Oliver's Riding Easy Nitro
Pratt Street Ale House
- From:
- Pratt Street Ale House
- Maryland, United States
- Style:
- American Blonde Ale
- ABV:
- 4.4%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.65 | pDev: 3.29%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Oct 20, 2017
- Added:
- May 31, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by ThisWangsChung from Maryland
3.54/5 rDev -3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.54/5 rDev -3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Pours a slightly murky amber color. The head is two fingers high and eggshell in shade. It has some traits of a nitro ale - such as incredible duration - but it's also far less creamy than other nitro beers. Plenty of webbed lacing sticks to the glass.
It's far less muted aromatically than the typical nitro beer - plenty of citrusy, lemony, floral hops show up. There's also a twinge of tropical fruit, along with some crackery malts providing the canvas. Time to go off on a tangent (partly because the nose is fairly simplistic): is this some sort of "pseudo-nitro" ale? Has Oliver's somehow cracked that DaVinci code of making a nitro beer not smell like nothing (same one that Left Hand also solved?) I think they have. Only reason I'm not scoring it even higher is because, like I said, the nose is fairly uni-dimensional.
The flavor starts off with those crackery malts. There seems to a be a faint hint of ale esters around the middle, and that helps to accentuate the hoppy finish. Hops include lemon, grapefruit, orange peel, flowers, and grass. While it's simplistic, and errs vaguely toward the bitter side, the flavors come together almost perfectly (though it's not a delicately balanced beer per se). Especially when it's not super chilled; I notice a bit of dishsoap when it's cold. Luckily, that goes away once it opens up, leaving something very easygoing yet slightly bigger seeming than the 4.4% would indicate.
Surprisingly full-bodied for 4.4%, though the texture is a bit chalky/coarse instead of creamy. It also seems like it has very low carbonation at first, but that's only illusory due to how small the bubbles feel on the palate. There is a touch of carbonic bite if I focus. This is more reliant on the natural dryness from the hops to will it down easily, though. Drinkability is excellent - hell, I'd even call it "sessionable".
Far from perfect, but it accomplishes exactly what I wanted from it - something that's both hoppy and drinkable. It doesn't seem like a full-on nitro ale at all, though. Actually, that's good, since most nitro beers are insanely watery. Stick with the cans, since I managed to sample this on nitro tap, and it was ridiculously weaksauce with an unpleasant bitterness.
3.54/5: Best nitro ale not from Left Hand as far as I'm concerned
Jul 28, 2016It's far less muted aromatically than the typical nitro beer - plenty of citrusy, lemony, floral hops show up. There's also a twinge of tropical fruit, along with some crackery malts providing the canvas. Time to go off on a tangent (partly because the nose is fairly simplistic): is this some sort of "pseudo-nitro" ale? Has Oliver's somehow cracked that DaVinci code of making a nitro beer not smell like nothing (same one that Left Hand also solved?) I think they have. Only reason I'm not scoring it even higher is because, like I said, the nose is fairly uni-dimensional.
The flavor starts off with those crackery malts. There seems to a be a faint hint of ale esters around the middle, and that helps to accentuate the hoppy finish. Hops include lemon, grapefruit, orange peel, flowers, and grass. While it's simplistic, and errs vaguely toward the bitter side, the flavors come together almost perfectly (though it's not a delicately balanced beer per se). Especially when it's not super chilled; I notice a bit of dishsoap when it's cold. Luckily, that goes away once it opens up, leaving something very easygoing yet slightly bigger seeming than the 4.4% would indicate.
Surprisingly full-bodied for 4.4%, though the texture is a bit chalky/coarse instead of creamy. It also seems like it has very low carbonation at first, but that's only illusory due to how small the bubbles feel on the palate. There is a touch of carbonic bite if I focus. This is more reliant on the natural dryness from the hops to will it down easily, though. Drinkability is excellent - hell, I'd even call it "sessionable".
Far from perfect, but it accomplishes exactly what I wanted from it - something that's both hoppy and drinkable. It doesn't seem like a full-on nitro ale at all, though. Actually, that's good, since most nitro beers are insanely watery. Stick with the cans, since I managed to sample this on nitro tap, and it was ridiculously weaksauce with an unpleasant bitterness.
3.54/5: Best nitro ale not from Left Hand as far as I'm concerned
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