Widmer Brothers Brewing Alchemy Ale

Alchemy Ale

 

Widmer Brothers Brewing in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸

  Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular
Score
6.44
ABV: 5.8% IBU: 40 Ticks: 74
We practice alchemy every day turning water, malt, hops and yeast into liquid gold. Alchemy Ale melds years of experimentation and our special Alchemy hop blend, in a pure expression of brewing art and science. Join us in unlocking the mystery to the perfectly balanced, perfectly hopped ale. Alchemy Ale has a bright, distinct hop character balanced with hints of caramel and a remarkably smooth finish.

Proprietary Hop Blend: Alchemy hops are a blend of choice hops from the Pacific Northwest, hand-selected by our brewers each year. This secret blend is the backbone of all our beers, and the magic behind Alchemy Ale.

Malts: Pale, Caramel, Munich, Vienna Extra Special
Original Gravity: 13.8 Plato
 

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7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
A: Dark amber almost orange very clear little head not long lasting S: baked biscuit with herbal or piney hop presence T: biscuit or slight burnt toast malts combine nicely with the hops providing a lingering piney note on the back end especially. good balance, nice tasting pale ale M: light medium bodied. slightly below average carbonation. finishes with clean bitterness. nice and not overwhelming at any stage O:a very good, inoffensive ale. not much really stands out but thats probably good as this is a very tasty and drinkable brew. i like it and would buy it again
Tried on 07 Jan 2015 at 17:54

4/10
Tried on 13 Dec 2014 at 20:29

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
BOTTLE 12 OZ.
Absolutely simple aroma - caramel and remains of hops. The flavour is also caramel sweetness and some hops, moderate bitter finish. Clean. Simple. Bland.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Nov 2014 at 23:56

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle at home split with Sarah, picked up a GBBF 2014. Golden orange coloured pour, mostly clear, with a lasting sticky loose white head. Aroma is sweet caramel malts, with some grassy cascade hops, light pine needles. Flavour is composed of nutty, light caramel base malts with nice wet grass and berry fruits. Nicely balanced malts and hops. Palate is semi sweet and moderate carbonation. Very drinkable. Could see myself drinking a few pints of this. Lingering grassy and lemon hop with a little caramel.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Nov 2014 at 16:20

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
bottle - Pours lightly hazy orange with a one finger head. It smells of floral hops and caramel malt. Medium bodied and moderately hopped, it’s a tasty, slightly above average craft brew.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Oct 2014 at 15:12

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle 0.335l at Amsterdam, Helsinki. Bottled Mar 18 14. Colour is clear orange with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Fruits, dryness, hops and malts. Boring
Tried from Bottle on 30 Aug 2014 at 10:46

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
(Bottled, 0.33 l - bottled Mar 18 2014, at Amsterdam, 20140830) The beer poured amber and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had fruitiness, malts and sweetness. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were fruitiness, malts, sweetness and bitterness. Afteraste was hoppy, papery and bitter. A dry and dull pale ale.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Aug 2014 at 10:45

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6
On tap @ The Mayor of Old Town. Pours a golden orange appearance with a white head. Peach, stone fruity aroma with some grassy, herbal notes. Slightly sweet flavor with some bubblegum notes and lots of apricots and melon. Ok.
Tried from Draft on 29 Aug 2014 at 18:01

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bottle shared at RBESG ’14 Grand Tasting, Moncada Brewery, 09/08/14. Golden amber with a moderate off white covering. Nose is soft bread dough, orange, grassy, caramel malt. Taste comprises citric peel, orange pith, toasted bread. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light hop bitterness in the close. Adequate APA.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2014 at 12:09

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle shared at RBESG 2014 Grand Tasting. Clear orange color, average sized white to off-white head. Smell malts, mainly bitter hops, lightly fruit hops. Taste malts, nicely hoppy, nicely bitter, nicely fruity. Medium body and carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2014 at 05:03