Mansquito (19100) reviewed Pale Dog Ale from Hops & Grain Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
D &Q Mini Mart, Houston can: Pours golden with white head. Aroma is pretty impressive. It is a whole bouquet of citrus and flowers. Taste is slightly bitter,but not too much so. Generally well-blanaced. Not much sweetness. Medium-light bodied. Pretty tasty. One of the better Texas beers that I have had so far.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Got in a trade with Cyde. 12 ounce can into lager glass; no canning date, but should be pretty fresh. Pours lightly hazy golden amber color with a 1 finger fairly dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings down the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big tangerine, lemon zest, peach, mango, pineapple, floral, grass, bread, light caramel, and floral/yeast earthiness. Very nice aromas with good complexity and balance of hop, malt, and yeast notes; with good strength. Taste of tangerine, grapefruit, lemon zest, peach, mango, pineapple, bread, light caramel, floral, grass, and floral/yeast earthiness. Light floral bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of citrus, pineapple, peach, mango, bread, light caramel, floral, grass, and floral earthiness on finish. Very nice complexity of citrus/tropical hop flavors with balanced malt sweetness; with a great malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a smooth and lightly crisp mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very nice hoppy pale lager style. Nice complexity and balance of hop and malt flavors; and very smooth to drink. A very enjoyable offering.
ben4321 (11522) reviewed Pale Dog Ale from Hops & Grain Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Location: 12 oz cans from Central Market, 9/9/13
Aroma: The nose is light grassy hops, some grains, crystal malts, and herbal notes
Appearance: It pours an unclear gold-orange color with a frothy white heads and sticky lacing
Flavor: The hops come through more in the flavor, it is lightly sweet and medium bitter
Palate: The body is light-medium, with a nice, clean feel, soft carbonation, and a dry finish
Overall Impression: I thought this was a pretty solid APA. It isn't a standout in the style, but it is quite quaffable. This is a perfectly acceptable canned offering.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Sampled at BTBF. Clearly a beer utilizing Mosaic. Pours with a clear golden hued body with a white head. Aromas are hugely grassy, tropical fruit, spicy, stone fruit and resin. Flavors are spicy, grainy, with intense fruit notes. Toasty, dry. Medium bitterness, floral and juicy. Great Mosaic character. Lively carbonation, dry bodied. Excellent.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
On tap at BTBF. Pours with a murky brown hued body with an off-white head. Aromas are nutty, a touch of grapefruit, medium lactic, sour wine, oak and papaya with some malty notes. Flavors are nutty, toasty, oak. Light brett and various funky phenols. Malty, low vanillin. Estery. Medium carbonation. I am not really sure what to make of this. Messy.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Pale Dog Ale from Hops & Grain Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can shared at Bruce’s 30th Birthday Bash - CBC Clerkenwell, London. Thanks to The Peter! Pours clear gold with a fine, white cream head. Crystal malts abound in the nose along with some pine. Light dryness here, some toasty bread, mellow pine bitterness. Light to medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Decent resinous pine on the finish with toasty bread and light grass. Decent overall.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Pale Dog Ale from Hops & Grain Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can at Bruce’s 30th celebrations, 08/02/13, thanks to Peter (the) for sharing this one ! Lightly hazed mid amber with a decent sized frothy white head. Nose carries pale malts, hops, pine, citrus, grapefruit - fresh and vibrant! Taste comprises pine, hops, lightly bitter grapefruits, citrus, orange pith. Medium bodied with soft carbonation with some bitterness in the dryish finish. Decent!
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Pale Dog Ale from Hops & Grain Brewing 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at Deeblo 30 th birthday. Can. good hoppy aroma some soapy hop later on ok
deyholla (22727) reviewed Pale Dog Ale from Hops & Grain Brewing 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Can thanks to my Secret Santa Michael. Pours a clear deep orange gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of grassy hops with backing earthy grain and hay. Flavor starts with grassy hops that last throughout with backing notes of earthy grains and just a hint of bitter pine.
BMan1113VR (8090) reviewed Half-Nelson from Hops & Grain Brewing 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap. Pours with a massive white head over a golden hued body. Aromas are grainy, estery, fruity, caramel, light bready. Low citrusy notes. Might be an older keg, as the hops were not extremely vibrant. Flavors are sweet with and perceived sweet fruit hop characteristics. Tropical fruit, mango. Medium to fuller bodied.