Pale Ale Draught-Style
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico, California, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.88
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Available only on draft (and now canned as Pale Ale Draught-Style)!
This version has slightly less alcohol, bitterness and slightly more color than the bottled version. The hop varieties and malts used are the same.
This version has slightly less alcohol, bitterness and slightly more color than the bottled version. The hop varieties and malts used are the same.
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5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Dark copper colour. Aroma and flavour have very muted hop notes. Hints of caramel malts. A really poor effort. It’s a lager+
Tried
on 22 Dec 2016
at 19:16
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cascade hop goodness, but missing the spicy, anti-egalitarian soul of its bottle-conditioned brethren. Bit of a downgrade for the draft-only iteration. But not by much.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2016
at 21:46
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Smell of hops. Amber colour, white head. Aroma of malt, grain, hops, grass. Mildly bitter, finishes sweet. Medium carbon, medium body.
Tried
on 27 Aug 2016
at 08:11
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
I never rated this because I wanted to have it on tap at the source. I’ve been pretty disappointed by the beer in bottles. It’s a very clear orange. white head. Northwest hop profile, california IPA-esque with pine cone and a faint orange peel. Taste is good. It’s not overwhelming, IBU is very restrained almost refreshing in a time of extreme over-hopped beers. The malt shines through very well with table sugar sweetness, pils and a watery finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Apr 2016
at 09:19
8/10
Tried
on 14 Nov 2015
at 17:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at Goodbeer Faucets. Pours quite clear amber, bit of white foam. Aroma is mainly dominated by hops, nicely balanced against strong malt backbone. I can understand that this was a defining craft beer for the whole generations in the US in the past, still nicely drinkable. Decent, with character and sessionable.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jul 2015
at 10:38
8/10
Tried
on 09 Jul 2015
at 14:53
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Old rating. On tap at various places around Louisville. Copper pour with a soapy off-white head. Nice aromas of malt, caramel, citrus and pine. Taste is more of the same. Solid bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 May 2015
at 08:21
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pint in All Bar One. Copper colour with a good, lingering white head. Toffee aroma, citrus and toffee flavour. Very good
Tried
on 25 Apr 2015
at 14:40
6/10
Tried
on 10 Mar 2015
at 13:07