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Deeside Brewery (prev. Hillside Brewery) in Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.50
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
500ml bottle shared with Ash - Cheers! Pours clear gold, thin white head. Aromas are biscuit and fruit. Taste has more citrus bitterness, but light, and a more caramel sweetness. OK, but not really APA.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
50cl bottle sample from brewer. Appearance - golden to amber with a nice fluffy head. Nose - apples, resin a hint of biscuits. Taste - oranges and resin. Some biscuity-ness in the background. Palate - medium bodied with a creamy texture and a fairly fresh finish. Overall - it started well and really it didn’t make me think of an American Pale style. It makes me think more of a Bitter or English pale ale.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Clear golden ale with a decent creamy head. Grapefruit aroma and a floral, pine edge to it too. Taste is grapefruit and hop with a very dry, bitter finish.