Salt Spring Island Ales Pale Ale

Pale Ale

 

Salt Spring Island Ales in Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

  Amber / Red Ale Regular Out of Production
Score
4.97
ABV: 5.0% IBU: - Ticks: 7
Light copper in colour and hopped with East Kent Goldings, Salt Spring Pale Ale has a light, clean, and soft texture. A nutty-toffee maltiness with an elegant flowery aroma. This brew was awarded a silver medal at the 2004 Canadian Brewing Awards; it's a "session beer" (great for having many), like the Golden Ale, but more flavour. Goes well with pizza, curry, BBQ ribs.
 

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3.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3

Bouteille 650ml, courtoisie d’un contact de Victoria, BC. de couleur dorée-cuivrée. Léger nez de caramel très doux et de fruits(notes d’agrumes et de cerises sûres - contaminée?) avec de faibles notes de houblon floral et herbeux. Moyenne-mince en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture légèrement aqueuse. Goût légèrement sûr fruité (notes d’agrumes et cerises sûres, rappelant une infection) lors de l’entrée en bouche suivi d’un goût légèrement malté de caramel très doux (très faibles notes de butterscotch) avec des notes de pain puis une finale légèrement amère de houblon floral aux notes herbeuses (quelques notes citriques également présentes) et un peu sec de noix. Post-goût moyen, légèrement amer de houblon herbeux et floral. (2006)

Tried on 28 Mar 2013 at 22:35


5.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Bottle from Firefly, Vancouver
Hazy amber color; small sized head. Light aroma of caramel and vegetables. The body is quite weak, the mouthfeel dry; there is a minimal caramel flavor and a breadish character; quite low bitterness.
Bad.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Aug 2011 at 13:04


3.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

I gotta say that the labelling on these beers certainly looks one step below professional, which could mean great things (cool obscure local brewer) or horrible things (forgettable obscure local brewer). It pours with a fine amber body and a decent layer of head. Aroma is weird fermented skunkiness and swampwater with a hint of malt. Flavour is weird grass and malt with a dry finish. Based on this beer, I’m leaning toward calling the brewer closer to the latter.

Tried on 14 Feb 2011 at 16:55


4.2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Pours a golden orange. Almost nonexistent aroma of grains. Flavour is a boring balance of hops and malt. Not too bad.

Tried on 13 Feb 2010 at 19:58


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

Golden copper ale with a thin white head. Sweet yeasty aroma, with light nuttyness amd medicine notes. In mouth, an infected mess, with vinagry malt, and rubber. Unpleasant and a drain pour.

Tried on 20 Aug 2006 at 10:28


4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Dull amber colour. Aroma is doughy, sweaty. The flavour is equally bland - vague maltiness, shy hops, slightly sweaty yeast note. Quick, sweetish finish. With the BC ubiquiyeast and EKGs, this beer doesn’t have a chance in hell of scoring well with me because it tastes like every other amber in BC. I’m big on distinctive beers, and this isn’t.

Tried on 07 Feb 2005 at 01:44


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Hazy light brown, creamy tan head.Lightly fruity floral malt nose.Lightly fruity malt profile with mild,medium length hop finish.A good session beer

Tried on 01 Dec 2003 at 20:14