House Pale Ale
Lost Nation Brewing in Morrisville, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
7.33
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Clarkvv (16523) reviewed House Pale Ale from Lost Nation Brewing 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Draught at Ginger Man, 11/9/17.
Hazy, pale, straw-golden body topped by a small, but fairly well-retained, white head.
Wonderful, fresh, green, spicy hop nose. Quite high aromatic strength with lush fruitiness and light conifer backed by grass and floral notes. Cracker and biscuit sit very lightly in the background and there is no flaw, none of the often seen trace diacetyl in their beers, nor alcohol or resin.
In the mouth it's dry, with spicy, lightly juicy hops that also provide floral/perfume-like character. Some nectarine-rind and grapefruit on the finish is the closest thing it gets to any resin/pine. Texture is lightly chewy, biscuity, mostly soft, well-attenuated with tight carbonation. Moderate bitterness lingers, keeping it crisp and drinkable. Very nice and quite different from any of their other hoppy offerings, which is impressive.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Growlette from Winooski Beverage.
This was poured into a becher pint glass.
The appearance was a hazy, semi-cloudy glazed over orange peel color. Finger’s worth of white foamy head dissipates ever so nicely. Spider web lacing.
The aroma blends sweet pulpy juiciness to bitter citrus rind, allowing some sweet grassiness to slide in underneath. Subtle pineapple as well.
The flavor blends most of it bittersweetly with a dry semi-sweet slightly bitter juicy aftertaste leading into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a nice sessionability about it. Carbonation seems to hit appropriately, nice and low, and leads to a super smooth feel sliding over my tongue.
Overall, what a damn nice APA with a stellar bittersweet aroma and flavor without the bitterness hitting harshly on my tongue. So smooth, would be a fantastic food beer!