Robsons Durban Pale Ale

Bottle 0,5ltr: The South African Pale Ale with its formiliar bitter salty taste and orange hazy colour.

Bottle. Orange color, cloudy. Lemon aroma with bubble gum. Just about medium bodied. Some flowery and earthy hops challenged by citrus (especially lemon), pineapple and bubble gum. Tasty, maybe a bit exotic ale.

Tap @Robson's Real Beer, Durban. Clear dark golden, offwhite head. Grapefruit and orange aroma. Grapefruit, grass and pine flavour.

Cask at the Pump House, Solihull. Poured a crystal clear medium amber with a thin white head and a few bubbles. The aroma is light malt hop. The flavour is moderate bitter with smooth light malt, light floral hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Became a little sickly after a while. Would not want to be drinking a pint of this.

Goldenes Bier mit schöner Schaumkrone. Geruch malzig hopfig, fruchtig herb. Geschmack hopfig bitter, exotische Früchte, fruchtig malzig.

This is their best beer under their own brand. Pale and cloudy, it has an appetizing appearance. Beyond that, it’s fairly dry, with good complexity and the clearest hop character of their three pale ales.

Crystal clear deep orange tinted copper coloured body with a perfect, three centimetre tall tan head - looks great. Aroma of bright yeast, malt, citrus, light grassy hops and a bunch of herbal notes. Medium-bodied; Assertive earthy and grassy hops up front with a nice malt backbone and a citrus, yet yeastie finish. Aftertaste is subdued with most of the flavours showing citrus and hoppiness, but a subtle sweetness then bitterness finishes it off. Overall, not an amazing pale (I would also clarify this one as an APA), but one of the better beers I’ve sampled IN or brought back home from South Africa. I sampled this (i’ve only seen these in ZA) stubby, but large 550 mL bottle purchased from Simon’s Town Bottle Shop in Simon’s Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa on 31-December-2011 for ZAR22,90 brought back to the opposite side of the world and sampled at home in Washington on 14-June-2012 a few days before leaving again for South Africa.

Bottle. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Mango notes. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.

Bottle. Medium head with medium duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are malt, notes of smoke, notes of butter, fruits and hops.