Common Sense Ale
Upstate Brewing Company in Elmira, New York, United States 🇺🇸
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Score
6.08
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Canned from GCT. Poured like I don’t know. Some malts and sweets and sourdough readiness. Pretty refreshing.
stevoj (18528) reviewed Common Sense Ale from Upstate Brewing Company 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Taster at Brewery. Copper colored pour, ring of foamy head. Malty aroma. Taste is malty, faint sweetness, a touch of dryness. Seems thin
And my 2nd Kentucky common to round things out. Thanks to Max!
Mrf33n3y (6649) ticked Common Sense Ale from Upstate Brewing Company 5 years ago
Just a little bit of head. VERY malty once it settled.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Not a California Common, but a Kentucky common, closest respected glassware would be a becher glass, I guess.
The appearance was a ruddy dark red almost brown, perhaps I could say \"mahogany\" in color with a thin finger’s worth of white foamy head that dissipated at a mild pace. Stringy lace.
The aroma had a ton of malts in the front, somewhat sugary with a slight grassy to floral hoppiness ever so slightly at the end.
The flavor leads with the malts, and really brings in the grassy/floral hops at the back end. Malty aftertaste but something different about it than other \"malty beers’ aftertaste\" - somewhat like a sweet pine, but not like pine needles, maybe something herbal to it. I’m probably over thinking it, to be honest. Malty sort of floral/piney finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Decent carbonation. ABV felt as projected by the brewer.
Overall, I know ratebeer uses a catch all for \"traditional ale\" for a beer of this nature which was traditionally served in mugs as a \"Kentucky common.\" Maybe if more brewers produce \"Kentucky commons,\" this would eventually get it’s own \"style\" on here. Until then, sorry I didn’t have it in a mug, oh well. Tis good.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Sampled from a 16 oz can this beer poured a dark caramel-brown color with an enormous creamy-fluffy off white head that lingered and left incredible lacing. The aroma was tangy and sweet with notes of corn, faint fruit and a yeasty presence. The flavor was tangy, bready, yeasty and a bit fruity. Medium length finish. Medium body and smooth.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can. Pours hazy dark amber with small off-white foamy head, faint caramel aroma, high carbonation, tangy caramel taste with medium bitter ending, metallic tint. Not very spectacular.
Mansquito (19309) reviewed Common Sense Ale from Upstate Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
The Sampler, Brooklyn tap: Pours slightly see-through dark brown with a beige head. Aroma is nuts, malts, fresh, yeasty bread. Beer is extremely refreshing. I came in parched (too much salty food) and this beer successfully rectified the problem. The acidity was there, but I was surprised not to find the sourness in there, but I suppose the explanation above explains it. Simple and tasty.
Lubiere (24605) reviewed Common Sense Ale from Upstate Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
A reddish copper ale with a thin off white head. In aroma, sweet fruity caramel malt with light grassy hops, light acidity, nice. In mouth, a sweet fruity caramel malt with light grassy hops, light mineral notes, rye, OK. On tap at Syracuse Beer fest November 2014.
ben4321 (11632) reviewed Common Sense Ale from Upstate Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Location: Sampled at TapNY, 4/26/14
Aroma: The aroma is light and malty, some bread, and pale malts, and not much else
Appearance: This brew pours a clear reddish-orange color with a beige head on it
Flavor: The taste is mild, with a bit of grainy sweetness and some mild bitterness
Palate: The body is light-medium, it drinks alright, clean on the mouth, and a mild finish
Overall Impression: Well, now I understand why this wasn't sour at all. It wasn't suppose to be. I saw that it was a Kentucky Common, and I expected it to be sour, so reading the description on here clears that up. That changes my opinion a bit, but, at the same time, it was just a pretty boring beer. The lack of the expected sourness wasn't my only issue, it also kind of lacks taste in general.