Underneath the Pine
Cellarmaker Brewing Company in San Francisco, California, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.37
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
From Good Times Oakland, canned July 14th 2025.
Pours a bubbly clear gold with over a finger of foam, retention and lacing are fine.
Smell is strong notes of pine, orange peel, some grass, hint of tropical fruit.
Taste is definitely pale Ale type of hoppiness. Strong pine, some grapefruit, little grass, toasted malt is there. Tropical fruit taste is minimal.
Good low medium body, I would drink this again.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Poured from a 16 oz can dated May 19, 2025.
Aroma is hop forward with moderately strong hop notes of grapefruit, tangerine, tropical citrus and passion fruit. Lighter dank, oily, pine resin notes. Light cracker malt and faint alcohol notes.
Pours a rather clear, golden color with a medium large, thick, pillowy, white head that recedes slowly to a small film that lingers. Light lacing and faint legs.
Flavor is somewhat sweet with medium light cracker malt notes. Medium high bitterness and faint alcohol notes. Moderately strong notes of grapefruit, tangerine and tropical citrus with lighter notes of passion fruit and oily pine resin.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth.
Overall, a solid West Coast pale ale. Nice assertive bitterness but not too strong with balanced hop notes and malt profile. Fairly easy drinking but the hop bitterness does longer a bit.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
From tap at Toronado, San Francisco. Aroma is very fruity and tropical with citrus, dank hops, touch of pineapple, light wheaty malt. Flavour is bitter with oily hops. Body is medium. Excellent. Delicate and amazingly hopped, wonderful.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
On draft at Cellarmaker. It pours a lightly hazed pale yellow color. The aroma is dank and citrusy with a little bread. The flavor has some grapefruit, lemon, dank, orange and bread. Good stuff.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Druaght at Ale Arsenal. Gorgeous in every respect. Full fruity aroma and the flavor ups it a tab.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
The beer is a relatively light amber color. It has good clarity. Good seems like the wrong descriptor when I have a strong preference for Cellarmaker’s cloudy hoppy beers. Some lacing, white head, etc. The aroma is mild but has some nice tropical fruitiness. Mango, papaya, pineapple, kiwi. There’s a touch of caramel in the mild malt character. The tropical fruit flavors seem a bit delicate to shine in the taste, but it still has good hop flavor. It’s a bit like the aroma but without the sweet complexity. Moderate malt sweetness. Mild bitterness. Finishes fairly dry. Good dose of hop oiliness for the abv. It also drinks a bit bigger than the abv would suggest. Good pale ale but I think it could use a tweak.