Border Hopping - German Pale
Vocation Brewery in Cragg Vale, West Yorkshire, England 🏴
Pale Ale Series|
Score
6.84
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Callista's noble hop heritage combines with the more contemporary Ariana for intense passionfruit, apricot, blackcurrant and gooseberry. Comet - a German-grown hop with West Coast US sensibilities - sends us back to the start of our journey with strong grapefruit and a resinous finish.
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7.1/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Jun 2024
at 18:29
6.9/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Jun 2024
at 18:29
6.4/10
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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
Tried
from Can
on 16 Apr 2024
at 14:17
7/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Feb 2024
at 23:11
6.5/10
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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.
Tried
on 13 Sep 2023
at 21:39
7.8/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Sep 2023
at 14:11
7.4/10
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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 !
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 !
Tried
on 22 Aug 2023
at 19:42
6.1/10
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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.
Tried
on 29 Jul 2023
at 19:00