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Porkslap Pale Ale
Butternuts Beer & Ale


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- From:
- Butternuts Beer & Ale
- New York, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
Ranked #1,238 - ABV:
- 4.3%
- Score:
- 74
Ranked #29,491 - Avg:
- 3.2 | pDev: 18.44%
- Reviews:
- 342
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 03, 2023
- Added:
- Mar 04, 2006
- Wants:
- 15
- Gots:
- 129
SCORE
74
Okay
74
Okay


Notes:
None
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Rated by NCSapiens from Indiana
3.44/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.44/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poorly crafted and not very tasty, but you can drink it out of the can for cheep at some places in rural NY.
Jan 03, 2023Reviewed by Woodstock1984
4.47/5 rDev +39.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.47/5 rDev +39.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
This one should be enjoyed straight out of the can. When poured, the look is orange and murky - not unappealing but it is a red-herring. The beer tastes nothing like the look of it.
Smells of grain, grass, and ginger.
The taste is malty, biscuity, with that slight sharpness from the ginger. Delicious.
Mouth feel is nice: well-rounded carbonation and lacing - not too light and not too heavy. Very crushable.
My dad has a go-to beer. My grandpa had one. His before him surely did as well.
This is mine.
Feb 09, 2020Smells of grain, grass, and ginger.
The taste is malty, biscuity, with that slight sharpness from the ginger. Delicious.
Mouth feel is nice: well-rounded carbonation and lacing - not too light and not too heavy. Very crushable.
My dad has a go-to beer. My grandpa had one. His before him surely did as well.
This is mine.
Rated by jguzman718 from New York
4.77/5 rDev +49.1%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.77/5 rDev +49.1%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
straight sweet with a bitter finish, tastes like a summer ale
Dec 21, 2018Reviewed by BeerAndGasMasks from Virginia
3.25/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
From the can, it pours a hazy orangey amber with a large head that slowly shrinks. Lacing. Scent is possibly ginger and a bit of malt. First sensation in taste was one of water, followed by a bit of malt. Decent summer beer.
Jul 04, 2018Reviewed by jjamadorphd from Florida
3.33/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.25
3.33/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.25
This is an almost great example of what I like to call a "pounder" beer...
Decent coloration and decent odor in the nose though a bit more carbonated than I prefer. What surprised me was its taste - malty, the most distant hints of sweetness, and an intangible quality of being a beer I could just pound one after the other. Too bad I only had one on hand...
Oct 02, 2017Decent coloration and decent odor in the nose though a bit more carbonated than I prefer. What surprised me was its taste - malty, the most distant hints of sweetness, and an intangible quality of being a beer I could just pound one after the other. Too bad I only had one on hand...
Reviewed by BeerBobber from Nevada
3.31/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
3.31/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Pours a slightly hazy golden amber color with tons of visible carbonation. Topped by just about a finger of loose crackling bone colored head.
Smell is slightly bready and malty while picking up on some hops.
Taste is slightly hoppy with a nice malt backbone.
Mouth is very light with a crisp dry finish.
This is a decent beer with some cool can art that drew me to the beer. The can is odd in that it says pale ale, farmhouse ale and ale brewed with ginger. Seems as if they are having some difficulty with thier own beer in attempting to identify it. Also of note is that "brewd with ginger" thing on the can, no ginger was picked up at all in this beer. So overal,l I did it and now I am moving on.
Jul 28, 2017Smell is slightly bready and malty while picking up on some hops.
Taste is slightly hoppy with a nice malt backbone.
Mouth is very light with a crisp dry finish.
This is a decent beer with some cool can art that drew me to the beer. The can is odd in that it says pale ale, farmhouse ale and ale brewed with ginger. Seems as if they are having some difficulty with thier own beer in attempting to identify it. Also of note is that "brewd with ginger" thing on the can, no ginger was picked up at all in this beer. So overal,l I did it and now I am moving on.
Rated by JBabz from Pennsylvania
2.9/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
2.9/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
Too malty
Apr 23, 2017Reviewed by EMH73 from New York
3.27/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.27/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Pours a slightly cloudy copper color with a half inch, poorly retained white head that left very little lacing. Smells of citrus and ginger. Taste is far more maltly than the smell would suggest, some orange flavor and just a hint of ginger. Minimal bitterness. Thin mouth feel, moderate carbonation, light bodied.
Jan 15, 2017Rated by Tpan429 from New York
1.93/5 rDev -39.7%
look: 1.75 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
1.93/5 rDev -39.7%
look: 1.75 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Kind of tastes and feels the way the logo looks.
Jul 01, 2016Reviewed by BrewMaven from New York
3.77/5 rDev +17.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev +17.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Pours a nice hazy deep gold that has a slight head that stays to lace the glass.
Not much on the nose for me, but taste is a big malty, hoppy surprise!
Fairly thick bodied with moderate carbonation.
The fact that it's only 4.3%, makes it an excellent session beer for me.
Very good!!! Repeat buy.
Jun 16, 2016Not much on the nose for me, but taste is a big malty, hoppy surprise!
Fairly thick bodied with moderate carbonation.
The fact that it's only 4.3%, makes it an excellent session beer for me.
Very good!!! Repeat buy.
Porkslap Pale Ale from Butternuts Beer & Ale
Beer rating:
74 out of
100 with
898 ratings
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