Pine Belt Pale Ale
Southern Star Brewing Company in Conroe, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.83
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This handcrafted American Pale Ale is brewed in small batches using high quality American two row, choice British crystal malts, select hops and deep-well ground water from the Evangeline Aquifer. Non-filtered, never pasteurized this ale is packaged directly into cans to ensure maximum freshness for your enjoyment. This full-flavored amber ale is sure to satisfy. "Clarity is overrated."
Ingredients:
Malt: Rahr special pale, Simpsons 30-37, Crisp 45
Hops: Galena, CTZ, Palisades
Yeast: California Ale
Gravity: 1.054 - 1.011
Ingredients:
Malt: Rahr special pale, Simpsons 30-37, Crisp 45
Hops: Galena, CTZ, Palisades
Yeast: California Ale
Gravity: 1.054 - 1.011
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
16 oz can from Kaggie; Can’t find a batch number! lightly hazy copper-orange with a big beige head that leaves rings on the glass; Nose of piney hops, caramel, a peachy note with a tiny vanilla undertone; flavor is a light bitterness, caramel, light fruits, and some grapefruit; finish lightly bitter. Now I need to get ahold of a case!
Tried
from Can
on 23 Aug 2008
at 00:26
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
16 oz cans, courtesy of Zinister (Batch #2) and Specs Liquor (Batch #3) in Houston. I drank the two side by side.
Batch #2. Pour is a hazed orange with ruby highlights, with a three inch tan head. Head falls slowly revealing some nice lacing. There are a few carbonation bubbles floating towards the top. Aroma is very fresh orange ctirus, sweet and juicy. There is also some pine hop present. Under the hop is a bready maltiness which shines trhough nicely. Great nose. Taste is bitter-sweet orange, though in the tast you get as much peel as you do fruitiness. The malt gives it a nice, easy backbone. The finish is bitter, and the bitterness liners a bit. Palate is medium, and holds up nicely to the bold bitterness. 8,4,7,3,15 (3.7)
Batch #3. Pour is a orange ruby, with a three inch tan head. Head falls slowly revealing some nice lacing. There are a few carbonation bubbles floating towards the top. Aroma is musty pine hoppiness with a bready - sweetish maltiness lying below that. Quite a bit flatter, and much less fresh smelling than the #2. Taste is the musty pine hops initially, though they are actually fairly muted. The malt is present, though comes across a bit watery. The orange peel bitterness shows up initially in the finish, which surprised me a bit, since I had not really detected any citrus prior to this. The finish then rounds out to a piney, almost gin like taste. Palate is medium to thin, as mentioned, the malt tasted and felt a bit watery. 6,4,6,3,12 (3.1)
Overall impressions: certainly batch #2 was the better beer. Hopefully Southern Star is able to source the hops they need in the future, as batch #3 was a pretty predestrian beer.
Batch #2. Pour is a hazed orange with ruby highlights, with a three inch tan head. Head falls slowly revealing some nice lacing. There are a few carbonation bubbles floating towards the top. Aroma is very fresh orange ctirus, sweet and juicy. There is also some pine hop present. Under the hop is a bready maltiness which shines trhough nicely. Great nose. Taste is bitter-sweet orange, though in the tast you get as much peel as you do fruitiness. The malt gives it a nice, easy backbone. The finish is bitter, and the bitterness liners a bit. Palate is medium, and holds up nicely to the bold bitterness. 8,4,7,3,15 (3.7)
Batch #3. Pour is a orange ruby, with a three inch tan head. Head falls slowly revealing some nice lacing. There are a few carbonation bubbles floating towards the top. Aroma is musty pine hoppiness with a bready - sweetish maltiness lying below that. Quite a bit flatter, and much less fresh smelling than the #2. Taste is the musty pine hops initially, though they are actually fairly muted. The malt is present, though comes across a bit watery. The orange peel bitterness shows up initially in the finish, which surprised me a bit, since I had not really detected any citrus prior to this. The finish then rounds out to a piney, almost gin like taste. Palate is medium to thin, as mentioned, the malt tasted and felt a bit watery. 6,4,6,3,12 (3.1)
Overall impressions: certainly batch #2 was the better beer. Hopefully Southern Star is able to source the hops they need in the future, as batch #3 was a pretty predestrian beer.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Aug 2008
at 18:16
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Flying Saucer - Houston on 07/27/08. Slightly hazy copper body with a small white head. Sweet citrus hop aroma with caramel and pale malts. Citrus hop flavor, some floral, caramel and pale malts. Medium body with moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Aug 2008
at 13:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Thanks to KAggie97 for the beer. The can looks simple, but good. The beer in the glass is quite dark, not much foam. Strong and modest alcoholic aroma. Tastes dry and strong, modest malty, a bit old. Scratchy-strong finish. Not bad!
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jul 2008
at 12:42
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Can 47,3 cl) Courtesy of MaltOMeal. Clear amber golden with a small, off-white head. Fresh and piney aroma - quite hoppy. Medium in body with light caramel accents, pine notes and a fairly dry and bitter finish. 190608
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jun 2008
at 15:46
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Papsoes MadsBerg homecoming blindtasting, bottle #8. Pours almost clear and golden orange with a lacing white head. Dry pinewood hops aroma. Flavour is with a dry malt base and a solid bitterhops and wooden flavour. Ends light fruity and dry hoppy with a slowly increasing caramel malt presence.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2008
at 07:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16 oz. can. Pours a cloudy copper color with a small creamy off white head. The aroma is floral hops and grapefruit. Good lacing on the glass. The taste is piney hops with light malt and caramel. A very pale ale from Southern Star.
Tried
from Can
on 30 May 2008
at 22:57