American Pale Ale
Arctic Fox in Rowville, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.95
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Thanks Victor.
The appearance was a burnt orange to amber color, almost brown. Finger’s worth of white foamy head dissipated at a nice pace. Mild stringy lace.
The aroma balances nicely between a dry piney and citrusy (bitter portion) hops to some toffee and caramel malty tones.
The flavor leans crisp malty sweet with a quick bitter hoppiness rolling in for the balance. Sly semi-sweet malty aftertaste rubbing against some hops to lead on into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a nice sessionability about it. Carbonation feels good for what it is. Mild smoothness.
Overall, pretty good American styled pale ale that I could have again.
The appearance was a burnt orange to amber color, almost brown. Finger’s worth of white foamy head dissipated at a nice pace. Mild stringy lace.
The aroma balances nicely between a dry piney and citrusy (bitter portion) hops to some toffee and caramel malty tones.
The flavor leans crisp malty sweet with a quick bitter hoppiness rolling in for the balance. Sly semi-sweet malty aftertaste rubbing against some hops to lead on into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a nice sessionability about it. Carbonation feels good for what it is. Mild smoothness.
Overall, pretty good American styled pale ale that I could have again.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Nov 2016
at 07:26
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 2
Overall 8.5
From a 330ml bottle on 16/5/2010. Has a fantastic, powerful aroma - stonefruits, passionfruit and some peach. Tastes extremely big for a beer which is only 4.7%. Lots of different flavours are evident. Sweet, fruity and malty, with a long, very assertive hop kick, which is almost peppery. Would probably be even better it the finish was just a touch more subdued. However, this is an excellent APA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 May 2010
at 22:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle, 13C. Pours copper with a modest beige head. High bead. Aroma is full of American hops: grapefruit, pine and a little resin. Taste has some light caramel and stone fruit sweetness underneath tasty but short-lived bitterness. Body is a little on the thin side. There’s nothing terribly complicated here and that’s not a bad thing: this is a highly drinkable beer with a good smack of fresh aromatic hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2010
at 05:55
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours dark coppery amber with a large, lasting creamy head.Aroma shows masses of lychee, kumquat, pine, passionfruit, resin, orange marmalade, fruity confectionery, pineapple, etc, etc. Sweet clean malt is not forgotten; seems to be a nice load of crystal in there.A fair bit of the fruit transfers through as flavours, along with the sweet clean malt. Finish is quite aggressive (and astringent) with a somewhat harsh bitterness.Carbonation is a little too high, body slightly light.The sharp, harsh finish really drags this beer down, that aroma was a stunner though.
Tried
on 09 May 2010
at 18:20