Pale Ale (USA)
Whitbread in London, Greater London, England 🏴
Brewed at/by: Samuel AdamsBitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular Out of Production
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Score
5.96
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A moderately hoppy English style pale ale contract brewed by Boston Beer Co. (at their Cincinnati plant, previously used by Hudepohl) for Interbrew.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. copper with a white head. Flavor is not as good as I expected, as I expected a slightly more hoppy flavor, but got a more malty flavor instead.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2006
at 23:26
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle: Amber coloured, mid-sized lasting froth; malty nose with a faint tinge of herbal hops; initial slightly sweetish malty taste; shy (and not moderate !) bitter flavour; mild malty and maybe fruity finish with a nearly not existing hoppy aftertaste. Mild and pretty boring !
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2005
at 05:15
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Pour is a nice dark brown with a big white head. Aroma is a nice mix of oily hops. Flavor is where this falls a bit flat. If your looking for a great hop flavor like SNPA well you looking in the wrong place. Its more of a bready and nutty mix and even that is not real great. Its does have it quallities, in the aroma, and i could try it again to see if I am being to hard on this brew.
Tried
on 31 Aug 2005
at 20:57
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
$1.49 for a 12-oz single. Deep dark copper, small head. Smells bready & toasty. Flavor is malts and caramel. Nice in the mouth.
Tried
on 05 Jan 2005
at 20:42
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Amber to dark amber colour with stable white head. Flavour is very simple, medium bitterness. OK ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2004
at 06:08
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
An orange-amber beer with a small orange head. The aroma is sweet with notes of caramel. The flavor is sweet spicy with notes of caramel, alcohol, and metal.
Tried
on 01 Dec 2004
at 18:19
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
I’m surprised I haven’t tried this before, considering Mackeson XXX Stout is a favorite of mine. The Pale Ale poured a clear copper (red-brown) color with a thin off-white head. The aroma was punctuated by pleasant, earthy English hops. The body was toasty and caramely with earthy, leafy (tobacco) hops and a touch of bubblegum. Very Bass-like. A solid session ale.
Tried
on 24 May 2004
at 01:08
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Clear amber color, large head. Aroma of hops, some malt. Sweet and bitter taste, bit watery. Quite unbalanced pale ale, and the typical EPA features are too weak.
Tried
on 15 May 2004
at 16:59
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Amber, clear body. Brownish fizzy head, which is mostly lasting and is very good lacing. Sweet-malty flavour, with spicy sparkles. It reminds me of Gewurztraminer-wine (which is made in the Alsace in France). Light bitter initial flavour, it gets quite bitter and a little bit salty in the end. This beer had defenitely a long finish. Quite soft mouthfeel.
Tried
on 28 Jan 2004
at 11:25
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Whitbread Pale is not a bad pale ale but I think I prefer the Bass to this one. A good choice if you prefer your Pale ales with the hops cranked down a bit. Slightly sweet but the dryness comes through in the finish.
Tried
on 03 Jan 2004
at 07:15