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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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Lightly hazed golden ale with a nice creamy froathy white head. Faint earthy hops appears through cloudy malts. In mouth, crisp clean malts and classy lightly floral hops, light peppery notes, with some apples. Not as intense as North American APAs, but very dignified. Bought in London, February 2005.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Dec 2005
at 19:13
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle - Thanks to mullet for bringing this over from Australia!
Nose of some spices (coriander), honey, fruits (grapefruit, apples), caramel, grain. Reminded me somewhat of apple juice, but not in a bad way (i.e. not too sweet). Very well balanced aroma. Remarkable, moderately bitter flavour, which lasts quite long. Because the bitterness is accompagnied by some astringy hints, I’m not completely fan of it, but still it’s my best American Pale Ale so far. I think I could like it more when I’ve had another one (or two).
Nose of some spices (coriander), honey, fruits (grapefruit, apples), caramel, grain. Reminded me somewhat of apple juice, but not in a bad way (i.e. not too sweet). Very well balanced aroma. Remarkable, moderately bitter flavour, which lasts quite long. Because the bitterness is accompagnied by some astringy hints, I’m not completely fan of it, but still it’s my best American Pale Ale so far. I think I could like it more when I’ve had another one (or two).
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2005
at 15:52
9.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Draught in Little Creatures bar in Fremantle and in bottle from Sainsburys. Just one of my favourite beers of all time. Finding Little Creatures in Australia after weeks of freezing cold lager was just a joy. Then finding it in Britain was almost unspeakably exciting. Aromas of raspberries and hops and a depth of malt with good full mouth feel and then this attack of Oregon hops on the end. Tremendous
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2005
at 16:06
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Fully hazy, cidery aspect; little head, fast gone, whitish. Very grapefruity nose, pamplemousse, little grapes as well - and American-type hops, of course. Nearly tart hoptaste - full hopflavours, flavour of some soothing balm, again grapefruit and grapes, then sweetness (vanilla-like) peeps around the corner. Slightly buttery feel, then nearly adstringent from the hops. Looks little carbonated, but the MF gainsays this. Great pale ale, very American indeed; good one from down under.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Dec 2004
at 00:39
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Clear golden colour with a very thin white head. Aroma of decent cascade hops with a slight metal twang. Light to Medium-bodied; Decent hop flavour with a good malt backbone. Aftertaste clean, showing a bit of sweetness, but more hop bitterness. Overall, a decent APA that you’d expect from California-but you find halfway around the world in Australia. I sampled this pint on draught at the Australian Hotel on the Rocks in Sydney, Australia on 09-June-2004.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2004
at 22:16
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Slightly hazy, lots of carbo. Big fruity aroma. Crisp, moderate bitterness. A bit chewy and the hops are akin to a fresh, flowery cascade. Nicely balanced. Good sessioning beer.
Original rating: Hazy light tan. Fruit (honeydew, grapefruit) and well-done biscuits. Lemony, citric bitterness, fine balance with pale malts. American pale as it’s meant to be - like Full Sail Amber - only made in Oz. 7 3 8 4 16 = 3.8
Original rating: Hazy light tan. Fruit (honeydew, grapefruit) and well-done biscuits. Lemony, citric bitterness, fine balance with pale malts. American pale as it’s meant to be - like Full Sail Amber - only made in Oz. 7 3 8 4 16 = 3.8
Tried
from Can
on 03 May 2003
at 21:17