Border Hopping - German Pale
Vocation Brewery in Cragg Vale, West Yorkshire, England 🏴
Pale Ale Series|
Score
6.84
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MiP (20366) reviewed Border Hopping - German Pale from Vocation Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can, 5.0%. Pungent hop aroma, smells like wet hop more than anything else. Hazy pale yellow colour. Small stable white head. The flavour is very fruity and nicely mineraly. Low bitterness. Tastes DDH.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Pours hazy straw with airy white head. Clear aroma of fruit and yeast, with hoppy and malty touches. Bitter, intensely hoppy flavour with estery touches and sweet notes of pineapple and elderflower. Bitter aftertaste with fruity and estery touche. Decent.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can 44 cl. Pours a hazy, graysih, pale golden with a lacing, white head. Spicy hoppiness, a little greasy. Medium body, fruity, citrusy, spicy. Quite dry. Next to no bitterness. 160424
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
440ml can. Poured a slightly hazy yellow golden colour with a big frothy white head and lots of bubbles. The aroma is light piney, melon mango. The flavour is light sweet and bitter, with a light, watery, herbal, fresh wet green hop, herbal, hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with average to soft carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Large white rocky head on a dull hazy pale golden coloured body. Musty & herbal aroma. Medium bodied, smooth with a sharp back. Earthy, bitter, grain & citrus tastes with a bitter finish. Unusual - tastes like a hopped up Helles. Standard.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Can shared. Bit hazy very pale yellow. Wheat, lots of grassy hops, lemon zest, soft oats, dank weedy hops. Light sweet and a bit more bitter. Just medium bodied. Great.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
A bit more generic rating, since I did not take notes.
Sampled from the can - advised by both owner and customers of the great and amazing Borger Bottles. This one was really fresh, and refreshing. A nice, mild but present bitterness doesn't get overpowered by the fairly subtile hoparoma. Maltyness is bready, and provides a good backbone for this very drinkable pale ale. Not very German-like (appart from the hops) as it does provide a hop-forward aroma greater than you'd expect. Not USA style either, just simply Vocation style. Tasty, easy drinkability, and affortable pricepoint. Lovely !
Olut (21769) reviewed Border Hopping - German Pale from Vocation Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Keg @ Real Crafty, Wigan. Dishwasher-yellow, some haze. Light pine in both aroma and taste, which lingers in its aftertaste.