Extra Pale Ale
Almanac Beer Company in Alameda, California, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Hermitage Brewing CompanyPale Ale - American Style / APA Regular Out of Production
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Score
6.84
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Our Belgian-style Extra Pale Ale is brewed with heaps of sweet Mandarin oranges from Blossom Bluff Farms and California two-row barley. We dry-hop with generous doses of aromatic Cascade and Columbus hops and finish the beer with a hint of lightly toasted American oak.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Big offwhite head. Hazy deep amber body because of massive amounts of floaties. Spicy freshly cut wood aroma with honey notes. Dry resiny spicy taste with papery notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, flat mouthfeel. Dry wooden honey aftertaste with resiny fruity notes. Tastes like this was a good beer, but it’s now too old. Should rerate. (0.355l bottle, from Fish & Beer, Copenhagen.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2015
at 10:22
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 12fl.oz. @ home. [ As Almanac Extra Pale Ale ].ABV: 6.8%. Clear medium to dark orange color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, grass, pine - wood. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, sweet mandarin, orange, pine, dry, hop bitter, late finish is zest bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20141121]
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jan 2015
at 02:03
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle ambrata velata lieve ossidazione scorza agrume lieve erbaceo vegetale discreto amaro legno resina discreta secchezza nota speziata
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2014
at 12:45
6/10
Tried
on 21 Nov 2014
at 08:21
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at Mikkeller Stockholm. Hazy amber with a medium white head. Aroma of light hops, caramel, biscuits and some grapefruit. Similar taste. The finish was medium bitter. I wonder how fresh the bottle was?
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2014
at 06:17
7/10
Tried
on 03 Oct 2014
at 10:24
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Beermoth, Manchester. Hazy, pale amber. Loads of lumps. Thin, sticky, white head. Big, piny, resinous, orange zest hop. Some rubbery fustiness. Background of minty herb. Taste is caramel sweet, for a moment, then orange zest bitter. Some dryness in there, too. Full, slightly greasy palate. Finishes long, earthy bitter. Good gear. Love that aroma.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2014
at 13:18
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
THANKS! More than half of a 355 ml. bottle. Orange, creamy white head. Nose is lots of sweetish caramel orange hops (I know that there are actual oranges in this but you could get the same profile with hops & this could just as well be hops – seems bit of a waste, same goes for the taste), there is some light grass bitterness going on as well. Taste is caramel mixed with light grass & same orange / hop thing, sweet caramel oranges with light bitterness in the back, touch dry yeast, floral, biscuit,… Lightly malty body. Nice but should have been more outspoken, considering the ingredients, bottle is gorgeous as with all Almanac beers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2014
at 01:25
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle - Leafy pine and grapefruit. Hazy orange with a decent beige head. Bitter sweet pine and orange and a long bitter finish. Dry woody finish. I don’t get the sweetness of oranges, maybe an old bottle?
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2014
at 15:55
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle to glass. GUSHER! Too much action still going on in the bottle?Citrus predominate with slight earth on the aroma. Very hazy sunset orange with a full white head that includes slight webbing. Moderate sized bubbles. Refreshing citrus and yeast funk, with a bit of the wood showing itself. More of the wood as it warmed. A nice beer overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jun 2014
at 15:03