Spitsbergen Pale Ale
Svalbard Bryggeri in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands 🇸🇯
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.24
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This light, pale, fruity and top-fermented beer has its origin in Burton-upon-Trent in England around 1820. Caramelized malts and abundance of American hop add to the significant taste of citrus and tropical fruits.
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6/10
MBCC 2025, Yellow Session. A clear golden beer. Aroma of dry grainy malt, straw, mild fruity hops. Taste of dry grainy malt, biscuit, vanilla, moderate bitterness.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 May 2025
at 10:27
7/10
23/05/2025 Sample at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2025
Tried
on 23 May 2025
at 07:35
5.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
On tap at MBCC 2025, yellow session. Pours clear gold with a white head. Resinious hops and malts on the nose. Flavour has resinous hops, stale pine, pale malts. Not great.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 May 2025
at 03:00
5/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5
Old tick from when I flew Norwegian
Tried
from Can
on 28 Mar 2025
at 19:33
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Light smell of malt and fruit. Hazy orange/amber colour, white head. Aroma of fruit, sweet malt, faint earth. Medium carbon. Medium sweet.
Tried
on 16 Jun 2024
at 17:17
6/10
Tried
on 30 Mar 2024
at 13:58
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
30/3/2024. Can shared with ITFCDan. Courtesy of Nisse666, cheers! Pours clear pale copper gold with a frothy white head. Aroma is fruity, caramel, malty, citrus, pine. Medium sweetness and bitterness. Moderate body, average carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Mar 2024
at 11:58
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Gold with a frothy, white head. Grainy aroma. Earthy potato. Faint caramel. Mildly bitter. Wishy washy. Lightish. Goes nowhere.
Tried
on 05 Feb 2024
at 17:58
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Taster at the brewery. Almost clear, deep gold colored. AROMA- fruity, pale plums, berries, candies, caramel base. FLAVOR- dry, moderately bitter, fruity, candies, raspberry and other berries, a bit floral. Medium bodied. Pretty average.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Dec 2022
at 22:49
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Aug 2022
at 18:37