6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
A very nice, cascadey pale ale. Orange in color, with definite cascadey aroma, with hints at caramel. Flavor is brisk and hoppy, with more cascade hop flavor. Plenty of malt keeps it balanced and quaffable.Update:Buttery malts come in first, followed by a touch of citric hops. Quick head over an amberish liquid. Feels almost as Britishy as their sawtooth esb, with a rounded malt presence, featuring caramel and perhaps a touch of apricot. Flavoring hops are an afterthought, slightly resiny and citric, and providing only a counterpoint to the malts. Finish has a grapefruit-rind bitter quality, but that also has an herbal/medicinal/cough syrup quality to it. As I get further into it, this licoricey-herbal character seems to become more prominent, and less appealing. I was initially going to rate this higher, but I find I’m liking the beer less and less the further I get into it.
Tried
on 17 Mar 2001
at 00:11