NorthDown Brewery Pale Ale Mary

Pale Ale Mary

 

NorthDown Brewery in Margate, Kent, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular
Score
6.45
ABV: 4.3% IBU: - Ticks: 11
A classic English pale ale brimming with delicate orchard-like aromas and a deft balance between earthy hop bitterness and sweet rounded malt character.

Hops - Northdown, Brewers Gold, Bobek
Sight - light amber
Aroma - orchard fruit, floral, citrus
Taste - subtle bitterness, biscuity, crisp
 

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Tried from Cask on 10 May 2024 at 16:08


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at the Bear, Paddington on 10th May 2023. Golden amber with shallow off-white foam and spot lacing. Rich nutty malt aroma. Nutty in-mouth and a somewhat dry finish with lingering nutty maltiness. Light body and a smooth mouthfeel.

Tried from Cask on 12 May 2023 at 23:02


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Panda 🐼 at home big thanks to Colin. A mostly clear deep orange coloured pour with a small halo ofoff white head. Aroma is semi sweet, weed, hedgerow hop, grass, earthy grains, Flavour is composed of semi sweet, earthy, light tang, hedgerow hops, dirty round the edges. Dirty grains. Palate is grainy, light tang, moderate carbonation. passable.

Tried on 20 Jan 2023 at 22:11


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle at home, picked up from the brewery, 14/01/23. Golden blonde with a decent white cap. Nose is pale malts, grains, orange zest, lemon tinged straw. Taste comprises biscuit, grains, orange peel, soft malts, grass, melon. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close Passable pale ... lacking direction and hop presence.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Jan 2023 at 17:26


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Clear and golden with a small, bubbly white head and fruit and grain on the nose. Light to medium bodied, some sweet malt and citrus fruit in the flavour, very slightly sour and bitter in the finish. [Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival 2022]

Tried on 21 Sep 2022 at 10:17


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

330ml bottle - Pours a hazy orange amber colour with a small frothy off-white head. Aroma is citrusy, light malts and hint of yeast. A moderately sweet taste, sweet pale malts, oranges and citrus peel with a light peppery bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Jul 2021 at 11:41


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

500ml bottle. Poured a hazy medium amber colour with a lasting frothy white head. The aroma is malt, earthy mineral, grassy citrus fruits. The flavour is moderate bitter, light sweet, with a light, crisp, citrus fruit, light pepper spice, light hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Sep 2019 at 21:23


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tried St the Peterborough Beer Festival. Light malty aroma and taste that is also light sweet.

Tried on 23 Aug 2019 at 21:50


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask gravity at Thomas Tallis Canterbury. Hazy amber colour no head. A little sweet in the malt. Orange tangerine flavours. light bitterness. Some candied citrus peel. Some yeast on the aroma. decent spicy bitterness on the finish. ok . 6.4 re rate Cask handpull at The County Hotel JDW Ashford. Slight haze gold. Lasting white head. Some citrus flavours some dryness on the finish. No huge aroma. 3.2 is about right more 6.3

Tried from Cask on 22 Nov 2018 at 16:00


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5


Cask (handpump) @ [ EBF30 2018 ], 30yh Egham Beer Festival, Egham United Services Club (EUSC), 🇬🇧 111 Spring Rise, Egham, Surrey, England TW20 9PE.

[ As NorthDown Pale Ale Mary ].
ABV: 4.0%. Clear medium amber colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, pale malt, fruity malt, apricot, citrus. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, pale malt, sweet malt, fruity, apricot - citrus, floral notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20180802]
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Tried from Cask on 02 Aug 2018 at 10:00