bready malt flavors; with a good malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, crisp, and sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with minimal warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is a very good pale ale. All around good robustness, complexity, and balance of citrus/earthy hops and moderate dark/bready malt flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink. This is reminiscent of the old pale ale with higher bitterness and some additional fruity complexity from the new hops. I prefer the old version as it is more in line with the style, but this is still nicely enjoyable overall.

12oz bottle pours with a clear copper body that has some golden hues and supports a thin light tan head. The modest aroma offers up grainy cracker like malts, some biscuit malts and then light citrus hops blended with some pine and floral hop notes. The taste is very Pale Ale like where a solid malt base tussles with the pine and floral and mild citrus hoppiness. The malts are a blend of lightly roasted malts, biscuit malts and a pleasing cracker malt like grassiness. This has a classic Pale feel but seems to learn toward bigger hoppiness.

Bottle to glass. Mandarin orange and a little tropical fruit. There is a moderate amount of malt in this. Clear sunset orange with a full white head with minor patterns down the glass. Taste is moderate low citrus and, as it warmed, the pine and earth came out. Moderate biscuit malt as well.

From a 12 oz bottle shared at home. Pours a cear gold with an off white head. Biscuit nose. Flavors of caramel and citrus. Bitter finish.

On tap at bier thirty. Pours out a amber topped with a small head. Nose is orange citrus hops and some cereal malts. Taste is more of the citrus hops and a nice light malt. Still on the fence if I like the 2.0 or OG better.