Berkshire Ale Traditional Pale Ale
Berkshire Brewing Company

Berkshire Ale Traditional Pale AleBerkshire Ale Traditional Pale Ale
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From:
Berkshire Brewing Company
 
Massachusetts, United States
Style:
American Pale Ale
Ranked #412
ABV:
6.3%
Score:
88
Ranked #14,047
Avg:
3.93 | pDev: 10.43%
Reviews:
144
Ratings:
255
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 02, 2022
Added:
Jan 30, 2002
Wants:
  14
Gots:
  21
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Ratings by gfreed:
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Reviewed by gfreed from Massachusetts

4.57/5  rDev +16.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
A delightful bottle of beer! While the color and the head are nothing special (deep copper color; thin, floaty tan head; both of which are still attractive), the aroma and the taste border on exceptional. Plenty of hops in the nose, with hints of iced tea and a tinge of bitterness that borders on grapefruit. But the bitterness is quite mild in the taste, which is dominated by malt but not in a heavy-handed manner. The hops are still present enough to be tangy at the back end, and there's enough citrus to remind one that the hops are available, but the malty backbone provides wonderful balance. Don't buy one expecting the sourness of so many American IPAs-- it's an APA, after all-- and you won't be disappointed. Berkshire Brewing is a pearl!
Sep 14, 2008
More User Ratings:
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Rated by brewme from Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev -4.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Reviewed from memory, decent.
Dec 02, 2022
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Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont

3.5/5  rDev -10.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured into a becher pint glass, the appearance was a murky dark orange color with a finger’s worth of white foamy head that slid off at a decent pace. Mild stringy lace. The aroma had some herbal to earthy hop qualities blending with some smooth semi-sweet cereal to biscuit-like malts. Light butterscotch and some caramel to toffee malts even come out to balance fairly nice. The flavor had the semi-dry and semi-sweet clean malt quality about it with a low hop bitter character about it. Sly aftertaste of this malt rides into the finish with the same low hop quality about it. The palate was about medium bodied with a fair sessionable smooth aspect to it. Hop bitterness was quite contained. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt as projected. Overall, pretty good pale ale, seemed close to an English styled one, but still worthy of coming back to.
Jun 21, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by alexsergio from New York

Dec 17, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by FrankShirley from Massachusetts

Nov 11, 2015
 
Rated: 3.9 by Barleycorn from Pennsylvania

Sep 29, 2015
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Reviewed by brureview from Massachusetts

4.19/5  rDev +6.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured a copper honey color in a Brooklyn Ocktober fest glass with a 4F head.

Aroma: sweet, malty, fruit.

The MF is not very carbonated and is relatively mild for the style.

Taste: fruit- possibly tropical, with a lightly bitter, sweet,malty finish.

Another excellent Berkshire brew and one of the better Pale Ales I tasted.
Jul 09, 2015
 
Rated: 3.37 by connecticutpoet from Connecticut

Jun 08, 2015
 
Rated: 3.58 by italianstallion from Wisconsin

Mar 30, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by knicks19947 from New York

Mar 10, 2015
 
Rated: 3.79 by SABERG from Massachusetts

Feb 01, 2015
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Rated by dfecteau from Massachusetts

3/5  rDev -23.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Solid beer. Price is great!
Jan 28, 2015
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Rated by BradMatton13 from Massachusetts

3.25/5  rDev -17.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Solid pale ale, very drinkable and for the price i buy this alot
Jan 06, 2015
 
Rated: 4.27 by Bogdawg from Massachusetts

Dec 28, 2014
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Rated by Jtcolella from Massachusetts

3.42/5  rDev -13%
look: 2 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 3.25
Like the overall taste and look
Dec 23, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by RobertColianni from Pennsylvania

Dec 15, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by IrishKevin from Massachusetts

Dec 10, 2014
 
Rated: 4.4 by lkokot from Connecticut

Nov 30, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by swierczt from Connecticut

Nov 29, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by spycow from Illinois

Nov 01, 2014
Berkshire Ale Traditional Pale Ale from Berkshire Brewing Company
Beer rating: 88 out of 100 with 255 ratings