Ridge Trail
Wolf's Ridge Brewing in Columbus, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
7.08
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 10/27/2017. Pours slightly hazy medium orange/amber/light copper color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, melon, lemon zest, orange peel, light pepper/pine, caramel, toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity hops and moderate dark/bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, melon, lemon zest, orange peel, light pepper, pine, caramel, toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Moderate pine, citrus peel, herbal, grass, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, melon, lemon/orange peel, citrus rind, pepper, pine, caramel, toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/pine hops and moderate dark/bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy/sticky, and lightly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.4%. Overall this is an excellent American pale ale. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/pine hops and moderate dark/bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink, with the modestly bitter/drying finish. Great balanced juicy/dank hop complexity; with a nice dark/bready malt backbone. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example. Tastes very similar to Alpha King in malt/hop profile.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2018
at 18:09
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft - Nice sweet hoppy and toffee. Clear copper with a decent beige head. Nice caramel malts and hops with a bit of twig. Solid.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Jul 2016
at 20:14
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft - pours amber white head -nose/taste of citrus, grapefruit, caramel and orange peel - med body
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Jul 2016
at 13:43
7/10
Tried
on 08 Jun 2016
at 11:11
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at the brewpub. Clear orange-amber color with a medium thin off white head that recedes quickly to an outer ring. Stringy lacing. Aroma of hops, fruit and malt. Light to medium body with flavors of herbal hops, roast malt and fruit. The finish is moderately bitter with a hoppy aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2014
at 17:03