Pale Ale
F.X. Matt Brewing Company (Saranac) in Utica, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - Classic English Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.12
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Saranac Pale Ale is a classic English Pale Ale brewed with six specialty malts and aggressively-hopped with hand-selected English Kent Goldings & Fruggles hops. Look for a rich fruity hop bouquet. A copper amber color and a smooth, full-flavored taste with a crisp finish that only comes from a genuine top fermented ale. Enjoy!
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
6 week old bottle into a pint. A: Deep orange/pink tinted gold with very little head leaving a ring. Great color but looks lifeless. S: Pretty faint smell has some sweet orange, pine and caramel. T: A little malty, a little hoppy. Orange and toast. Sweetness held in check. Just English enough. Nice balance of flavor. M: Light to medium body with Crisp mouthfeel and tart finish. O: Fair attempt to fencewalk between styles. Good taste at a good price.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2016
at 16:50
6/10
Tried
on 06 Aug 2016
at 14:07
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5
From a bottle in Old Forge NY. Pours a clear gold with an off white head. Fruity nose. Flavors of grass. Bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Oct 2015
at 18:44
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Pours amber orange with off-white foamy head, floral aroma, high carbonation, thin body, slightly metallic hoppy taste, medium bitter finish. The hops bitterness is a bit off.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Aug 2015
at 21:50
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle. Clear amber color, medium white head. Aroma of subtle caramel. Taste is light caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2015
at 13:11
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
35cl Bottle from drankgigant.nl., as Our Pale Ale. Slightly hazy copper/amber colour, off-white head. Aroma of subtle hops, light citrus, lots of caramel, crystal malts. Flavour is likewise, light fruity, light toast, crystal malts, caramel, decent hoppy bitterness. Light bodied. I think it’s a bit old already, nevertheless an easy and enjoyable beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Apr 2015
at 01:34
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
* Old rating, 355 ml, 2010. Malzig-süßliches Bier. Schöne hopfenaromatische Note, die etwas unter der Süße liegt, Nicht zu ausgeprägt, süffig-frisch. Nett.
Tried
on 05 Jan 2015
at 17:02
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Saranac Pale Ale (US) - EPA - 5.5% 2.8/5
35 cl bottle, bb dec.2014. Copper color, short but lacing offwhite head. Hoppy nose. Aroma is sharp, hoppy with soap and citrus, yeast and burnt wood, yucky at first, don’t lnow if this bottle is too aged, but feels like homemade, alcoholic already. Taste is quite sour. Caramel malts and slight bitterness in the finish. Medium bodied. Quite solid EPA but not astonishing.
35 cl bottle, bb dec.2014. Copper color, short but lacing offwhite head. Hoppy nose. Aroma is sharp, hoppy with soap and citrus, yeast and burnt wood, yucky at first, don’t lnow if this bottle is too aged, but feels like homemade, alcoholic already. Taste is quite sour. Caramel malts and slight bitterness in the finish. Medium bodied. Quite solid EPA but not astonishing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Nov 2014
at 12:52
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Stolen from the work fridge (yay!): Pours amber with a bubbly head and bubbly body. Aroma is toffee, detergent, some caramel, light hops. Taste is lightly sweet. Kind of nondescript. Aftertaste is light as well. This is easy to drink, but it is certainly not exciting to drink.
Tried
on 19 Sep 2014
at 15:01
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a hazy burnt orange color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated and left some adequate lacing.
The smell had some English malts up front (typical soapiness). There’s a light grassy hoppiness coming through.
The taste was mainly malty and barely carried any hoppy bitterness back into the flavoring.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. The carbonation was somewhat smooth and tried to have some sort of harshness but even that was mostly hard to find.
Overall, as an English Pale ale it works and honestly it’s not bad to me. Probably would have again with some fish n’ chips.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a hazy burnt orange color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated and left some adequate lacing.
The smell had some English malts up front (typical soapiness). There’s a light grassy hoppiness coming through.
The taste was mainly malty and barely carried any hoppy bitterness back into the flavoring.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. The carbonation was somewhat smooth and tried to have some sort of harshness but even that was mostly hard to find.
Overall, as an English Pale ale it works and honestly it’s not bad to me. Probably would have again with some fish n’ chips.
Tried
on 13 Jul 2014
at 19:32