Stranger Pale Ale
Left Hand Brewing Company in Longmont, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.20
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Sane or senseless? Harmless or harmful? Sometimes it takes awhile to get to know a stranger. Initial impressions are not always reality, so you must delve deeper. Beyond the initial floral hop aromas, malt sweetness is revealed, yet with a spicy undertone that exposes a very rye sense of humor. Take your time to get to know the Stranger. It’s strangely satisfying.
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5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle from We Brought Beer, Balham, London - golden amber coloured pour with white head. Aroma and taste is light fruity grassy and malty, some faint citrus hop, watery body, pretty bland and subdued (Note this bottle was a month over best before) but still cant imagine it being any punchier "in date" (maybe a re-rate here)
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2014
at 09:47
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Archer Road Beer Stop, Sheffield. Clear, dark gold. Minimal head. Quite grainy. Some orange. Tastes grainy sweet. Turns dry, and light bitter. Thinnish palate. Some bitterness, with more grainy sweetness at the end.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2014
at 14:43
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
355ml bottle from Appellation Wines. Appearance - golden with a thin head. Nose - lemon peel and pale malt. Lemon/orange zest comes later. Taste - orange zest nicely intertwined with cereal. Palate - close to medium bodied with a subtle tangy texture and a balanced dry finish. Overall - very balanced and easy drinking. A beer of elegance that improves all the time.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2014
at 07:27
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
355 ml bottle from Appellation Wines. Pours clear pale gold, thin white head. Aromas of fresh orange, straw. Taste is more lemon/orange citrus, light spice. Medium body, light bitter finish. Good for the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2014
at 07:27
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keg at brewdog Edinburgh. Pours light golden yellow, thin, light fruity toffee flavour.
Tried
on 21 Aug 2014
at 23:50
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
12 ounce bottle. Brassy gold color. Small bubbly white head with nice lace. Fresh citrus hop aroma. Toasted grainy malt flavor upfront. Slightly spicy rye malt flavor balanced by complex hops. This is a well crafted, medium bodied pale ale that is very quaffable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2014
at 17:50
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Dunkelgoldenes Bier mit schöner Schaumkrone. Geruch malzig fruchtig, hopfig, blumig. Geschmack leicht nach tropischen Früchten, malzig, leicht bitterer Abgang.
Tried
on 10 Apr 2014
at 14:23
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at iBrew Shinbashi. Malty, lemony nose. golden with a low, fine head. Very spicy and flowery, like camomile or maybe jasmine. Decent, but too spicy. Somewhat pils-like.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Mar 2014
at 04:33
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at CAH-D on 05/14/2011. Clear golden body with a small creamy white head. Sweet caramel and toasty malt aroma with a floral hop background. Sweet bready malt and floral hop flavor. Medium body with moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jan 2014
at 16:04
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught @ Cockney Pub. Pours slightly hazy golden with a white head. Aroma of malt, light grassy hops, little citrus. Flavor is malt, yeast notes, grass, citrus. Medium body, soft carbonation, light bitter finish. 140913
Tried
on 14 Sep 2013
at 06:08