Slow Melt (Pale Ale)
Half Acre Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.95
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We’re introducing a new pale ale to our everyday lineup for 2025 that pushes forward a contemporary hop profile for the West Coast style. Slow Melt pours crisp and clear with hop aromas of juicy citrus, tropical berry, and an underlying dank grassy resin. Those bright fruit flavors are well balanced by a biscuity malt that adds medium body and a dry finish.
Half Acre is the House of Pale Ale. We don’t usher a new one into our everyday lineup very often. It must stand clear of Daisy Cutter and speak to where we see things going for those who seek easy going, everyday hoppy beer.
Slow Melt is tropically bright, exceedingly crisp, and ultra clean. It’s packed with things we love about modern hop forward brewing, but airy enough to keep you light on your toes.
Half Acre is the House of Pale Ale. We don’t usher a new one into our everyday lineup very often. It must stand clear of Daisy Cutter and speak to where we see things going for those who seek easy going, everyday hoppy beer.
Slow Melt is tropically bright, exceedingly crisp, and ultra clean. It’s packed with things we love about modern hop forward brewing, but airy enough to keep you light on your toes.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
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Clear, Pale-Yellow Color, Medium Sized White Foam Head, OK Retention, Runny Ring Of Lacing, Web Of Thin Sticky Dashes and Patches of Lacing. Sweet, Bright, Slightly Fruity, Slightly Dank, Hop Aroma. Bright, Sweet, Fruity, Slightly Dank, Light Resinous Notes, Hop Bitter. Sweet, Fruity, Slightly Dank, Lasting Resinous Hop Bitter Aftertaste. Bright and Easy Going. Good. Enjoyed It. Recommended...
Clear, Pale-Yellow Color, Medium Sized White Foam Head, OK Retention, Runny Ring Of Lacing, Web Of Thin Sticky Dashes and Patches of Lacing. Sweet, Bright, Slightly Fruity, Slightly Dank, Hop Aroma. Bright, Sweet, Fruity, Slightly Dank, Light Resinous Notes, Hop Bitter. Sweet, Fruity, Slightly Dank, Lasting Resinous Hop Bitter Aftertaste. Bright and Easy Going. Good. Enjoyed It. Recommended...
Tried
from Can
on 29 Aug 2025
at 02:02
4.9/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Looks like lemonade. From a can, it has very little head and that fades to just a ring. Nose is mild peculiar spices of sorts. On the first taste, yes that hop bitterness is there, but you certainly can tell this is not an IPA. It has a shade of tartness in there, and I like that. Yea, this is interesting. it wants to be an APA but its also tangy. Almost wants to be a kettle soured hoppy beer. Maybe some leather in there, maybe some grass in there. In the middle, the IPA hops start to build but never quite get there. It stays just below the level of what I'd call IPA. Some slight warming sensation in the mouth on the finish. Ends with a compelling linger. Overall, I don't like IPA hops but the zing of this brew almost makes it acceptable. Could drink another.
Tried
from Can
from
Chalet Premier
on 07 Aug 2025
at 17:09
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
12 oz can. Pours a clear yellow color with a small-ish white head that soon dissipates. The aroma is medium in strength with citrus and herbs. The taste is more of the same--light citrus and some herbal stuff. The palate is on the lighter side but appropriate for an APA. Finishes short and clean. Overall: Very crushable goes down easy.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jul 2025
at 17:21
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
This beer is distinct from their previous beer called Slow Melt that’s an IPA.
This is a very tasty pale ale that’s a the hoppier end for the style. Medium bodied, the piney, citrusy hops are balanced by bready, caramel accented malt.
This is a very tasty pale ale that’s a the hoppier end for the style. Medium bodied, the piney, citrusy hops are balanced by bready, caramel accented malt.
Tried
from Can
from
Belmont Beverage - West State
on 12 Apr 2025
at 05:43