Eastern States Ale
Equilibrium Brewery in Middletown, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
6.91
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A historic local attraction close to Equilibrium, Orange County Fair Speedway is a five-eighths mile dirt oval speedway here in Middletown, NY. Originally built in 1857 as a track for horse racing, it was converted to an auto racing track in 1919 and has been operating as such since. Since 1948, It operates on a weekly basis from April to September. This year, Orange County Fair Speedway will celebrate its 100th year of Auto Racing. Its Centennial season concludes with the 58th running of our Eastern States 200 stock car races on October 25th, 26th & 27th. We couldn’t think of a better way to help celebrate than making a beer for a local attraction, from our local brewery.
Eastern States Ale is a traditional pale ale made specifically for easy drinking. With white wheat as part of the base, we added Columbus and Simcoe in the whirlpool and then dry hopped it with Citra and additional Simcoe. It has a light and smooth body, a touch of citrus flavor along with dank pine notes and a crisp refreshing finish. Perfect for weekends at the racetrack.
Eastern States Ale is a traditional pale ale made specifically for easy drinking. With white wheat as part of the base, we added Columbus and Simcoe in the whirlpool and then dry hopped it with Citra and additional Simcoe. It has a light and smooth body, a touch of citrus flavor along with dank pine notes and a crisp refreshing finish. Perfect for weekends at the racetrack.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: orange haziness with a finger and a quarter of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: citrusy, sweet grassy and some sweet oniony hoppy tones with a fair biscuity malty tone underneath
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a fair bitter to semi-bittersweet character; finishes citrusy and grassy
Texture: light to medium bodied, some sessionability; light smoothness but also some hop bitterness assertiveness
Overall: not a bad one but probably not one of their best ones.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: orange haziness with a finger and a quarter of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: citrusy, sweet grassy and some sweet oniony hoppy tones with a fair biscuity malty tone underneath
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a fair bitter to semi-bittersweet character; finishes citrusy and grassy
Texture: light to medium bodied, some sessionability; light smoothness but also some hop bitterness assertiveness
Overall: not a bad one but probably not one of their best ones.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Mar 2026
at 12:27
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours a hazy, light lemon yellow, with smallish head. Aroma has grass, gasoline, green onion, some citrus. Flavor is grassy and gassy, with citrus, a touch of butterscotch, some green onion. It does have a crisp, hoppy finish.
Tried
on 21 Oct 2019
at 20:36