American Pale Ale
McKenzie Brew House
- From:
- McKenzie Brew House
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 81
- Avg:
- 3.43 | pDev: 19.83%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 10
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Feb 07, 2016
- Added:
- Sep 04, 2010
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
81
Good
81
Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by corby112 from Pennsylvania
3.79/5 rDev +10.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.79/5 rDev +10.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Draft at the brewpub.
Pours a slightly cloudy, dark golden orange color with tangerine edges and a two finger frothy white head. Excellent retention, only slowly fading into a lasting cap/ring. Streaks of soapy lacing left behind.
Slightly earthy, floral hop aroma with grass and resinous pine needle. This is countered by a decent malt backbone that gives off hints of toffee, biscuit and caramel sweetness.
Fuller end of medium bodied with an aggressively hopped flavor profile. Lots of dry, earthy bitterness with resinous oils, spruce tip and pine needle flavor followed by subtle citrus character and a sweet malt backbone. Feels more like an ipa. Hints of citrus and pineapple followed by caramel, toffee and biscuit. Really well balanced but still retains a lot of hop flavor. Pretty nice pale ale.
Sep 11, 2013Pours a slightly cloudy, dark golden orange color with tangerine edges and a two finger frothy white head. Excellent retention, only slowly fading into a lasting cap/ring. Streaks of soapy lacing left behind.
Slightly earthy, floral hop aroma with grass and resinous pine needle. This is countered by a decent malt backbone that gives off hints of toffee, biscuit and caramel sweetness.
Fuller end of medium bodied with an aggressively hopped flavor profile. Lots of dry, earthy bitterness with resinous oils, spruce tip and pine needle flavor followed by subtle citrus character and a sweet malt backbone. Feels more like an ipa. Hints of citrus and pineapple followed by caramel, toffee and biscuit. Really well balanced but still retains a lot of hop flavor. Pretty nice pale ale.
Reviewed by tobelerone from New Jersey
3.24/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
3.24/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
Burnished amber beer with nice clarity, a slowly settling white head, and lots of lace. A good looking pale ale. Aroma is quite mild; some light hoppiness, floral notes and some citrus fruits, a bit of caramel malt.
Flavor is very middle of the road; unaggressive hoppiness, again mostly floral and fruity; light bitterness, mild pale malt flavor. Faint caramel sweetnes. Dry finish with a small amount of lingering bitterness.
Medium-light body and a bit of an off-putting fizziness to the carbonation. Not bad but a bit forgettable and middling.
Jun 29, 2012Flavor is very middle of the road; unaggressive hoppiness, again mostly floral and fruity; light bitterness, mild pale malt flavor. Faint caramel sweetnes. Dry finish with a small amount of lingering bitterness.
Medium-light body and a bit of an off-putting fizziness to the carbonation. Not bad but a bit forgettable and middling.
Reviewed by greyghost86 from Delaware
3.76/5 rDev +9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.76/5 rDev +9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A: Bright, golden tan...had this as part of a sampler...best of the batch.
S: Nice hops, but a bit lost, would have liked a stronger scent of the hops. Hint of something else, maybe sweet caramel.
T: Very enjoyable after a not so impressive scent. It was crisp with a decent malt taste followed by a decent hop that someone else posted seemed to be fighting" each other here. Could taste the caramel and spice undertones that were pretty good!!!
M: This was the one in the sampler that I did not feel was over carbonated. It had a medium body with low/moderate carbonation which I really liked.
O: I really enjoyed this beer. Of the ones offered in the sampler this was the best, equalling the IPA. It didn't knock me out, but with my wings that I ordered it was perfect!!!! It stood out in the sampler to the point that I ordered two more glasses to cap off the night!!!!
Serving type: on-tap
May 29, 2012S: Nice hops, but a bit lost, would have liked a stronger scent of the hops. Hint of something else, maybe sweet caramel.
T: Very enjoyable after a not so impressive scent. It was crisp with a decent malt taste followed by a decent hop that someone else posted seemed to be fighting" each other here. Could taste the caramel and spice undertones that were pretty good!!!
M: This was the one in the sampler that I did not feel was over carbonated. It had a medium body with low/moderate carbonation which I really liked.
O: I really enjoyed this beer. Of the ones offered in the sampler this was the best, equalling the IPA. It didn't knock me out, but with my wings that I ordered it was perfect!!!! It stood out in the sampler to the point that I ordered two more glasses to cap off the night!!!!
Serving type: on-tap
Reviewed by spdyfire83 from Ireland
3.62/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.62/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
163rd Review
Served in a pint glass
From notes.
A: Bright, golden tan (warming after the other bad beers I tried from here - I'm bitter...my apologies). Single (pure white) fingernail head.
S: Light-bodied malt (combo of two-row and biscuit malt) with nice hop presence. Hint of sweet caramel to round things out.
T: Crisp and unbalanced malt and hop profile that are "fighting" each other here - but at least there is something! Hints of caramel and spice undertones make it interesting and dare I say...enjoyable.
M: Medium body with low/moderate carbonation. Needs to be a bit more full-bodied to drink like a proper English Brown Ale.
O: Now we're talking...a decent beer that drinks pretty okay for the style. It will not knock your socks off, but that's okay because this is just meant to be a beer-drinking-beer. Good just with the Pale Ale!
Feb 03, 2012Served in a pint glass
From notes.
A: Bright, golden tan (warming after the other bad beers I tried from here - I'm bitter...my apologies). Single (pure white) fingernail head.
S: Light-bodied malt (combo of two-row and biscuit malt) with nice hop presence. Hint of sweet caramel to round things out.
T: Crisp and unbalanced malt and hop profile that are "fighting" each other here - but at least there is something! Hints of caramel and spice undertones make it interesting and dare I say...enjoyable.
M: Medium body with low/moderate carbonation. Needs to be a bit more full-bodied to drink like a proper English Brown Ale.
O: Now we're talking...a decent beer that drinks pretty okay for the style. It will not knock your socks off, but that's okay because this is just meant to be a beer-drinking-beer. Good just with the Pale Ale!
Reviewed by cpetrone84 from Pennsylvania
3.15/5 rDev -8.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.15/5 rDev -8.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pour is pale yellow with thin white head. Yeasty and light spice character, hints of lemon and faint citric note. Sugary in the nose and flavor. Yeast and spicy undertones with some candied sugar in the flavor. Syrupy with a fair amount of carbonation and a touch oily rather than dry.
Dec 19, 2011
Reviewed by mdfb79 from New York
3.58/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Had on tap today at the Glen Mills brewpub.
a - Pours a clear golden-amber color with one inch of white head and moderate carbonation evident.
s - Smells of pale malts, grain, and bready malts. Some faint hops as well.
t - Tastes of grains, bread, wheat, pale malts, light citrus hops, and light fruit. A step up from the nose.
m - Light body and moderate carbonation. Very easy to drink.
o - Overall an easy drinking, pretty nice pale ale. Light fruit in the taste and the usualy grain and bready from an APA. Would have it again, and better than the XPA and witbier they had on tap.
Oct 17, 2011a - Pours a clear golden-amber color with one inch of white head and moderate carbonation evident.
s - Smells of pale malts, grain, and bready malts. Some faint hops as well.
t - Tastes of grains, bread, wheat, pale malts, light citrus hops, and light fruit. A step up from the nose.
m - Light body and moderate carbonation. Very easy to drink.
o - Overall an easy drinking, pretty nice pale ale. Light fruit in the taste and the usualy grain and bready from an APA. Would have it again, and better than the XPA and witbier they had on tap.
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