Muscle Memory
Cerebral Brewing in Denver, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
7.17
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Muscle Memory was one of the first batches of beer we ever brewed, and it’s been part of our lineup ever since. Its stripped-down grain bill showcases a hop blend of Citra, Idaho 7, Motueka & New Zealand Cascade, lending notes of Grapefruit, Orange Marmalade and Peach. This modern Pale Ale is everything the name implies – a sessionable go-to you’ll find yourself subconsciously reaching for with great regularity.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tried
from Can
at
Craft Beer Junction
on 29 Jan 2026
at 21:34
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Good stuff, pretty clean, easygoing citrus character. Mild bitterness. Sound.
Tried
from Can
at
Craft Beer Junction
on 29 Jan 2026
at 21:31
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can, group split, at the CBJ tasting 29/01/2026.
Hazed orange topped with a big old lasting off white head.
Nose is bitter orange, grass, pine needle, melon.
Taste comprises grapefruit, grass, pine needle, mandarin.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close punctured with grassy hop bitterness.
Tidy.
Hazed orange topped with a big old lasting off white head.
Nose is bitter orange, grass, pine needle, melon.
Taste comprises grapefruit, grass, pine needle, mandarin.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close punctured with grassy hop bitterness.
Tidy.
Tried
on 29 Jan 2026
at 00:00
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Sweet citrus flavor with orange and lily notes. Hazy gold pour. Spotted lace around glass. Light bodied and light carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Feb 2025
at 23:33
6.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Grapefruit nose, white pepper. Cloudy amer, thin head. Lilly, grapefruit. Medium body, easy carbonation.
Tried
on 05 Feb 2025
at 23:31
10/10
5.0 for a pale ale. Absolutely delicious
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Aug 2022
at 13:59
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can. Pours a cloudy yellow with a white head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma has a nice citrus and mango note with some tangerine and papaya underlying. Flavor has tangerine and citrus with growing mango and a touch of lemon grass underlying.
Tried
from Can
on 28 May 2022
at 23:31
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 6
From Beer Drop. No dating on the can.
Pours a hazy yellow, about an inch of foam.
I get grapefruit, orange, and some tropical fruitiness...pineapple, decent level of bitterness.
The taste is oranges, tropical fruit, grapefruit, light bitterness..reminds me of a hazy IPA in many ways. Sorry, I am not a fan of them or hazy APAs.
Light bodied to me, my other can will go to a friend. One is enough.
Pours a hazy yellow, about an inch of foam.
I get grapefruit, orange, and some tropical fruitiness...pineapple, decent level of bitterness.
The taste is oranges, tropical fruit, grapefruit, light bitterness..reminds me of a hazy IPA in many ways. Sorry, I am not a fan of them or hazy APAs.
Light bodied to me, my other can will go to a friend. One is enough.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Sep 2021
at 00:11
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at the brewery. Unclear yellow, white head. Dank, grassy, bit astrigent, no fruitness. Light to medium bodied.
Tried
from Draft
at
Cerebral Brewing
on 02 Aug 2019
at 21:26
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Taster at the brewery - mostly clear light gold - nose has fairly potent citrus and well as some grassiness and a biscuity malt character - texture is creamy from the addition of oats, but it is still fairly dry and crisp - clean, lean maltiness allows the hop flavors to be showcased well - starts herbal and citric and finishes spicy and peppery - moderate bitterness - I would drink the shit out of this in the summer - unfortunately, there is currently snow on the ground.
Tried
on 21 Nov 2015
at 13:13