Yosemite Scooter
Short's Brewing Company in Elk Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Rotating|
Score
6.74
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BANG! American Pale Ale BANG! BANG!
A lighter bodied American Pale Ale with a dirty blonde color and delightful aromas of bright zesty orange, mango, and rich sticky hops. Excellent hop flavors of citrus fruit and berries blast across the palate, along with a mild earthiness. Succeeded by a moderate bitterness that lends some lingering fruity rind-like qualities and traces of pine.
A lighter bodied American Pale Ale with a dirty blonde color and delightful aromas of bright zesty orange, mango, and rich sticky hops. Excellent hop flavors of citrus fruit and berries blast across the palate, along with a mild earthiness. Succeeded by a moderate bitterness that lends some lingering fruity rind-like qualities and traces of pine.
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4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Nice slightly hazy golden and copper coloured body with a good two centimetre tall off-white head. Aroma of malt, nuts, earth, toffee, caramel and more malt - there simply isn’t any hops at all in the nose. Light to Medium-bodied; Mellow nutty and earthy malt flavours with walnuts, bitter toffee and caramel noticeable, again only with the very slightest amount of hops possible - not much at all. Aftertaste is metallic, herbal, earthy, nutty and malty - that’s it, but even that is relatively muted. Overall, a pretty boring beer with no hops at all - it isn’t bad nor offensive, just not good and definitely not worth spending a lot of money on or room in a suitcase! I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Siciliano’s in Grand Rapids, Michigan on 11-September-2015 for US$1,69 sampled at home in Washington on 10-June-2016 on the day Gordie Howe passed away - RIP Mr. Hockey.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2016
at 00:18
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours a clear pale yellow with a peach hue and a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of straw and biscuit with a touch of pine backing. Flavor has a combination of musty grains, biscuit and earthy pine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2015
at 10:47
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Hazy orange body. Steady off-white head. Description sort of overhypes it. Solid resinous hop tones, just not exploring any new territory. Thick enough that I’d call it an IPA. A little sweet, but respectable enough hop depth. OK. Garlic-onion-caramel.
Tried
on 13 Jun 2015
at 20:44
8/10
Tried
on 22 Jun 2014
at 14:57
7/10
Tried
on 09 Jun 2014
at 18:36
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 oz bottle. Pours a hazy medium gold with a white head. Citrus and butterscotch aroma, hmmm. Toasty malt flavor, very toasty, to the point that I start to think there’s coffee in it. Other notes include butterscotch and herbal, earthy hops. I dunno, it seems like it’s a bit old, but as it is I’m really enjoying it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2014
at 02:29
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 3/17/2014. Pours slightly hazy deep golden color with a 2 finger fairly dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of tangerine, grapefruit, lemon zest, orange peel, strawberry, floral, grass, light pine, biscuit, toast, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of bright citrus/grassy hops and moderate bready malt sweetness; with solid strength. Taste of tangerine, grapefruit, strawberry, lemon zest, orange peel, floral, grass, pine, biscuit, toast, and floral/toasted earthiness. Moderate amount of floral/pine bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of tangerine, grapefruit, strawberry, orange/lemon zest, floral, grass, pine, biscuit, toast, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice complexity of bright citrus/grassy hops with moderate bready malt sweetness; with a good malt/bitterness balance and no cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a smooth, crisp, and fairly sticky/bready mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a nice pale ale. Good balance of bright hops and moderate bready malt sweetness; and very smooth and crisp to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2014
at 18:39