Paddle Wheel Pale Ale
Bent River Brewing Company

Paddle Wheel Pale AlePaddle Wheel Pale Ale
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From:
Bent River Brewing Company
 
Illinois, United States
Style:
American Pale Ale
ABV:
5.99%
Score:
79
Avg:
3.42 | pDev: 11.99%
Reviews:
20
Ratings:
115
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 14, 2021
Added:
Mar 01, 2004
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  36
Compared to a pre-prohibition American style beer. A medium bodied ale with a well balanced hoppy finish.
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Ratings by kplooki:
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Rated by kplooki from Illinois

4/5  rDev +17%

Oct 22, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.18 by TwilightBeerCareer from Illinois

Feb 14, 2021
 
Rated: 3.25 by COBEERHUNTER from Colorado

Jul 16, 2018
 
Rated: 3.35 by Chilmer from Iowa

May 23, 2018
 
Rated: 3.5 by Richie_C_Johnson from Minnesota

Mar 08, 2018
 
Rated: 3 by 1971bernat from Virginia

Dec 28, 2017
 
Rated: 3.45 by craigbelly from Iowa

May 27, 2017
 
Rated: 3.13 by BeerWithMike from Nebraska

Apr 20, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by mcthfg from Korea (South)

Dec 30, 2016
 
Rated: 3.29 by nwhittin from Indiana

Sep 05, 2016
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Reviewed by LiquidAmber from Washington

3.77/5  rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured into a small shaker pint glass. Pours a medium coppery amber with a half finger light off-white head with good retention and light lacing. Aroma of mild caramel and light biscuit malt, grassy and piney hops. Flavor follows, with caramel malt with a little dry biscuit, citrus and piney hops with a pleasant piney bitterness in the finish. Medium bodied with good carbonation. This was a little darker than I expected from a pale ale and had a more robust aroma than expected. The flavor was quite good, with a nice pine dominated hop bill with hints of citrus and grassy hops. Although it might have been darker and more robust than the style, I thought this looked, tasted and smelled quite good. A good introduction to the brewery. From a friend's "Beer of the Month" club shipment.
Aug 28, 2016
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Rated by rclangk from West Virginia

3.12/5  rDev -8.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Pours a cloudy, honey color. Very flavorful, but I'd put it more in the category of an IPA than a pale ale.
Aug 28, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by Bendover80 from Illinois

Aug 09, 2016
 
Rated: 3.77 by Yancey82 from Pennsylvania

Jul 31, 2016
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Reviewed by EMV from Pennsylvania

3.27/5  rDev -4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Poured from a 12 oz bottle into a lagunitas mason glass.

L: Pours a dark golden color... cloudy with lots of sediment. Two fingers of off-white head... good retention and sticky lacing.

S: Malts and citrus... some floral hop notes.

T/F: Malty and semi-sweet up front. Biscuits and orange marmalade... citrus notes with a mild clean hop finish. Very thin/light in body... almost watery.

O: A pretty tame pale ale... looks great on the pour, but a little on the weak/watery side and you could probably drink a lot of these. Not unpleasant and reasonable flavor but nothing terribly exciting either.
Jul 23, 2016
 
Rated: 3.29 by BeerOps from Illinois

May 11, 2016
 
Rated: 3.33 by corybills from Texas

Jan 29, 2016
 
Rated: 3.42 by MrUse from Minnesota

Nov 12, 2015
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Reviewed by DaneBramage from Illinois

3.45/5  rDev +0.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
A: Hazy amber/copper.

S: Malty, slightly citrusy, not very hoppy.

T: Kind of bland, not bad but not great either. Citrus but not as hoppy as I'd like in an IPA.

M: Average.

O: Just nothing noteworthy about it. Good but not great, probably would not buy it again because I prefer a more aggressive IPA.
Oct 23, 2015
 
Rated: 4.14 by JMili from New York

Oct 22, 2015
Paddle Wheel Pale Ale from Bent River Brewing Company
Beer rating: 79 out of 100 with 115 ratings