Catalyst
Atom Beers in Hull, East Yorkshire, England 🏴
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.77
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A Catalyst is a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a faster rate than otherwise possible. A juicy American Pale Ale driven forward by mountains of American hops. Punchy citrus aroma gives way to intense tropical hop flavour.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can from Tick Beer. Cloudy gold with moderate sized white head, nice retention. Aroma of orange, stone fruits, mango, some pine. Taste is hoppy and fruity, orange, melon, passionfruit, a slight pine resin note in the finish. Modest bitterness. Nice, very sessionable.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:02
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Saturday 13th April 2024, Bertie, Margie and I in Tamworth on a pub crawl. Hand-pulled third of a pint, on a flight of three cask ales. Golden body, white top. Citrusy from start to finish, yet another golden citrus flavoured beer!
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Apr 2024
at 06:53
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
440ml can delivered from Hoptimism's final delivery. Pours light gold, hazy with a large and slightly loose white head. Fruity aroma, lots of orange and pineapple, a little bit of sulphur which I didn't expect. Balanced but mostly sweet taste, lots more pineapple here, with light fruity hop bitterness in the finish. Oily body, lightly carbonated. Good.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Mar 2023
at 22:11
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Craft & Berry. Appearance - cloudy yellow to orange. Slightly off-white head. Nose - tinned orange and peach. Taste - orange and apricot, tinned again. A little zest cleans it up. Palate - light bodied, creamy texture, balanced bitterness and a nice linger. Overall - good.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jan 2021
at 21:32
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can: Poured an orange with a white head. Aroma is hoppy, citrus, piney. Taste is nice hoppy forward, bitter, citrus, fruity.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jan 2021
at 21:02
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from the brewery online shop. Pours hazy golden orange with a short-lived thin white head. Aromas of citrus and banana. Taste is creamy, banana and stone fruit. Not quite the citrus burst I was expecting. Sweet finish.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Sep 2020
at 16:33
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at home in Hackney - sourced from the Trembling Madness online shop. Pours hazy yellow-gold with a frothy, pure white head. Quite nice overall, with moderate sweetness, some white grape, semi-ripe citrus fruits, soft bitterness, pale bread, ripe lemon. Light bodied with fine, massaging carbonation. Decent balance to the finish, more pale bread, ripening lemon and other citrus, white grape, a little mango. Highly drinkable. Good stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 07 May 2020
at 19:31
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at the Corn Exchange, Hull, 20/02/20. Hazed golden orange with a decent off white cap. Nose is passionfruit, grass, citric pith, melon. Taste comprises orange pith, light pine needle, grass, melon, airy malts. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with juicy hop bitterness. Not bad.
Tried
on 26 Feb 2020
at 09:22
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Keg @ Nightjar, Hebden Bridge. Fully hazed amber with a creamy head. Has lots of carbonated air in its mouthfeel, which disguises the hoppy nature of the beer too much, at least on this pour. There's some fruit in its nose.
Tried
on 20 Aug 2019
at 14:11
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keg, half pint. Tasted on the 20/04/2019 at Grub, Manchester (England). Bright hazy golden colour with almost no head. Aroma is slightly mango, peach and Citra hops. Taste is fruity and citrusy leading to a balanced and refreshing hoppy finish. Next one please!
Tried
on 02 May 2019
at 15:16