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Empire Brewing Co. in Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire, England 🏴
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.18
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A long lasting favourite here down in the Empire. It’s been our 1st and 1000th brew! Our renowned pale ale with a brilliant blend of US HOPS.
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10/09/2011. WEST SOMERSET BEER FESTIVAL, Minehead Station, MINEHEAD, Somerset, England
Tried
on 29 Nov 2022
at 08:12
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at The Waiting Room, Whitby. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of lemon and caramel. Taste is more of the same. Light sweet finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Jul 2022
at 19:05
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Half-pint, cask at Imperial Tavern. Next to clear golden body, dotted spots on the glass, bubbly ring to the rim of the surface. Ripe fruity nose. Lemony and salad hops to the taste profile, added by grainy malt. Distant fruit bitter ending. Average. (Worcester 06.07.2018).
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Jul 2018
at 09:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hand-pulled half-pint on 29th Sep 2017, in The Station Hotel, Oakengates Shropshire. Clean golden pour, white crown on top. Hops rule the nose with a light citrus lead to the fruity aroma. Malts come more into it in the taste, good balance with less citrus than I thought there might be from the smell. Decent, refreshing brew.
Tried
on 02 Oct 2017
at 08:19
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On cask at Uxbridge Arms, Chasetown - A nice looking golden yellow body, thick lacing white head. Good nose of citrus and a sweet kick of caramel. Taste is well balanced bitter-sweet with a freshness that went down really well.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Aug 2015
at 07:59
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask @ Blackburne Pub & Eatery, Liverpool. Golden-yellow with a thin head. Has plenty of floral notes in its taste with a berry sweetness attached - this is really dominant in its nose.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Apr 2015
at 11:53
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Craven Arms; straw yellow pour with a creamy white head, grass and lemon aroma, taste has light citrus, straw.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Aug 2014
at 01:56
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
GD from the cellar at the Merchants Inn, Rugby, 03/04/13. Clear pale golden with a small white head that quickly dissipates. Nose is pale malt, grass, light citrus, vegetal notes. Taste comprises pale malt, grain, touch vegetal, light sugar, citrus. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation, light bitterness in the finish. A dull and sub par GB.
Tried
on 13 Apr 2013
at 01:57
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ 3 Judges. Hazy golden colour, white head. Nose is slight malty and hoppy, bit of sourness. Flavour is light malted and a bit dusty, citrus, some sourness. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Jun 2011
at 11:13
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask, handpump at The Riverhead Brewery Tap, Marsden, West Yorkshire, 22.04.11 There is quite a lot of ’Burton Snatch’ on this beer. Pour is gold with a white head, its actually to get beyond the sulphurous nose and taste but when you do there is a light fruitiness and reasonable hop presence. A6 A4 T6 P3 Ov12 3.1
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Apr 2011
at 11:42