Chamberlain Pale Ale
Shipyard Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - Classic English Regular|
Score
5.90
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The classic English style of Chamberlain Pale Ale is enhanced by its golden copper hue and creamy white head. It is dry and crisp with an aromatic hoppy finish. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain: Civil war hero. Medal of honor winner. Maine governor. President of Bowdoin College. The Chamberlain Pale Ale was created by the Shipyard Brewing Company to commemorate the extraodinary life of "the man from Maine."
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6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Something of a malt aroma with citrus hop, but it leaves something of a floral impression? Very light amber color with a decently frothy near-white head. It did some lacing. Starts with a slight sour, perhaps medicinal, characteristic, reminiscent of some Siletz products, but not so strong. Definitely malt, and the finish seems decently bitter. Relatively dry. Seems a bit thin, but it’s nicely drinkable.
Tried
on 01 May 2007
at 21:13
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Nose is sweet and hoppy with some caramel malts; Light amber color with a small off-white head; flavor of hops, caramel malts, and a nice hop finish. There is a tiny diacetyl hint in the background, but not enough to affect the flavor.
Tried
on 03 Aug 2006
at 17:52
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
22 oz 2005 bottle shared with Muzzlehatch on 5/22/2005. Smells of nutty/earthy English hops, some bitterness, light caramel. Blonde with some orange tinges, clear, filtered body with a fizzy white head receding to nothing, no lacing. Flavor is lightly malty (pale/base malts), bits of grain, some minor hops bitterness, no real hops flavor. Maybe some metal on the end. Tastes a lot like water, feels like water. Forced carbonation, heavily filtered, horribly bland, not much beer left in this. Maybe some light citrus. Got the old "this beer sucks" in the notes. Light body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2005
at 19:31
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
2006-10-23, 6-3-7-3-14=33
Amber color. Some malt aroma. Malt and caramel flavor, with a light but nice hoppy touch, and a reasonable ending bitterness.
2005-03-09, 6-3-5-3-10=27
Golden to amber color. Some fudge aroma, light caramel and paper. The flavor is lacking of malt and hop, but the body is quite strong and the bitterness high.
Amber color. Some malt aroma. Malt and caramel flavor, with a light but nice hoppy touch, and a reasonable ending bitterness.
2005-03-09, 6-3-5-3-10=27
Golden to amber color. Some fudge aroma, light caramel and paper. The flavor is lacking of malt and hop, but the body is quite strong and the bitterness high.
Tried
on 11 Mar 2005
at 10:58
5.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottled. Brownish amber, brief head. Light citrusy nose with a hint of metal. Dry with clean, hard, primitive malt character. Some toffee and oranges. Grassy, salty finish with medium bitterness. Nice flavourwise, but the mouthfeel is fizzy and harsh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2005
at 15:08
5.5/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
I found this to be on the thin and watery side for a beer clearly intended to be a hoppy british style pale. Amazingly, for a hoppy beer in a brown bottle, it was also very slightly skunky in both flavor and aroma. Too pale in color, with no character in its appearance (with even a greenish tint). A drinkable beer but overall a disappointment.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2000
at 20:39