Boxing Cat Brewery Contender Extra Pale Ale

Contender Extra Pale Ale

 

Boxing Cat Brewery in Shanghai, Shanghai, China 🇨🇳

  Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular
Score
6.33
ABV: 4.9% IBU: - Ticks: 9
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6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at Boxing Cat, Fuxing Rd. Cloudy golden with medium white head. Some citrus, herbal, sweetish. Light bitterness. Pretty simple.

Tried from Draft at Boxing Cat Brewery (Fuxing Rd) on 25 Mar 2025 at 23:00


4.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Small white rim over hazy orangey golden beer. Straw, malts - not only pale - and a bit as old grains, maltsyrup as well. Perfumey, but with a bitter edge, clashing. Again maltsyrup - with a bitter vegetable and a herb as lavender. Bit slick, bit oily too; light bodied, rather undercarbonated. One big criticism - apart from all the usual - clashing flavours, unbalanced. Txs to Stef!

Tried from Bottle on 19 Mar 2023 at 08:43


5.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottled. Clear pale golden, mid sized head. Aroma of red apples. Mid sweet with light-medium body and clean, rounded mouthfeel. Fruity and bready. Mid bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Dec 2019 at 21:09


6.2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Tried on 04 Oct 2019 at 18:21


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Touch of citrus and pith. Clear pale gold with a decent white head. Light citrus and bready notes,

Tried on 21 Aug 2019 at 10:53


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

On tap at Hong Kong Island Taphouse, pours a hazy blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out gentle piney hops, biscuity malt, and some herbal notes. Flavour is rather herbal in the hop department, with biscuity malt and some pot. Not too bad - smells better than it tastes.

Tried from Draft on 21 Aug 2019 at 10:46


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

The contender extra pale ale 4.9% has the least head of the taster set making it look like the poor cousin. A deeper gold than the helles. It does have a pretty darn nice citrusy/floral hop nose with a bit of stinky cheese funk. Light soft round carbonation & a smooth mouthfeel plus a tasty hoppy bit overturns the disappointing look. Delicious. Once warm it mellowed nicely. Ap 3 ar 8 t 8 p 4o 13-14 ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Tried on 22 Dec 2014 at 17:32


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Drunk to celebrate my rating number 25,500. Draft. A hazy golden beer with a huge yellowish head. The aroma has notes of lemons, elderflowers, and hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, hops, elderflowers, lemons, and hay, leading to a bitter finish.

Tried from Draft on 04 Feb 2013 at 08:51


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Tap @ Mikkeller bar. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are citrus, peach, grapefruit, hops and malt.

Tried from Draft on 01 Feb 2013 at 06:40