Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing Pale Ale

Pale Ale

 

Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing in Santa Cruz, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular
Score
5.50
ABV: - IBU: - Ticks: 10
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5.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Tap. Pours hazy pale amber, no head, no lacing. Aroma is caramel, pine, floral, citrus. Flavor is light sweet, light bitter, floral and citrus. Light body, flat. Meh

Tried from Draft on 27 Apr 2014 at 19:26


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cloudy orange. Light orange nose. Taste is thin, grassy, light aromatics. It’s a weak beer but nothing off about it. Pretty solid

Tried on 23 Jan 2014 at 23:55


3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2

From bottle to pint glass. Weird metallic and cardboard aroma with some earth. Nice looking enough hazy deep orange with white head that leaves a collar. Cardboard and malt with a dank-like grassy hop background. Lots of oxidation and phenols here. Watery mouthfeel with a dry finish.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Apr 2013 at 20:45


2.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 1.5

Draft. A hazy dark golden beer with a thick beige head. The aroma has strong notes of butter. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of butter, which carries on to the finish. Not good.
Earlier Rating: 11/21/2010 Total Score: 1.9
Draft. A light golden beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma has notes of malt as well as lighter notes of hops and onions. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, phenol, and plastic - I’m wondering what went wrong here.

Tried from Draft on 21 Nov 2010 at 15:13


4.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

On tap. Hazy golden with an off-white lacing head. Aroma of malt and a little fruit. Medium body, soft mouthfeel, unpleasant buttery notes with a light fruitiness. Dry bitterness in the finish. 090709
Earlier Rating: 7/28/2009 Total Score: 3
On tap. Slightly hazy yellow with a white head. Sweetish malty nose. Medium body, some malts and a hoppy finish. 090709

Tried from Draft on 28 Jul 2009 at 16:14


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

From tap at the brewpub as Spring Pale. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Mild herbal and grassy hops aroma. Sweet malt flavoured, light fruity note. Ends sweet malt flavoured with a light fruity hops note.
Earlier Rating: 7/24/2009 Total Score: 2.6
From tap at the brewpub. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Butterish and malty aroma. Sweet flavoured, distinct butterish and yet also hops fruity. Ends butterish malty and light bitter, lasting sweet impression.

Tried from Draft on 24 Jul 2009 at 08:33


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bomber from Bottle Trek. Hazy gold color with a one finger white head. Aroma of floral/citrus hop - rather light. Medium+ body with creamy carbonation. Flavor is a little citrus sour over very lightly roasted caramel. Then floral hops bloom. More of a light ESB than an APA. It’s quite delicious. Finish is pretty balanced: a little hint of sweet, but bitter to stave it off.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Jun 2008 at 20:41


4.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle Pale light yellow amber with a huge head even after sneeking it down the glass. Dull malty aroma with some traces of the bittering hops. Flavor was plain light malts and some citrusy bittering. Plenty of fizz and lacking in much flavor.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Jun 2007 at 19:40


5.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle: Pale yellow pour with a massive white head. Nose is musty and malty, a bit earthy. Tastes initially of apple, into a malty backbone and very little hops. Mild and uninspiring. Thanks Jordan.

Tried from Bottle on 30 May 2007 at 22:22


6.2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Golden beer with a big whitish head. Slight citrus aroma. Orange citrus and caramel flavor. Finishes with caramel and lingering light hops. Easy to drink. Medium bodied.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Aug 2006 at 14:43