Oatsmobile Ale

12oz bottle. Bright but hazy orange body, attractive frothy head. Nice hop depth, from peachy Mosaic to bright Citra to a more bitter Amarillo. Oats give it some heft, body. Oh so sessionable, but also has some depth and character. Quality offering.

12oz bottle into a La Chouffe tulip on 24th May 2016 while on holiday in California. Light amber body, off-white blanket of foam on top. tropical fruits in the nose and taste, citrus bitterness comes later, dry finish with a citric bite: bit too dry for my palate, but a decent beer all the same.

Pour is a clean dark gold with a small white head. Aroma is surprisingly very hop forward with plenty of tropical fruit coming off the beer. Flavor is again a large hop presence but then comes a bready and dry oat to cleanse the palate. I did not know what a session pale ale with oats was going to be like but the brewer really let the hops do the talking here. I could drink a few of these in one sitting.

Bright, amber, thick head. Light floral hop character. Clipped, filtered taste leaves a touch of hop but utterly unsatisfying toasty malts. Thin, has no life. Just the ghost of hops I like.

Bottle. Orange, oat malt, and grapefruit peel aroma. Slightly hazy golden yellow with nice long-lasting light tan head. Moderately sweet citrus, malt, and moderately bitter dry grapefruit peel flavor. Good body. A great session ale.

12 ounce bottle into signature pint glass, bottled on 4/2/2016. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy golden orange color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky off white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big peach, grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, mango, passion fruit, berry, lemon zest, orange peel, light pepper, pine, light honey, bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of bright citrus/tropical/pine hops and light-moderate bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big peach, grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, mango, passion fruit, berry, lemon zest, orange peel, light pepper, pine, light honey, bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Moderate pine/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of peach, grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, mango, passion fruit, berry, lemon/orange peel, pepper, pine, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of bright citrus/tropical/pine hops and light-moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance and zero astringent hop flavors after the finish. Moderate dryness from bitterness that increases through the glass. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, fairly sticky/resinous, and lightly grainy/bready balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with zero warming present after the finish as expected of 4.3%. Overall this is a very nice session pale ale. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of bright citrus/tropical/pine hops and light-moderate bready malt flavors; and very smooth and flavorful to drink for the low ABV. A very enjoyable offering.

Bottle. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of oat and sweet grains with some earthy citrus supporting. Flavor has grass and earthy citrus with light grains and some oats.
Earlier Rating: 9/23/2015 Total Score: 4
Sampled from the tap at ABR 2015. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates slowly ot the edges. Aroma has a nice bit of citrus with a touch of sweetness and a grain backbone. Flavor has a combination of sweet and bitter citrus with some grain supporting and a bit of apricot.