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Phoenix Pale Ale
Sly Fox Brewing Company
- From:
- Sly Fox Brewing Company
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
Ranked #918 - ABV:
- 5.1%
- Score:
- 84
Ranked #23,195 - Avg:
- 3.7 | pDev: 11.62%
- Reviews:
- 265
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 27, 2024
- Added:
- Sep 13, 2002
- Wants:
- 10
- Gots:
- 58
A bold American Pale Ale brewed with Pale and Crystal malts and hopped with Centennial and Cascade hops from the Pacific Northwest. Copper in color, medium-bodied and spicy.
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Ratings by ppoitras:
Reviewed by ppoitras from Massachusetts
4/5 rDev +8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12oz can obtained via trade with Jetsbeer. Thanks for the opportunity...
Poured into an imperial pint glass, formed a 3/4" beige head over the cloudy copper brew. Head lasts nicely, with lots of sticky, slow-to-fall lace. Aroma is dominated by fresh fruity hops character. Flavor also exhibits little notable malt character before the hops influence takes over. Hops burps are quick to rise to the occasion. Mouthfeel and drinkability are good as well. A nice IPA, and can availability is just another feather in its cap.
Nov 06, 2006Poured into an imperial pint glass, formed a 3/4" beige head over the cloudy copper brew. Head lasts nicely, with lots of sticky, slow-to-fall lace. Aroma is dominated by fresh fruity hops character. Flavor also exhibits little notable malt character before the hops influence takes over. Hops burps are quick to rise to the occasion. Mouthfeel and drinkability are good as well. A nice IPA, and can availability is just another feather in its cap.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Lexluthor33 from New York
3.75/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Golden brown, nice head and great lace.
Aroma of caramel and malts with mild fruit notes.
taste was mild, bitter malts with hints of citrus.
the feel was light and decent carbonation.
Good drinkability.
Feb 27, 2024Aroma of caramel and malts with mild fruit notes.
taste was mild, bitter malts with hints of citrus.
the feel was light and decent carbonation.
Good drinkability.
Reviewed by SertralineShot from Pennsylvania
4/5 rDev +8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
I believe this beer has been retired. It has been replaced by the SRT Ale and Vulpulin, which are not as good in my opinion. Anyway this was a fine Pale Ale. To me it had a bit of a "minerally" flavor (hard to describe) which is also present in other sly fox beers (most noticeably in the SRT).
Mar 26, 2019Reviewed by EMV from Pennsylvania
3.59/5 rDev -3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.59/5 rDev -3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a 12 oz can into a Dogfish Head tulip
L: Clear golden amber pour with 2 fingers of fluffy white head. Great sticky lacing.
S: Toasted grains and light pine.
T/F: Follows the nose. Grainy/crystal malts. Light pine and citrus. Very modest bitterness... slightly earthy. Fairly light bodied. Crisp and clean.
O: A solid and very easy drinking APA. Good flavor, modest bitterness.... not one to seek out, but one you could drink several of in a session and still feel pretty okay.
May 22, 2018L: Clear golden amber pour with 2 fingers of fluffy white head. Great sticky lacing.
S: Toasted grains and light pine.
T/F: Follows the nose. Grainy/crystal malts. Light pine and citrus. Very modest bitterness... slightly earthy. Fairly light bodied. Crisp and clean.
O: A solid and very easy drinking APA. Good flavor, modest bitterness.... not one to seek out, but one you could drink several of in a session and still feel pretty okay.
Reviewed by Jlabs from New York
3.69/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Golden brown in color ..this looks and smells like a ho-hum standard IPA. Taste has decent hop bite but nothing else really stands out here and this drinks like your normal session beer
Mar 07, 2018Reviewed by MikeWard from Pennsylvania
3.43/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.43/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12oz can into a pint glass. best before 4/22/17, so about 10 months late on this one. oh well.
looks decent enough. hazy orange body, thick foamy head leaving excellent lacing, very lightly carbonated.
no aroma at all, nothing good, nothing bad.
kinda dead tasting. nothing much going on.
mouth between medium and full. faintly bitter on the finish. perhaps the last traces of hops.
overall, not unpleasant in any way. even this old. no bad aftertaste. will re-review if I come across a fresher one.
Feb 10, 2018looks decent enough. hazy orange body, thick foamy head leaving excellent lacing, very lightly carbonated.
no aroma at all, nothing good, nothing bad.
kinda dead tasting. nothing much going on.
mouth between medium and full. faintly bitter on the finish. perhaps the last traces of hops.
overall, not unpleasant in any way. even this old. no bad aftertaste. will re-review if I come across a fresher one.
Reviewed by flgimp from Pennsylvania
3.61/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.61/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Pours nicely with a dissipating foamy white head, initial light lacing, light Smokey orange color. Smell is very faint citrus. Taste is a very nice blend of biscuit malt and hops and not overly bitter. Slight spice. Body is medium with ample carbonation.
Jan 05, 2018Rated by jimpyle48 from Virginia
3.43/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.43/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Sampled from can
Dec 31, 2017Reviewed by Vetbidder from Pennsylvania
3.71/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.71/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Nifty looking can from Sky Fox in Pottstown PA. This beer has a nice orange golden slightly hazy look with an offwhite head a lots of carbonation bubbles seen rising. The scent is pretty dead on for an APA, mix of malt and hops but nothing exciting. Flavor is pretty good with an even blend of biscuit malt and hops, not really sweet nor very bitter. Crisp and fairly well carbonated and slightly on the thinner side. I could see these going down quickly.
Sep 24, 2017Reviewed by HoppingMadMonk from New Jersey
3.86/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.86/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Aroma was of malt,and cereal as well as some hops and citrus. Really nice beer,easy to drink,all the elements/flavors worked well togethor. There was malt,hops,then some citrus on the finish.This was not a hop overload beer,the hops kind of crept up after the first taste of malt
Sep 11, 2017Reviewed by Ciocanelu from Romania
3.6/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.6/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Clear golden color with off-white head. Aroma has sweet malt, orange, honey, biscuits and some earthy hops on the back end. Taste starts with a very classic, biscuity malt profile, similar to a helles. Some floral hop notes in the middle and the finish is a really nice combination of malt and citrusy hops. Medium to light bodied with crisp carbonation. Overall it's a quite nice, easy drinking pale ale but nothing to go crazy for.
Aug 17, 2016Reviewed by TonyLema1 from South Carolina
3.56/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.56/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
L: copper color, off white head, lots of carbonation
S: light malty nose
T: malty, slightly bitter
F: coats the front of the mouth
O: very drinkable, not memorable
Aug 07, 2016S: light malty nose
T: malty, slightly bitter
F: coats the front of the mouth
O: very drinkable, not memorable
Phoenix Pale Ale from Sly Fox Brewing Company
Beer rating:
84 out of
100 with
528 ratings
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