Small Ale
Colonial Brewing Company
- From:
- Colonial Brewing Company
- Australia
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 3.5%
- Score:
- +1 rating needed
- Avg:
- 3.66 | pDev: 8.2%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jun 07, 2018
- Added:
- Mar 02, 2015
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 4
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by lordofthewiens from New Mexico
4/5 rDev +9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Very cool lid. The entire top comes off.
The beer is a hazy amber color with a small white head. There is a bit of lace.
Sweet malt aroma with some floral and citrus hops.
And that is exactly how it tastes. Caramel malt up front, then some floral hops, with a grapefruit finish.
Light to medium bodied. Nice beer.
Jun 07, 2018The beer is a hazy amber color with a small white head. There is a bit of lace.
Sweet malt aroma with some floral and citrus hops.
And that is exactly how it tastes. Caramel malt up front, then some floral hops, with a grapefruit finish.
Light to medium bodied. Nice beer.
Reviewed by doktorhops from Australia
3.5/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.5/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Mid-strength wha?!? Doc, you never drink mid-strength! Yeah I know man, woman... beer-drinking robot from the future... sometimes though I feel the need to give a mid-strength beer a chance, more as consumer advice to you dear reader than anything else. This Small Ale from Colonial (based out of Margaret River in WA... Western Australia - not a US state) comes highly recommended from several peeps, so yeah I’m going to give it a chance, even though: Mid-strength. I just don’t get them - I would rather drink 1 x 8.5% ABV Duvel and drive than 2-3 mid-strength beers - that’s my philosophy in the matter anyhow.
Poured from a neat-o 375ml can where the entire lid lifts off: Love it! Into a nonic pint.
A: Cloudy amber body with a 1 centimetre white head that soon subsides to a thin layer of foam. Looks s’right, nice and cloudy - when it comes to beer IMO cloudy is the shit (i.e. good). 8/10.
S: Caramel/biscuit malt base precedes a floral/fruity hop note - it’s more English Pale Ale than American Pale Ale, which is to say there is a decent malt base aroma to balance out some fruity hops. So far this is an exemplary mid-strength - it has an aroma that would rival a fair few full-strength beers. 8/10.
T: Here’s where all mid-strengths generally fall apart like a French mime in a musical about cheese: It’s a tad bit muted and a bit boring (yes I’m not a fan of cheese). The caramel/biscuit malt base comes through, then light floral hops and a touch of citrus, finishing more dry than bitter. It’s well executed - I can taste that - but it’s just not my nonic pint of beer. I need GUSTO! I’d settle for just Gus, I’m sure Gus can put together a decent beer [who’s Gus?] who cares? 7/10.
M: Light(ish) bodied with a medium to high carbonation... it’s not doing itself any favours here either. 6/10.
D: Decent effort, but I’m not about to go out of my way to drink another mid-strength for a while. I had high hopes that maybe I could be swayed into mid-strength beers for reasons I would go so far as to group into one large category I label “my beer gut”, alas this is not the mid-strength messiah that will lure me from my 12% ABV quad-strength behemoth beers... I’m sure one day though I will find a mid-strength beer with enough flavour to warrant a change, I just got to keep looking. 6/10.
Food match: Mid-strength food? Say fish and chips? Hot dog with tomato sauce? Ok.
Sep 09, 2016Poured from a neat-o 375ml can where the entire lid lifts off: Love it! Into a nonic pint.
A: Cloudy amber body with a 1 centimetre white head that soon subsides to a thin layer of foam. Looks s’right, nice and cloudy - when it comes to beer IMO cloudy is the shit (i.e. good). 8/10.
S: Caramel/biscuit malt base precedes a floral/fruity hop note - it’s more English Pale Ale than American Pale Ale, which is to say there is a decent malt base aroma to balance out some fruity hops. So far this is an exemplary mid-strength - it has an aroma that would rival a fair few full-strength beers. 8/10.
T: Here’s where all mid-strengths generally fall apart like a French mime in a musical about cheese: It’s a tad bit muted and a bit boring (yes I’m not a fan of cheese). The caramel/biscuit malt base comes through, then light floral hops and a touch of citrus, finishing more dry than bitter. It’s well executed - I can taste that - but it’s just not my nonic pint of beer. I need GUSTO! I’d settle for just Gus, I’m sure Gus can put together a decent beer [who’s Gus?] who cares? 7/10.
M: Light(ish) bodied with a medium to high carbonation... it’s not doing itself any favours here either. 6/10.
D: Decent effort, but I’m not about to go out of my way to drink another mid-strength for a while. I had high hopes that maybe I could be swayed into mid-strength beers for reasons I would go so far as to group into one large category I label “my beer gut”, alas this is not the mid-strength messiah that will lure me from my 12% ABV quad-strength behemoth beers... I’m sure one day though I will find a mid-strength beer with enough flavour to warrant a change, I just got to keep looking. 6/10.
Food match: Mid-strength food? Say fish and chips? Hot dog with tomato sauce? Ok.
Reviewed by WoodBrew from Ohio
3.58/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Trying the Small Ale at Sail & Anchor in Freo. It poured a clear golden with white head that is leaving a lace. The scent is mild bread. The taste is biscuit with hints of lemon. The Mouthfeel is lighter in body with good carbonation. Overall it's pretty good.
Jun 24, 2016
Reviewed by Pintfinder from Australia
3.96/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
Sporting one of the all time great receptacles, the small ales general aesthetic is very appealing. Once you've ripped the whole top off the can, a very unique feature, the beer has a great soft floral aroma. From there it drinks very nicely, as a mid-strength it doesn't pack a whole of punch but soft floral hop notes, with creamy finish. Highly drinkable, falls into the revisit category!
Jan 31, 2016
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.03/5 rDev -17.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
3.03/5 rDev -17.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
slick and creamy, hazy golden body, fairly robust grain presence, hay, grass, etc.. Just better than average, but hurrah, it's not a lager! Signs of life Down Under.
Jan 22, 2016
Reviewed by CrazyDavros from Australia
3.85/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
3.85/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
Pours gold with a large head.
Nose shows biscuity and bready malt along with soft grassy and floral hops.
The same biscuity malt transfers through as a flavour along with earthy and grassy hops.
Sep 22, 2015Nose shows biscuity and bready malt along with soft grassy and floral hops.
The same biscuity malt transfers through as a flavour along with earthy and grassy hops.
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