Original Ale
Ipswich Ale Brewery in Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - Classic English Regular|
Score
6.41
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A medium-bodied, unfiltered, English-style pale ale with subtle hoppiness and a smooth malty flavor that has made it our flagship product.
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6/10
at GBBF 2025
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Aug 2025
at 15:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at GBBF: Poured an orange with white head. Aroma is juicy. Taste is nice juicy hops some back-end sweetness.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Aug 2019
at 15:48
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at GBBF 2019. As 'Ipswich Ale'. Caramel aroma. Light brown. Thin white head. Light bitter - hoppy malts. Light-medium bodied. Thin. Average-flat carbonation. Slightly astringent finish. Nice enough.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Aug 2019
at 20:43
7.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
8/8/2019. Cask at the 2019 Great British Beer Festival. Pours murky golden amber with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma of hops, malt, caramel, citrus, tropical fruit, biscuit and light pine. Moderate sweetness and medium plus bitterness. Medium body, slight oily texture, average to soft carbonation. Nice bitter finish. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Aug 2019
at 20:41
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at GBBF'16, day one, 09/08/16. Golden orange with a decent off white head. Nose is a touch thin, melon, tangerine, straw. Taste comprises mellow citric peel, straw, grains, soft breads, orange pith. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Sep 2017
at 04:03
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at GBBF 2016. It pours clear amber with a small white head. The aroma is toasted grain, soft, sweet, cereal, grainy husk and orange muffin. The taste is bitter - sweet, orange muffin, toasted grain, orange peel, tangerine, kumquat, spice, muffin, pepper and light alcohol with a dry finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Decent enough.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Sep 2016
at 05:20
6/10
Tried
on 06 Sep 2016
at 16:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the GBBF 2016... Copper.. Thin white lacing.. Soft sweet toffee fruit nose.. Soft dry toffee fruit
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Aug 2016
at 11:52
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Gbbf. Klares hell nussbraunes Bier. Geruch nach rotem malz, mild hopfig bitter. Geschmack mild hopfig bitter zitronig harzig.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2016
at 11:38
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at GBBF 2016 09/08/2016. A orange amber coloured pour with a a halo of white head. Aroma is semi sweet biscuity malts hints of caramel, midget gem, lemon, pine, woody. Little resinous hop. Flavour is composed of semi sweet , little caramel, light. Pine hop, lavender, candied orange. Palate is lowish carbonation, semi sweet sticky mold hop resin.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Aug 2016
at 11:08