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Whitbread Pale Ale
Whitbread PLC
- From:
- Whitbread PLC
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Pale Ale
Ranked #173 - ABV:
- 5.7%
- Score:
- 77
Ranked #27,166 - Avg:
- 3.35 | pDev: 15.22%
- Reviews:
- 227
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 10, 2022
- Added:
- Oct 25, 2001
- Wants:
- 14
- Gots:
- 4
No description / notes.
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Ratings by zakery:
Reviewed by zakery from Ohio
3.65/5 rDev +9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.65/5 rDev +9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Appearance: Big off-white foamy head with good retention and lace. The body has a clear dark amber-brown color and no visible carbonation.
Smell: A nice english pale ale smell. Caramel malt, toffee, even a touch of chocolate, and a little nutty. It's so faint that it doesn't bother me, but there is a hint of sour smell too.
Taste: Thin caramel malts, hop bitterness to match, a little salty, a flash of sourness that fortunately disappears quickly, followed by a a nice but thin finish.
Mouthfeel: medium-light body with medium carbonation.
Nice, but could do with some more character. It barely has enough oomph to accompany and stand up to a mild creamy cheese such as Havarti. Drink by itself as a sociable beer, not with food.
Oct 04, 2002Smell: A nice english pale ale smell. Caramel malt, toffee, even a touch of chocolate, and a little nutty. It's so faint that it doesn't bother me, but there is a hint of sour smell too.
Taste: Thin caramel malts, hop bitterness to match, a little salty, a flash of sourness that fortunately disappears quickly, followed by a a nice but thin finish.
Mouthfeel: medium-light body with medium carbonation.
Nice, but could do with some more character. It barely has enough oomph to accompany and stand up to a mild creamy cheese such as Havarti. Drink by itself as a sociable beer, not with food.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.04/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.04/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Bottle at The Three Judges, Glasgow. ABV is 3.4%. Amber colour, decent head. Moderate aroma of cellar, dust and caramel. Thin mouthfeel. The flavour has toffee and biscuits, with barely acceptable hops in the finish.
Jun 10, 2022Rated by davidward from Florida
3/5 rDev -10.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -10.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
A decent pale ale.
Mar 24, 2022Rated by safaricook from Netherlands
3.37/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.37/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
not bad, but the malt character is my least favourite. very personal opinion
Oct 20, 2017Rated by mdfb79 from New York
3.52/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Had at The Rugby Tavern in London, England.
Oct 19, 2015Reviewed by jrein0254 from Maryland
3.42/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.42/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Yeah, it's just OK out of the bottle cold. Cellar temp knocks it up a point in flavor and aroma. On tap, it is another ball game. This has been far and away the most popular draft beer I have sold in my 40 year restaurant career so far . It just fit the old colonial early american atmosphere of my tavern so well, it was a natural.
Jun 20, 2014
Whitbread Pale Ale from Whitbread PLC
Beer rating:
77 out of
100 with
296 ratings
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