Big Moose Ale
F.X. Matt Brewing Company (Saranac) in Utica, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.19
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7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
It poured a clear yellow and had a big white head that clings well and lingers lightly on top. The smell is a mix of citrus scents with hints of pine, slight malt sweetness coming through. The taste is clean and very light, and not bitter. The palate is about a medium with some harshness on the tongue. Overall, this is one of the better beers by Matt Brewing Company.
Tried
on 07 Jan 2013
at 17:51
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Location: 12 oz bottle from Buy Rite, 4/20/12
Aroma: This one has a sweet malty aroma, some light citrus, and a little bit of earth
Appearance: It pours a mostly clear reddish-orange color with a small head and light lace
Flavor: The flavor of this one is medium sweet and fairly malty, with an earthy hop presence
Palate: The body is light-medium, with a slightly sticky feel, and too much carbonation
Overall Impression: I wasn't impressed by this one. The nose and the flavor are fine, I guess, but nothing special. It is drinkable, but again, not particularly exciting.
Aroma: This one has a sweet malty aroma, some light citrus, and a little bit of earth
Appearance: It pours a mostly clear reddish-orange color with a small head and light lace
Flavor: The flavor of this one is medium sweet and fairly malty, with an earthy hop presence
Palate: The body is light-medium, with a slightly sticky feel, and too much carbonation
Overall Impression: I wasn't impressed by this one. The nose and the flavor are fine, I guess, but nothing special. It is drinkable, but again, not particularly exciting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Apr 2012
at 16:14
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Refrigerated bottle poured into a shaker. Pours clear amber with finger head that dissapates. Fairly good small lacing, medium body, lightly carbonated, and grassy hop aroma. Taste is caramel malt and grassy hops. No need to repeat.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2012
at 17:59
3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 2
Crisp copper coloured body with a thick dense tan head. Aroma of mild low alpha acid hops, some light old malt and a touch of sugars and medicine - not too nice. Light-bodied; Sharp medicinal flavour with a little hops and a very small amount of hops with very little else - pretty bland. Aftertaste is mild as well with almost nothing going on - not too good. Overall, a pretty awful beer with no good flavours and no complexity. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Oliver’s Beverage in Albany, New York on 18-November-2011 for US$1.19 sampled at home in Washington on 24-January-2012 the day before leaving to go up to the Adirondack Mountains.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2012
at 23:32
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Orange with a white head. Aroma is fruity with light citrus and rusty malts. Medium to light body. Flavor is a bit one sided. Malty with odd fruity notes. Decent.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2012
at 15:46
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from a multipak from the Folsom BevMo. Purs copper with a slight white head. Aroma suggests a touch of sulphur. Near med body. It’s floral over caramel. Maybe a touch of citrus. Pleasant, not really bland, but hardly exciting. It does seem bitter - so a plus for that.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2012
at 17:46
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Looks like a pale lager, perhaps just a tad darker. Big foamy nearly yellow head that fades within a minute or 2. Smell is quite floral hoppy, like a big IPA. First taste is on IPA style, but this is a pale ale? Too strong for my girlie lager loving tste buds. For the amount of hop bitterness, it certainly does have some decent co2. Long bitter medicinal IPA finsh. Old dependable saranac, she has come a long way. I’m quite surprized this is not rated higher, considering how much on style it is for an IPA.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2012
at 14:50
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
saranac brew #3 of christmas eve party. a decent pale ale with flavors of nuts, caramel, malt, pine and toast. drinkable and pleasant
Tried
on 26 Dec 2011
at 15:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours a deep copper color with a decent sized white head that displays moderate retention and lace. Smells of hops up front. Juicy citrus, pine, onions, and garlic with hints of bread, caramel ,and licorice in the background. Taste is bready malty caramel sweet up front before the hops take over and reclaim their dominance. Pine, green onion, and garlic flavored hops atop bready caramel that can’t keep up. Medium to thin body, moderate level of carbonation, with a sweet resinous mouthfeel. Wow after several mediocre beers from the 12 pack I think we have our winner. It’s too bad my brother drank and didn’t enjoy the other bottle in the 12 pack.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Nov 2011
at 21:48
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Mild piney hop aroma. Almost clear dark amber colour. OK stable tan head. The flavour has the same mild piney hopness as the aroma, slightly caramelly. Hint of grain in the finish, but OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2010
at 14:57