St. James Pale Ale
Half Pints Brewing Company
- From:
- Half Pints Brewing Company
- Manitoba, Canada
- Style:
- Kölsch
- ABV:
- 4.8%
- Score:
- 79
- Avg:
- 3.42 | pDev: 13.16%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 18
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Aug 17, 2019
- Added:
- Sep 11, 2009
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 7
SCORE
79
Okay
79
Okay
Like the Kölsch beer that makes Cologne famous, our St. James Pale Ale is a medium bodied blonde brew that’s soft on the palette with a malty finish. Restraint is shown by our hop loving brewers as they add four additions to achieve low bitterness and a floral finish. Slow fermentation gives this beer its smooth fruity flavour that makes us say “yes, we’d gladly have another!”
11 IBU
11 IBU
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Reviewed by zeledonia from Washington
3.64/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.64/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Tasted 10 May 2015, reviewed from notes.
Pours clear golden yellow. Not much head, and what's there is gone quick.
Smell is dull and grainy, warm. Not much hops, but they bring a weedy smell. Light malts.
Taste is just sort of blah - there’s not much to it. A little bit of bitterness in the back-end. Reminds me of pale ales I made when I first started home-brewing. Flat, very low bitterness, grainy, a little weedy, a little corny.
Feel is fine. Medium-light body, surprisingly mouth-filling.
I find this a very blah beer. A passable pale ale, not bad, but nothing notable about it at all.
EDIT: I had this beer again a few weeks later, and liked it quite a bit more. Especially the taste and the feel. Updated my ratings to reflect that.
Aug 23, 2015Pours clear golden yellow. Not much head, and what's there is gone quick.
Smell is dull and grainy, warm. Not much hops, but they bring a weedy smell. Light malts.
Taste is just sort of blah - there’s not much to it. A little bit of bitterness in the back-end. Reminds me of pale ales I made when I first started home-brewing. Flat, very low bitterness, grainy, a little weedy, a little corny.
Feel is fine. Medium-light body, surprisingly mouth-filling.
I find this a very blah beer. A passable pale ale, not bad, but nothing notable about it at all.
EDIT: I had this beer again a few weeks later, and liked it quite a bit more. Especially the taste and the feel. Updated my ratings to reflect that.
Reviewed by FondueVoodoo from Canada (BC)
3.48/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.48/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Special thanks to tdadiuk for sending this beer out west.
A: Pours a clear lit straw colour with 1 finger of white head that dissipates leaving a slight rim.
S: Light grassy, straw scents - quite faint.
T: Similar to the scent with the inclusion of lemon rind and wheat. Refreshing and clean.
M: Clean and refreshing with light carbonation.
O: A decent light beer that pairs well with summer and patios.
Aug 06, 2013A: Pours a clear lit straw colour with 1 finger of white head that dissipates leaving a slight rim.
S: Light grassy, straw scents - quite faint.
T: Similar to the scent with the inclusion of lemon rind and wheat. Refreshing and clean.
M: Clean and refreshing with light carbonation.
O: A decent light beer that pairs well with summer and patios.
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