Pale Ale
Little Creatures Brewing in Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia 🇦🇺
Pale Ale - Australian / New Zealand Regular|
Score
6.79
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The beer that inspired this crazy journey, ours is a hop driven Pale Ale bursting with flavour and aroma. Full-bodied yet refreshing, the bitter finish will leave your tastebuds craving more.
We were born to make Pale Ale, a style that was little known in Australia when we started, but is now much loved. Back in the day there were two hop varieties coming out of the North West of the US that really took our fancy; Cascade and Chinook hops. These hops packed an addictive punch and gave rise to the super hoppy American Pale Ale, a style that inspired us back then and still inspires us today.
Since day one, we have brewed our Pale using whole hop cones, sourced straight from the US directly to our breweries (something pretty unique) and use our hop back to extract those beautiful, hoppy aromas and delicate bitterness. Preservative and additive free, our Pale Ale is live yeast conditioned, in the bottle (after filling) for unmatched freshness and character and takes about six weeks from brewing to be released.
We were born to make Pale Ale, a style that was little known in Australia when we started, but is now much loved. Back in the day there were two hop varieties coming out of the North West of the US that really took our fancy; Cascade and Chinook hops. These hops packed an addictive punch and gave rise to the super hoppy American Pale Ale, a style that inspired us back then and still inspires us today.
Since day one, we have brewed our Pale using whole hop cones, sourced straight from the US directly to our breweries (something pretty unique) and use our hop back to extract those beautiful, hoppy aromas and delicate bitterness. Preservative and additive free, our Pale Ale is live yeast conditioned, in the bottle (after filling) for unmatched freshness and character and takes about six weeks from brewing to be released.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(bottle) Hazy, orange-golden colour with a short and slightly off-white foamy head. Lemony fruity and piney hoppy aroma with slightly bready and sweet cara-malt. Bitter and mildly sweet flavour, light to medium bodied with a calm carbonation. Moderately dry and slightly bready malt-character with mainly fruity and slightly piney hops; dry-ish bitter hoppy and fruity finish, unfortunately also with a slightly metallic tail. 22.II.12
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2012
at 15:05
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Waitrose. Hazy golden body with a thin white head. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of Turkish delight and peach. Flavour of copper, peach and grain. Thin to medium body with a watery texture. Soft fizz. It’s balanced but dull. I’m surprised that this is so highly rated.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2011
at 13:16
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle @ Cloisters, Edinburgh.
Orangey beer, hazy, bubbly frothy head.
Aroma of light citrus hop, fresh.
Taste - light malt, light yeasty, citrusy spicy hop, refreshing for 5.2%.
Palate - Medium carb. Fresh on palate. Very light bitter, slight citrus tang.
This is a good refeshing beer, but didn’t seem outstanding.
Orangey beer, hazy, bubbly frothy head.
Aroma of light citrus hop, fresh.
Taste - light malt, light yeasty, citrusy spicy hop, refreshing for 5.2%.
Palate - Medium carb. Fresh on palate. Very light bitter, slight citrus tang.
This is a good refeshing beer, but didn’t seem outstanding.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2011
at 12:16
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
33cl bottle. Malty nose - strangely, the massive Cascade hops I normally get on this is not so evident on it this time, so may have to re-rate another time. Again the taste is not as hoppy as I remember. I think it has probably been tasted in the wrong order. Re-rating 08/04/11 - the massive Cascade hops is back. The taste is hoppy but balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2011
at 11:58
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Had this many times both here in Blighty and when on holiday in Australia. Amber/gold colored pour with a medium fluffy white head. Hoppy, citrus fruit aroma. Tastes hoppy, crisp, citrus fruit, orange, quite refreshing. Decent Aussie session pale ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2011
at 13:28
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
[330ml bottle from Alfred the Grape, Marlow] Light amber with a negligible white head. Slight to moderate prickly carbonation. Aroma of pine and flowers. Taste of caramel at first, with some chewy, juicy fruit coming through with a bit of vanilla and pepper before a dry finish. Mouthfeel is a fantastic balance of light, frothy cream and those prickles. Lovely stuff, beautifully balanced, refreshing, a great beer that left me wanting another!
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2011
at 14:00