The Lion Brewery Pocono Pale Ale

Pocono Pale Ale

 

The Lion Brewery in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸

  Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular
Score
6.40
ABV: - IBU: - Ticks: 6
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

From May 2007

Compliments of jwc215. Thanks again, Joe!

This pours from 12oz bottle a slightly hazy orange with a nice healthy head of foam that shrinks to a fine layer and it has some lacing.

The smell is a nice mix of hoppy bitterness and some bready and sweet malt notes.

The taste on first sip has some sweet malt and some bready notes that is followed by a hop oil flavour and a bit of citrus and just a tiny bit of grass. Interesting.

Swishing the beer in my mouth, the hop oil is the most noticeable flavour that I can detect, followed by the bread, and I'm finding it quite pleasing.

Further sips in and I'm noticing that the finish has a lemony taste to it and that's something that I thinks detracts from my overall enjoyment of this Pale Ale. Lose that and I'd give it higher marks.

Bottom line: A good Pale Ale that could be better if...see my remarks. ;^) I'd still say try it.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Oct 2017 at 10:11


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Pours a hazy golden with a small, white head. Rather vague aroma of aroma hops. Medium-bodied, somewhat bon-bon like flavour and some weak accents of citrus. A wee touch of caramel, but ends overwhelmingly dry. Not much hops, and not really any great IPA. 220406

Tried from Bottle on 06 May 2006 at 17:12


6.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

An unclear orange beer with a lazing white head. The aroma has light notes of hops, caramel, and malt, and so does the flavor, on a sweet background. I find it a bit light in the flavor.

Tried on 23 Apr 2006 at 07:11


4.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Light amber colour; light earthiness of flavour. Mostly Goldings and caramel malt. This beer would be right at home in Ontario.

Tried on 13 Oct 2002 at 22:36


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Orange coloured. Dry, medium bodied, hop dominated, bitter, grape aroma.....

Tried on 03 Feb 2002 at 15:37


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

This is a wonderful full-hopped IPA style. Golden in color, clean scent. Strong complex hoppy flavor.

Tried on 18 Jun 2000 at 21:09