Rising Sun Pale Ale

Tap at Pudel, Tallinn. Originally rated 20160407. Colour is cloudy light orange with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, grape, hops and malts.

Clear golden beer, white head. Light citrus aroma and lots of hops and citrus in the flavour. Bit of a bready, malty taste too. Really drinkable.

330 ml bottle into pint glass, bottled on 12/20/2014. Labeled as 5.5%. Pours moderately hazy/cloudy golden orange color with a 2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon zest, apple, peach, apricot, mango, light pepper/pine, light caramel, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/earthy hops, fruity yeast, and bready malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, lemon zest, apple, peach, apricot, mango, light pepper, pine, light caramel, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Moderate amount of herbal/piney bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon zest, peach, apricot, mango, pine, light caramel, toasted bread, and herbal/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice robustness, complexity, and balance of citrus/earthy hops, fruity yeast, and bready malt flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Fair amount of dryness after the finish from bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp/sticky, and slightly creamy/bready mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very nice American pale ale style. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/earthy hops, fruity yeast, and bready malt flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink. Even with the obvious English yeast counterpart, I feel this still fits the American style with it’s citrus and tropical flavors. A very enjoyable offering.

Bottle. Aroma: citrus and very fruity. Refreshing taste with a good hop profile, fruits, ligth hop bitterness.

Keg at the 4th Copenhagen Beer Celebration, Session 3, 02/05/2015. Hazed orange Amber with moderately appointed off white spotting. Nose is caramel malt, juicy citric wash, orange pith, grapefruit. Taste comprises citric pith, light bread dough, tangy tropicana, melon, grapefruit. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, hoppy wash in a semi drying close. Decent APA.

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0,33L bottle (from Koht, Tallinn). Pours golden-amber with off-white head. The small head stays for some time. Aroma is sweet, tropical fruits, grapes, mango. Flavor is sweet, tropical fruits, mango, citrus. Body is thin. Overall: nice.

On tap at Naka-Meguro Taproom. Served in an English tulip pint. Golden orange color with a bit of haziness and a nice eggshell head. Floral hops, resin and citrus are all on the nose. Same aromas are present in the taste with a slight apricot jam flavor that peaks out as it comes to room temperature. Medium bitterness on the palate. Medium carbonation. Slightly watery mouthfeel.

(Bottle) Hazy amber with reasonable if slightly coarse white head. Aroma is mostly citrus with a somewhat odd spicy disinfectant hint. Nice mouthfeel, light body with plentiful if slightly coarse carbonation. Taste starts clean and refreshing, develops a light malty and slightly candy sweetness followed by a decent amount of, slightly harsh bitterness. Overall very drinkable, but a few aspects just a little off.