River's Edge Brewing Company SMaSH: Sabro

SMaSH: Sabro

 

River's Edge Brewing Company in Milford Charter Township, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

  Pale Ale - American Style / APA Series Out of Production
Score
7.09
ABV: 5.3% IBU: - Ticks: 1
The 3rd installment of our SMSH (single malt, single hop) series comes off looking like a clean, straw blonde with orange highlights waving in the wind on a tropical island that you still haven't received your luggage to. A smooth drinking, crushable beer packed with a pleasant punch of peach, tangerine and out of this world tropical notes. Weighing in at just 5.3%, it's time to grab another while you're waiting for that luggage.
 

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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

16 ounce prowler into pint glass, filled on 4/7/2019. Pours fairly crystal clear medium golden amber color with a 2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big tangerine, lemon, grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, coconut, mango, melon, cedar, mint, cream, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate pale malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, lemon, grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, coconut, mango, melon, cedar, mint, cream, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, woody, floral, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, lemon, grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, coconut, mango, melon, cedar, mint, cream, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate pale malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp, bready/grainy/sticky, and fairly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.3%. Overall this is an excellent single hopped pale ale. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate pale malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and pretty refreshing to drink with the moderately bitter/resinous/drying finish; not overly aggressive. Great Sabro hop showcase as expected. Very vibrant, dank, earthy, and fairly juicy hop complexity; with a nice clean pale malt backbone. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp resin dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and impressive spot on style example. No complaints.

Tried on 29 Apr 2019 at 21:24