Wildflower Pale Ale (WPA)
Forbidden Root Brewing Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - Flavoured Regular|
Score
6.83
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at home watching a f’ed up movie on the Netflix. Pretty pour big frothy head pleasant hue of light orange. Nose is floral and fruity. Tastes of flowers not as strong as you think, pineapple, vegetal, honey. The flowers add a bitterness. Interesting
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2018
at 03:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Well, they sent me some bottles when this came out, but I never wrote up my notes, so now I have a 2-year old bottle left. Well… a nice light malty smell when I pour. A big frothy head, too. Golden beer color, slightly hazy. I expect some of the floral characteristics might have aged out by now, but there is still a bit of, whadya call it, maybe hyacinth or daisy to it. Not much, and it’s not like I’m an expert in the taste of flowers. Let’s call it perhaps a note of honey, with a bitter edge from biting into plant leaves that aren’t hops. I do remember the first bottle as being more floral than this, so I definitely need to grab a fresher bottle when I get a chance. But this does age into a nice beer without any phenol or off tastes, so it has that.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2017
at 22:01
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz bottle. Unfiltered orange-tan body. Thin, patchy white head. Really unique, This has a lot of depth to start with, and the flowers just give it a further twist. Elder adds some honey. Really unique, well executed,
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2016
at 22:54
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Slightly hazy honey coloured body with a thinnish off-white head. Aroma of fresh very grassy and herbal hops with a nice touch of light spices/herbs and a little sweetness noticeable as well. Light to Medium-bodied; Strong grassy flavour hits up front with a big hoppiness and a touch of malt as well, but this is a touch one-dimensional. Aftertaste shows some subdued herbal and fresh cut grass elements, but basically about the light hops and not much malt for this one. Overall, a decent APA with some moderate hop flavours, but not too strong and no real malt presence here - pretty average. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Trader Joe’s in Chicago (Ontario Street, River North) yesterday on 11-February-2016 for US$2,75, sampled in my hotel room here in Chicago on 12-February-2016.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2016
at 17:34
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Purchased at Bottles and Cans in Chicago, IL; enjoyed at home on a gloomy Saturday while doing some work. I didn’t take tasting notes on this one, but remember this being a pretty nice, delicate, yet flavorful and interesting pale ale with nice floral notes. Would have again!
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2015
at 21:28