Batch #014
Nowhere in Particular Brewing Company in Dayton, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
7.21
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12 ounce can into tulip glass; no can dating, but is a recent release. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy medium golden yellow color with a 1 finger fairly dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of huge tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berry, lemon zest, orange peel, light pepper/pine, honey, biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of huge tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berry, lemon zest, orange peel, light pepper/pine, honey, biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berry, lemon/orange peel, light pepper/pine, honey, biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and bready malt flavors; with an awesome 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/griny/sticky, and slightly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is fantastic. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 6%. Overall this is a fantastic American pale ale! All around outstanding complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the modestly bitter/drying finish. Never aggressive. Very vibrant, dank, and juicy hops; balanced bready malts, with no residual sweetness. Loved the hop profile. A highly enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
Double dry-hopped with Citra and Galaxy. (Not sure why this isn't in the description since it seems pretty pertinent to the beer, but, hey, what do i know.) Nice NEPA, Slightly hazed but fruity as hell, lemon drops and grapefruit and passion fruit with mild vegetal undertones and hints of pine and pepper on the finish. Grainy toasted malts add biscuit and a smidge of caramel, while the hops remain present and bright throughout. Finishes with enough bitterness to keep things interesting without wandering into IPA territory. Tasty beer.