Big Meadows Pale Ale
Shenandoah Brewing Company in Alexandria, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.26
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What it’s like:
World Champion American Ale, 1998 World Beer Championships. Big Meadows is brewed as an American-style India Pale Ale using a classic American hop, Cascades. The result is a full-bodied, moderately bitter beer with a prominent hoppy flavor and aroma. The beer is named for the Big Meadows area of Shenandoah National Park.
Who it’s for:
Big Meadows will appeal to anyone looking for a full-bodied beer with a lot of flavor but that is not too heavy or dark. This is our most popular beer. The alcohol content by volume is 6.2 percent.
World Champion American Ale, 1998 World Beer Championships. Big Meadows is brewed as an American-style India Pale Ale using a classic American hop, Cascades. The result is a full-bodied, moderately bitter beer with a prominent hoppy flavor and aroma. The beer is named for the Big Meadows area of Shenandoah National Park.
Who it’s for:
Big Meadows will appeal to anyone looking for a full-bodied beer with a lot of flavor but that is not too heavy or dark. This is our most popular beer. The alcohol content by volume is 6.2 percent.
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5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Rerate 11/15/09: 12 ounce bottle from the brewery, Alexandria Ale label. Pours a hazy orange color with a moderate creamy head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of citrus hops, malt syrup, apples. Taste is leafy, citrus hops with a toffee background. Thin-medium bodied. 5/3/5/3/11
Original Rating: 12 ounce bottle from Whole Foods in Charlottesville, VA, reviewed in late 2007. Pours a bronze color with nice sudsy head. Aroma of apples (can you tell its from Virginia?). The taste is a little on the bitter side, and not very complex. Virginia has much better to offer. 6/3/5/3/11
Original Rating: 12 ounce bottle from Whole Foods in Charlottesville, VA, reviewed in late 2007. Pours a bronze color with nice sudsy head. Aroma of apples (can you tell its from Virginia?). The taste is a little on the bitter side, and not very complex. Virginia has much better to offer. 6/3/5/3/11
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2007
at 00:45
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cloudy dark amber body with a small off-white head. Sweet floral hops aroma with some caramel and dark malt. Sweet malty flavor with caramel and light bitter ending.
Tried
on 14 Mar 2007
at 15:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Nice hop and spice aroma. Flavor is good, even for an "average" pale ale beer, what it may lack that it makes up for over other beers is that it tasted very fresh, which only added to the finish of the beer. Then again, I love most pale ales.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2007
at 18:14
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
A hazy orange beer with a lazing light beige head. The aroma is sweet and slightly hoppy, but also with a light malty note. The flavor is sweet with a crisp malt note, leading to a dry nice bitter finish.
Tried
on 08 Oct 2006
at 14:29
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Appearance is medium brown- not quite that of a brown ale, but seems darker than most pale ales. There’s a medium hoppiness in the nose, and the flavor is quite hoppy and slightly citrusy. Feels nice in the mouth. ADDITION: SAMPLED THIS AGAIN THIS EVENING under the name "Alexandria Ale." I’m beginning to think that there are two quite different beers, because the cottle I sampled this evening was awful... a LOT of melted plasticlike flavor and aroma. I had to pour it out.
Tried
on 31 Aug 2004
at 09:20
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Golden brown in colour, aley in smell....normal tasting. Barely hoppy, and not very pale! Very short aftertaste as well!
Tried
on 10 Jan 2003
at 18:45