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Palo Alto Brewing Hoppy Ending Pale Ale
Firehouse Grill & Brewery
- From:
- Firehouse Grill & Brewery
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 79
- Avg:
- 3.35 | pDev: 12.54%
- Reviews:
- 17
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 27, 2020
- Added:
- Feb 03, 2010
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 3
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Reviewed by Fatehunter from Oregon
3.58/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Pours two fingers of head on a clear straw body.
The aroma is dank and ripe grapefruit and lemon.
The taste is lemon and grapefruit bitter with just enough sweetness to balance it out.
The texture is crisp and fizzy.
Good flavor and easy to drink.
Nov 12, 2015The aroma is dank and ripe grapefruit and lemon.
The taste is lemon and grapefruit bitter with just enough sweetness to balance it out.
The texture is crisp and fizzy.
Good flavor and easy to drink.
Reviewed by Nugganooch from California
3.07/5 rDev -8.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
3.07/5 rDev -8.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
12oz bottle no date – purchased at Boynton Liquors San Jose, CA
Hotel tumbler glass – 11/20/13
Cute label - says this is now brewed by Hermitage Brewing which would explain things
A: Pours a plain caramel amber body with some nice clarity and carbonation evident. A healthy head of khaki foam forms over top with fair retention efforts displayed. Nice sticky lacing observed as the foam grips the glass after each sip.
S: Caramel toffee sweetness up front with a touch of some herbal weed stems and a flash of orange peel on the end stretch. Smells more like a barley wine with a firm malt presence. Not a terrible aroma but not exactly balanced or hop friendly for an APA.
T: Biscuit with an overwhelming caramel malt sweetness. Hops are secondary wielding flavors of orange citrus and pine. Moderate level of perceived bitterness with a slightly resinous trailer of earthy herbals. Alcohol is nicely masked but this is just too sweet and malty for my liking.
M: Moderate filling that seems even heavier by the loaded malt base. There is a light drying effort towards the finish but the feel is watery overall with some soft residual lingering.
D: Not so good. Hops are faded. Lacks proper malt to hop balance and comes off more like a malty barley wine. Either this is a fairly old sample or just plain bad.
Hoppy ending was not achieved. Avoid.
Dec 03, 2013Hotel tumbler glass – 11/20/13
Cute label - says this is now brewed by Hermitage Brewing which would explain things
A: Pours a plain caramel amber body with some nice clarity and carbonation evident. A healthy head of khaki foam forms over top with fair retention efforts displayed. Nice sticky lacing observed as the foam grips the glass after each sip.
S: Caramel toffee sweetness up front with a touch of some herbal weed stems and a flash of orange peel on the end stretch. Smells more like a barley wine with a firm malt presence. Not a terrible aroma but not exactly balanced or hop friendly for an APA.
T: Biscuit with an overwhelming caramel malt sweetness. Hops are secondary wielding flavors of orange citrus and pine. Moderate level of perceived bitterness with a slightly resinous trailer of earthy herbals. Alcohol is nicely masked but this is just too sweet and malty for my liking.
M: Moderate filling that seems even heavier by the loaded malt base. There is a light drying effort towards the finish but the feel is watery overall with some soft residual lingering.
D: Not so good. Hops are faded. Lacks proper malt to hop balance and comes off more like a malty barley wine. Either this is a fairly old sample or just plain bad.
Hoppy ending was not achieved. Avoid.
Palo Alto Brewing Hoppy Ending Pale Ale from Firehouse Grill & Brewery
Beer rating:
79 out of
100 with
41 ratings
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