Paradise Pale
Seven Sheds Brewery

From bottle, pours pale golden yellow with big white fluffy head. Aroma biscuit, honey, floral notes. Taste honey, floral, fruity, orange very refreshing.

 

Pale golden (nearly cider territory) with a white fluffy head. Medium carbonation sees plenty of bubbles rising through the beer.

Faint floral hoppy aroma with a hint of pilsner like sweet pale biscuity malt. Not exactly your classic APA nose. Slight yeast character introduces a bit of banana/clove hefe crossed with a bit of belgian pale. Enjoyable and refreshing.

That biscuity pilsner malt taste backs things up. Little hop character in both flavor and bitterness. Maybe a bit of grassy hop character but fairly light overall.

Good mouthfeel and easily drinkable. As I said its not shooting for the classic APA style, probably leaning more towards a golden ale but really it's just a light refreshing ale. A lawn mower pale ale if there was such a thing.

750ml bottle purchased from Crown Cellars, Launceston and poured into a nonic style pint glass. 5.0% ABV.

Very light golden appearance with a soft white head of foam that is more than just film.

Aroma is of orange peel and lemon, but not overly enticing.

Tastes mainly of marmalade, relatively clean and distinct, but not over the top by any means.

Lacks bitterness, the mouthfeel is average, no distinct feel about it. Body is actually a little big for the style and size of the beer, it is not as easy a sipper as you initially envisage. Definitely no post lawnmowing beer here.

Overall, an English style ale as you would expect, being brewed in the "Kentish Town" region of Tasmania. Not a real session ale as i thought it might be, not a real hoppy beer as i thought it might be. Decent, but not really grabbing your wallet for a second showing.

On-tap at the New Sydney Hotel in Hobart.

Pours a pale yellow colour, lemony, almost the same colour as the Van Dieman White Hills witbier I had just before it. Head is fine and white, leaving only very faint hints of lace. Eh. Looks pretty average, truth be told.

Faint sourness on the nose, giving rise to apple cider and grape juice. A little zesty orange with a whiff of frozen puff pastry. Eh. Pretty average again.

Taste is a bit better. The hops come through here giving a flavour of dry hop pellets, especially on the back, leaving a twang of aspirin astringency. Almost no true bitterness though, just the flavour of hops. Still apple cider characters coming through, but it's nicer all up.

Feel is crisp. Doesn't have a whole lot to work with, but it's nice.

It's drinkable, but, eh, pretty forgettable too. It needs more hops for the style. The acidity can't be masked without them.