Shoals Pale Ale
Smuttynose Brewing Company in Hampton, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - Classic English Regular|
Score
6.64
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Our first beer, Shoals Pale Ale debuted on July 16, 1994 on Portsmouth’s historic waterfront. Our interpretation of a classic English ale is copper-colored, medium-bodied and pleasantly hopped. Its flavor is delightfully complex yet balanced: tangy fruit at the start, with an assertive hop crispness and a long malty finish that one well-known beer writer has compared to the flavor of freshly-baked bread.
The Samuel Haley House, which is featured on the label still stands on Smuttynose Island, one of nine Isles of Shoals, just off the New Hampshire coast. The rich lore of the islands holds that Samuel Haley paid for this house with four bars of pirate silver he found exploring the island. And yes, there are hordes of seagulls on Smuttynose Island.
The Samuel Haley House, which is featured on the label still stands on Smuttynose Island, one of nine Isles of Shoals, just off the New Hampshire coast. The rich lore of the islands holds that Samuel Haley paid for this house with four bars of pirate silver he found exploring the island. And yes, there are hordes of seagulls on Smuttynose Island.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dark amber color. Big minerally nose with apples and oranges. Medium body modest bitterness. A throw back to the 90s pale ale. Ok
Tried
on 10 Feb 2017
at 05:51
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
355ml bottle@Kitty’s. Poured golden color with a thin white head. Fruity, malty aroma, some biscuity notes. Flavor has similar things, biscuit, dark fruits. Hoppy, bitter finish, but feels old.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2016
at 15:50
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Bottle, 0.355 l - BB 18.02.2017, at Kaunis Kampela, 20161118) The beer poured mahogany coloured and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had fruitiness, caramel and biscuits. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were fruitiness, sweetness, biscuits, malts and bitterness. Aftertaste was hoppy and bitter. A bit weak hoppy pale ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2016
at 15:25
7/10
Tried
on 22 Oct 2016
at 08:05
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Copper color. Aroma of malt, caramel and grass. Flavor of buttery caramel, malt and some faint bitter grassy hops. It’s a bit old, but still allright.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jan 2016
at 15:45
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle: Hazy, light amber coloured, stable and lacy off-white head; distinctive herbal-hoppy nose plus some x-mas spices(?), supported by a little bit of caramel and a tinge of vanilla in the background; dry bitter flavour with a very faint sweetness, astonishingly light bodied; lingering dry bitter-herbal finish, traces of cough-syrup included. Surely good, but IMHO a bit uniforme…
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2015
at 16:56
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap at Cosmic Comic Cafe. Caramel, bread, grass and fruits. Mild citrus. Mild to moderate sweetness and moderate bitterness. Bitter and somewhat dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Nov 2015
at 13:56
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
355ml bottle from Bottle Bank, Falmouth. About a month out of date. Pours hazy amber with good off-white head. Malty aroma with some light fruit. Taste is a pretty easy-going pale, some mild fruits, nice moderately sweet malts, reserved bitter tones. Decent US bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2015
at 15:47
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft at Beer Temple. Pours hazy amber brown with a medium cream head. Aroma of toffee, caramel malt, light fruits, orange peel and toast. Flavour is light moderate sweet and moderate bitter. Light medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Sep 2015
at 12:24
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught @ Cockney Pub, Aarhus. Pours slight hazy light brown with a offwhite head. Aroma of malt, grass, light fruity hops. Flavor is malt, little bread, grass, fruity hops, peach, mild citrus. Medium body, soft carbonation, light bitter finish. 030915
Tried
on 09 Sep 2015
at 14:27