Ellison Brewery + Spirits Dawn Street

Dawn Street

 

Ellison Brewery + Spirits in East Lansing, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

  Pale Ale - American Style / APA Rotating
Score
7.18
ABV: 6.5% IBU: - Ticks: 7
A tribute to the street that our brewery is located on, this hazy Pale Ale starts with tropical aroma and then burst forward with citrus and pine flavor. Deceptively easy to drink, this beer finishes clean.
 

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

Pours hazy orange with a huge off white head. It has an aroma of citrus hops and caramel malt. The flavor has bitterness with citrus, resin, and caramel. Medium bodied.

Tried on 15 Sep 2021 at 04:17


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

16oz (thx, Brian C.!) @ home. Appearance: a bit hazy golden with a white head. Aroma: quite citrusy, a bit crispy. Taste: along the same lines with citrusy and piney bitterness. Overall: nice and clean.

Tried on 01 Dec 2019 at 06:44



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

Sample at The Draft Room during the Ellison Brewery Launch Event on 02/28/2019. Hazy pale orange color with a medium thin off-white head that recedes gradually to an outer ring. Sticky strings of lace. Grassy hops, fruit and malt in the nose. Light-bodied with flavors of grassy hop, citrus and biscuit malt. The finish is mildly bitter with a grassy hops aftertaste. Decent overall.

Tried from Draft on 13 May 2019 at 20:22


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Refrigerated 16 oz. aluminum can poured into a cup. Hazy golden with medium white head. Taste is citrus hops and herbal hops.

Tried from Can on 09 May 2019 at 23:27


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

16 ounce can into tulip glass, no can dating. Pours slightly hazy medium golden yellow color with a 2 finger dense and rocky off white head with amazing retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts. Thick soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas big tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berry, lemon/orange zest, light pepper/pine, lightly toasted biscuit, light honey, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and moderate bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of huge tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berry, lemon/orange zest, light pepper/pine, lightly toasted biscuit, light honey, 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 rind, pepper, pine, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and moderate 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, bready/grainy/sticky, and lightly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 6.5%. Overall this is a fantastic American pale ale! All around outstanding complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the modestly bitter/drying finish. Super dank, vibrant, and juicy hops; great balancing bready malt backbone, with minimal residual sweetness. A highly enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.

Tried from Can on 10 Oct 2017 at 19:06


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

On tap at Hopcat A2. Pours a clear yellow gold with a white head that lasts throughout the beer and laces. Flavor has grass, flora and citrus with a bit of sweet grain backing. Flavor has a good amount of grass and citrus with a bit sweet grain and flora underlying.

Tried from Draft on 08 Apr 2017 at 12:41