Crosswind Pale Ale
Lake of Bays Brewing Company in Baysville, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.19
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Clear yellow pour. Slight diacetyl nose up front with a little bit if floral hops and some sweet malts. A little bit if apple and pear even a little corn. Semi bitter finish with another faint hint if hops. Just what Ontario needed another run of the mill pale ale. Sheesh.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Canned, from LCBO. Almost clear deep golden, rich head. Fruity nose with some grapefruit peels. Mid dry with light-medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Fruity with mild citrus. Mid bitter finish. Pedestrian APA, in a good way.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Cleanly made pale ale. Mild bitterness, hop selection isn't great or anything unique. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
So one of the grabs by my daughters, given to me for a birthday present. Dear Americans who have bought this beer (I see it’s exported down south) please don’t use this beer as a benchmark for Canadian brews, we can, and do, make much, much better. While nothing is wrong with this beer, it just falls short. Mild resin, pine, and bitter hop flavours. (That’s right with a u.) Cereal malts, some sweetness, but not syrupy. Solid favour but not all that interesting. So ya, try it if you like, but try some others too. (And smuggle some good ones up my way too.)
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Can from the LCBO. Hazy light orange amber pour with a one finger white head that leave a bit of tight lace. Nose is caramel and honey with faint floral hops. Taste follows the nose with a medium sweet start that follows through to the end with on the slightest sign of bitterness. Medium slick mouth with soft carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Slightly hazy bronze, gentle carbonation. It has that stale mushroomy aroma, lightish body and lots of sweetness. Very honeyish and almost no bitterness or even hop aroma. Better thought of as an amber.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
This ale poured a light yellow colour, slightly cloudy with a bright white, medium density head. Scents include hay, corn and dough. First swig was quite hoppy but not over bearing. Flavours of corn, light toast and grass most predominant. Finish is lightly bitter with corn/toast flavours lingering. Pretty good beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at C’est What, Toronto
Hazy golden color, small head. Light Ale, it has a moderate malt flavor, with a hint of crispness and a touch of toffee; correct bitterness; quite dry.
Pleasant, easy.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Tastes like stale bubblegum. A weird musky kind of stale taste, strange hop profile without much smell at all. The caramel they talk about on the label is hard to detect. Bottle at no name bar
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
(bottle) clear light amber colour with small white head; aromas of citrus, hint of stewed fruit; balanced and drinkable flavour with long light bitter finish