Pale Ale

Keg at the brewery taproom. Pours clear gold with a tight cream cap. The aroma has pine needles and floral hops. Light sweet flavor with bready pale malts, some oily pine, white bread. Medium sweet flavor with fine carbonation. Finishes simply and sweetly, some dusty pine, white grape. Medium bodies with fine carbonation. Finishes with mild hop oils to finish, some further white bread. So so.

Location: 22 oz bottle from Half Time, 10/9/12

Aroma: The aroma fairly fruity, but not citrus fruit, some biscuit, and a yeast
Appearance: It pours a hazy orange color with a fizzy off-white head
Flavor: The taste is light-medium sweet, it has a very little bitterness, and a slightly tart finish
Palate: The body is medium, but it falls off quickly, and this one has a fizzy carbonation
Overall Impression: This one is my first beer from (and first time hearing of) Keuka Brewing Co. I think they missed on the style completely, but beyond that, the beer just wasn't really that good. I don't know what they were going for here, it was clearly different, but not so much in a good way. I'd probably pass on it next time. I have another Keuka beer in the stash right now, lets hope that one is better.

Bomber from Half Time. Under contract with Custom BrewCrafters. A mild gusher. Pours hazy amber with a 4 finger foamy white head. Aromas of light pitted fruits with spice. Near full bodied. Slightly tart. There’s roast malt, and something suggesting spiced peach or apricot - that’s not quite it, but ... It finishes dry with some spice. Interesting. Different.

A hazed golden with a thin white head. In aroma, a grainy malt with mash tun notes, light caramel and British hops. In mouth, an oily caramel malt, very extract like, light hopping, boring. On tap at Seneca Lodge Brewfest, Dec. 3 2011.