Pale Ale (KPA)
Kingsville Brewing Company in Kingsville, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.76
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Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
473ml can. Pretty f'n dark for a pale ale, clear copper pour, with a medium white head. Aroma is brown sugar dipped pine cones. Slightly roasty, soft smoke, lightly floral pine resins. Medium bitterness, fruity, piney hops. Easy drinking. Basically an old school ipa from 10 years ago. Not bad, not great, and not a pale ale.
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Drake (22940) reviewed Pale Ale (KPA) from Kingsville Brewing Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pint can from Bella's Sault St. Marie, 7/11/21. Bought last weekend, best by 3/20/2018. Shame on that place. I'll rate this with that in consideration. It looks nice. Hazy amber, large foamy white head, good retention. Aroma of stale citrus hops, grain. Taste is grapefruit, lime, resin, toasted malt. Flat, thin. This seems like it would have been very nice three years ago. I will double my ratings for aroma, taste, and overall to make up for Bella's.
superspak (10160) reviewed Pale Ale (KPA) from Kingsville Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 3/20/2018. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy deep orange/amber/light copper color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and rocky cream colored head with awesome retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, melon, citrus peel/zest, light peppercorn, pine, caramel, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and moderate dark/bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, melon, citrus peel/zest, wood, light peppercorn, pine, caramel, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, melon, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, caramel, toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and moderate dark/bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/sticky, and lightly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 6.5%. Overall this is an excellent American pale ale. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and moderate dark/bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mellowly bitter/resinous/drying finish, not aggressive. Likely Columbus, Centennial, Amarillo. Very juicy and fairly dank/earthy hop complexity; great caramel/Munich malt backbone. Mild residual sweetness with lingering resin dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on classic tasting style example.