Aass Gourmet Pale Ale | Aass Brewery
Brewed by:
Aass Brewery
Norway
aass.no
Style: American Blonde Ale
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 4.70%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
No notes at this time.
Added by Radome on 01-10-2012
Ratings: 5 | Reviews: 2
3.61/5 rDev +10.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
A: This is an amber colored beer with a good head.
S: This beer smells of malt and nothing else.
T: This beer tastes like malt and nothing else.
M: This beer is in good balance and has a wonderful carbonation.
O: Good drinkable and a nice finish.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
A: This is an amber colored beer with a good head.
S: This beer smells of malt and nothing else.
T: This beer tastes like malt and nothing else.
M: This beer is in good balance and has a wonderful carbonation.
O: Good drinkable and a nice finish.
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3.06/5 rDev -6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
500 ml can, bought while on business in Stavanger, Norway. Poured into a clear plastic cup (because that's all I had).
A – The color is a deep copper, almost an amber beer, but extremely clear. Off-white head starts out 2 cm thick and fades to a thin film of bubbles with lots of lacing.
S – The aromas are very restrained. I get a bit of sweet, bready malt and some faint noble-type hops. Nothing else.
T – Not much going on here. Flavors of noble hops mix with slightly grainy malt. It could almost taste like a lager, except that there are some fruity ale yeast notes in the background. No complexity or breadth to the flavors. The finish has a metallic taste I don’t care for.
M – Body is medium to heavy. There is a sweet, mouthcoating sensation in mid-palate followed by a drier finish. Carbonation is prickly and a little harsh. Very slight hops bitterness, no alcohol burn.
O – This is an attractive beer, but the flavors and aromas don’t match the nice appearance. Overall a disappointingly bland pale ale. I don't know what the brewers intended it to be, beyond the name they chose, but I'm calling it an American Blond for review purposes.
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look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
500 ml can, bought while on business in Stavanger, Norway. Poured into a clear plastic cup (because that's all I had).
A – The color is a deep copper, almost an amber beer, but extremely clear. Off-white head starts out 2 cm thick and fades to a thin film of bubbles with lots of lacing.
S – The aromas are very restrained. I get a bit of sweet, bready malt and some faint noble-type hops. Nothing else.
T – Not much going on here. Flavors of noble hops mix with slightly grainy malt. It could almost taste like a lager, except that there are some fruity ale yeast notes in the background. No complexity or breadth to the flavors. The finish has a metallic taste I don’t care for.
M – Body is medium to heavy. There is a sweet, mouthcoating sensation in mid-palate followed by a drier finish. Carbonation is prickly and a little harsh. Very slight hops bitterness, no alcohol burn.
O – This is an attractive beer, but the flavors and aromas don’t match the nice appearance. Overall a disappointingly bland pale ale. I don't know what the brewers intended it to be, beyond the name they chose, but I'm calling it an American Blond for review purposes.
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Aass Gourmet Pale Ale from Aass Brewery
3.28
out of 5
based on 5 ratings.
look: 3.25 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75