Craft Select Pale Ale
Suntory Liquors Limited in Osaka-shi, Osaka, Japan 🇯🇵
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
5.99
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Oakes (33493) reviewed Craft Select Pale Ale from Suntory Liquors Limited 9 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Can on the shinkansen. Aroma is caramelly. Taste is caramel, maybe toast. There’s a slight fruitiness that could come from either stale cascades or the yeast, but you wouldn’t call this a hoppy beer by any means. Only a BU or two more than Premium Malts.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Can. Clear amber, large white head. Aroma of bread crusts, apricot jam, some citrus. Light to medium bodied, moderate carbonation. Sweet and fruity with a finish that at first disappoints but after a while seems drier and slightly more bitter with some spices and a hint of zest. But it’s pretty timid.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can. A- Apricot, peach, wheat, subtle hoppiness. A- Golden color, clear liquid, white head. T- Apricot, peach, wheat, subtle bitterness. P- Light body, average texture, average carbonation, refreshing finish. O- Definitely no American style pale ale. Not too bitter and that I can appreciate. Like a hybrid of a fruited wheat beer and pale ale. Easy to drink and refreshing.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
33cl can from Family Mart enjoyed at a hotel in Nagoya. Pours clear deep golden with a fairly modest, white head. Mild fruity aroma with peaches, light citrus and malt. Moderate to medium sweet with low flavour intensity and a fairly modest bitterness. Certainly a step up from the pale lagers, but still far from craft pale ale, but drinkable enough.
TimE (11146) reviewed Craft Select Pale Ale from Suntory Liquors Limited 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Light amber color. Frothy white head. Lots of citrusy hoppy nose, but pretty simple. The mouth is clean, balanced but lacks bitterness for an American pale ale, but not bad. Clean modestly bitter finish. Certainly not bad, but a bit of a stepping stone beer which I guess that is what it is intended to be.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pours yellow. Aroma is not to strong, somewhat artificial bit has a bit of damp hops and some fruity notes. Not too bad actually. taste is also edging between being an ale or a lager. Overall, OK, quenched my thirst. Didn’t provide much more than that but I can see myself buying this again if there is not much selection.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Can from conbini. Drank straight from the can. Light citrus and pine aromas upon opening. Taste is more like a pale lager. Very bland with a touch of cardboard. As it warms up some of the citrus and pine come out. The malt is there in body, but this is pretty sad attempt at a pal ale. Just not enough flavor on the palate. Ales for people who don’t like ale I suppose. --- Beer merged from original tick of Craft Select Pale Ale on 31 May 2015 at 14:46 - Score: 4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5
Let’s follow HiteJinro’s English Pale Ale(Queen’s Ale Blonde) with Suntory’s new crafty Pale Ale now available nationwide. 5% can served in a tulip. It pours an exceptionally clear matte copper with a decent head of foam and lacing. The nose is fruity hops with a syrupry sweet character. Medium bodied with a soft mouthfeel. The taste is fairly bland, with a surprisingly bland bitterness as well. The cool can and decent aroma promised but the taste under-delivered, still it is OK.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Can from Lawson. Deep gold, clear, huge, fine head. Nice citrus hop nose, lemon, a bit of grapefruit, a touch of tropical. Decent. Light, crisp malt. Malt comes on more int he mouth, a bit sweet, oranges, stone fruits, grapefruit. Not bad. Crisp, crackery, nicely dry and bitter finish. Not surprising or full-flavored, but decent enough.