Alpha Pale - Raindrop Pilot Batch
Wandering Star Craft Brewery in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
5.99
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3.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
On draught at Deep Ellum a long time ago (Summer 2011, I believe).
Makes me mad that I think I rate these things and then realize I never did. Sigh.
I remember this one quite vividly as it poured an absolute dirty orange-copper with a thin off-white head that receded rapidly.
Bland yeast and hop particles dull the nose, leaving light kiwi, mango and watermelon. What’s there is pleasant, yet it’s just awfully muted.
No difference in the flavor and add to that a low, loose carbonation leading to a watery, washed out texture. Dirty hop particulate notes, very dry and underextracted malt. Hop bitterness is strong, but there just isn’t enough of any flavor to go with it.
Could have perhaps chalked this up to a shaken up keg, but Deep Ellum is very precise about letting beer settle and not serving beers in less-than-proper states.
Makes me mad that I think I rate these things and then realize I never did. Sigh.
I remember this one quite vividly as it poured an absolute dirty orange-copper with a thin off-white head that receded rapidly.
Bland yeast and hop particles dull the nose, leaving light kiwi, mango and watermelon. What’s there is pleasant, yet it’s just awfully muted.
No difference in the flavor and add to that a low, loose carbonation leading to a watery, washed out texture. Dirty hop particulate notes, very dry and underextracted malt. Hop bitterness is strong, but there just isn’t enough of any flavor to go with it.
Could have perhaps chalked this up to a shaken up keg, but Deep Ellum is very precise about letting beer settle and not serving beers in less-than-proper states.
Tried
on 09 Apr 2015
at 13:52