Left Hand Brewing Company Stranger Pale Ale

Stranger Pale Ale

 

Left Hand Brewing Company in Longmont, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸

  Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular
Score
6.20
ABV: 5.0% IBU: 36 Ticks: 99
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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6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 7.5
Pale golden colour, white head. Aroma of hops, passion fruit, honey, tropical fruits and citrus. Hoppy bitter flavour, quite fruity. Rather thin body, fruity hoppy finish.
(From 33cL bottle @ De Kleine Wereld, Breda)
Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2013 at 04:15

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bottle from beernavigator, almost 6 months old. Amber/golden coulored, medium white head, clear. Small scents of flowers and apricots. Very fresh and an easy drink. Subtle floral notes paired with apricotes and spices with herbal taste. Little bitterness, dry grassy/herbal finish. I like this but the hops could have much more accentuated.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2013 at 09:16

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
This is a weird beer, something is wrong. The aroma is nice enough, a mild citrus hop. The flavor is just weird though. There is still some spicy citrus hop, clean crackery malts, but a weird metallic note and bitterness, something like sucking on a penny, otherwise dominates. There’s a good beer in here.
Tried on 28 Jan 2013 at 18:23

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Very aromatic with floral hops and citrus peel. Fresh, fruity, hoppy taste. Has a light body that doesn’t carry the flavour through so well.
Tried on 26 Jan 2013 at 10:13

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Left Hand Stranger Pale Ale (by Left Hand Brewing Company):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5

24/I/13 - 12Fl. Oz. bottle from Biernavigatie (webshop, NL) @ home - BB: 24/VII/13 (2013-95)

Clear orange beer, some very small sediment floating around under an irregular white head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: lots of citrus, exotic fruits, passion fruits, pineapple, sweet sugary touch, piny, biscuit malts. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: quite some citrus, sweet mango, bit of pineapple, little sugary, bitter. Aftertaste: some citrus, resinous bitterness, sweet fruits, mango, some grains, dry bitter ending.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Jan 2013 at 10:14

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jan 2013 at 13:31

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
355ml bottle. Clear orangey golden colour with small, frothy, minimally lacing, white head. Cautious caramel malty aroma with a touch of orange and honey. Taste is cautious bitter hoppy, decent caramel malty basis. Boring.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2013 at 14:22

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Pours a clear golden color with a medium white head that evaporates steadily. Short strings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of hops, citrus and malt. Light-bodied with flavors of grassy hops, malt and a bit of fruit. The finish is mildly bitter with a floral hops aftertaste. Slightly above average overall.
Tried on 02 Jan 2013 at 12:29

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle 12fl.oz. @ [ Hotel tasting @ Hotel Tulip - Bodegraven ] before 4th Borefts Beer Festival 2012.Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, grass, wood, citrus - orange. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, grass, malty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120929] 7-3-7-3-14 Draught @ Earl of Essex, 25 Danbury st, London, Greater London, England N1 8LE.Clear medium golden yellow orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, pale malt, seet malt, almond - marzipan malt, keller. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120806] 6-3-7-3-14
Tried from Bottle on 25 Dec 2012 at 08:13

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
29th September 2012
Borefts Beer Festival IV. Day 2 (warm up tasting in Jan & Charlotte’s room). Light haze on this gold beer, good off white head. Light palate, airy and a little dry. Semi sweet hops. Tangerine, mild pith. Trace of peach. Semi dry finish. Mild bitter linger.
Tried on 10 Nov 2012 at 10:17