Subsidiaries
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Lucky me, found this at Gårda SB - not ordinary selection on this very Thursday! Bottle, 2010-05-06, Göteborg AR: american hops, strawberry, caramel, apricots AP: a bit cloudy - honey colored body, white dimingsing head F: apricot, american hops, great bitterness and bit sweetness (fruity), Sprity! - but low alcohole procentage???
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2010
at 02:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cloudy orange/amber,large beige head.Citrus nose,whiff of sweet malt.Pleasant citrus profile,tea overtone.Medium strength lasting hop bitterness. Needs more malt
Tried
on 18 Apr 2010
at 16:05
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle, 15C. Clear amber. Large, slightly frothy beige head. High bead. Powdery aroma is mainly pine with some grapefruit, orange blossoms and caramel. Taste is sweet and floral-honeyed underneath solid bitterness. Very recognisable as a cousin to LCPA - there’s a bit more malt complexity, a bit more bitterness and (surprisingly) less aromatic action from the hops. The pine and grapefruit do linger, however. English weight, American hop taste, with a lighter and fancier version of Australian caramel maltiness that might have disappeared beneath more aromatics. Pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2010
at 05:54
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From a 330ml bottle on 2/1/2010. This is Little Creatures Pale Ale’s kid brother - has many of the same elements (hoppy with a passionfruit flavour) but is a little more subdued. A little like Coopers Pale is to Coopers Sparkling. All up, a eminently quaffable golden ale, perfect for a hot summer’s day.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2010
at 20:34
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From a 330ml bottle on 31/12/2009. Probably the best widely available beer in the country. Instantly recognisable, with its lovely floral, hoppy aroma, beautifully balanced passionfruit-like flavour, and walloping bitterness. Truly excellent. Rating 4.2.
Re-rate on 21/1/2017. LC pale was one of the first beers that piqued my interest in good beer. It was different, distinctly floral and miles better than the pale lager rubbish that was universally available here at the time. As a result I was somewhat over-generous with my rating, noting that I was largely still unfamilar with truly great beers. This remains a superior APA, albeit that it could afford to be a little more hoppy and assertive.
Re-rate on 21/1/2017. LC pale was one of the first beers that piqued my interest in good beer. It was different, distinctly floral and miles better than the pale lager rubbish that was universally available here at the time. As a result I was somewhat over-generous with my rating, noting that I was largely still unfamilar with truly great beers. This remains a superior APA, albeit that it could afford to be a little more hoppy and assertive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2009
at 22:36
5.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 6
Amber, fading light beige head with grass and citrus aroma which is indeed reminiscent of Little Creatures Pale Ale. Not a lot flavour going on here, though. That’s to be expected at 3.8%, although some English beers (like Timothy Taylor Landlord at 4.1%) pack a lot of flavour in at fairly low alcohol. This is pleasant dustcutter for a hot afternoon.
Tried
on 23 Dec 2009
at 03:18
7.5/10
Earthy hops with a bit of corn that thankfully fades. A nice subdued bitterness rounds it off.
Tried
on 06 Dec 2009
at 19:11
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Pint bottle. Lovely head - medium creamy white and long-lasting. The beer has a slightly alarming orange tinge. The nose has fruit and some malt but also some strange musty/ stale/ funky aromas. Maybe custard apple? Flavour has more of those tropical fruits - which are not my thing - in a fairly bland malty profile. Hops are just there to tidy up at the finish. It’s well in date (June 2010) and I recall liking this a fair bit more before, but this is pretty poor. [1.9]330ml bottle. Aroma of peaches, grapefruit, caramel, tropical fruits. Thin body. No depth to the fruity sweetness. Promising hop aroma fails to register much at all in the taste. Bland sweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2009
at 03:41
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Light copper. Lacy cream head. Honeyed citrus nose. Quite a lot of bubbles. Assertive rather than aggressive hopping. Complex resiny leatherwood middles. Carbonation doesn’t quite hide slight deadness on the palate. Very good rather than great. (rerate, old rating 3.7:) 9/10 I’ve had a few of its local competitors recently and liked them well enough. But I think I under-rated this one, perhaps from drinking it a bit too cold. Everything works together here, and as the cliche goes, a champion team beats a team of champions. [3.8][10/13] Reliable and pretty great. Not overtaken by later developments. [9/17] Still not overtaken by later developments, although it seems a tad old fashioned now - the hop aromatics are all integrated rather than bursting forth in dry hopped showiness.
Tried
on 21 Oct 2009
at 06:05
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. An orange-like color, a bit cloudy. The foam is not large but are lasting for quite a long time. Smells nice, a lot of citrus and a little black bear. The taste is not so extreme. Fruit and some flowers. Fresh and easy to drink. Bitterness is decent without being too aggressive. A drinkable beer that is not too advanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2009
at 06:41