MO | Maine Beer Company
Brewed by:
Maine Beer Company
Maine, United States
mainebeercompany.com
Style: American Pale Ale (APA)
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 6.00%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
Our first run at an American Pale Ale. Flavors and aromas of zesty citrus, passionfruit, and pine present themselves throughout. A very subtle malt sweetness for balance, but this is intended to finish dry.
Just after opening our brewery, working long nights, weekends, and still maintaining our day jobs, my brother Daniel (the brewer) had twins. Cheers to his courage and dedication to making better beer.
Added by BEERMILER12 on 02-29-2012
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Ratings: 3,311 | Reviews: 490
4.25/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured from a bottle into a Laughing Sun tulip
L: Nearly clear light golden pour with 2 fingers of fluffy white head. Great lacing.
S: Lemon/citrus and mild resin.
T/F: Light grains. Lemon and grapefruit citrus. Light pine... mildly sweet followed by modest bitterness. Fruity. Creamy mouthfeel... light bodied and delicious.
O: An outstanding APA. One of the best I've ever had... just fantastic beer. This one's a 'must buy' if you are lucky enough to find it.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured from a bottle into a Laughing Sun tulip
L: Nearly clear light golden pour with 2 fingers of fluffy white head. Great lacing.
S: Lemon/citrus and mild resin.
T/F: Light grains. Lemon and grapefruit citrus. Light pine... mildly sweet followed by modest bitterness. Fruity. Creamy mouthfeel... light bodied and delicious.
O: An outstanding APA. One of the best I've ever had... just fantastic beer. This one's a 'must buy' if you are lucky enough to find it.
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4.25/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.8/5 rDev -11.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25
Poured from bottle
Look is golden with a frothy white head and nice lacing.
Smell is just some slight citrus or tropical, and pine; pretty subtle to me.
Taste is of some pine and a little malt sweetness. Maybe some subtle tropical fruit.
Light body, light carbonation.
Like other Maine beers I've had, this is enjoyable because it's balanced. Not one thing really stands out, but everything works together. Light, crisp, refreshing, low enough ABV, but enough flavors there to keep it interesting.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25
Poured from bottle
Look is golden with a frothy white head and nice lacing.
Smell is just some slight citrus or tropical, and pine; pretty subtle to me.
Taste is of some pine and a little malt sweetness. Maybe some subtle tropical fruit.
Light body, light carbonation.
Like other Maine beers I've had, this is enjoyable because it's balanced. Not one thing really stands out, but everything works together. Light, crisp, refreshing, low enough ABV, but enough flavors there to keep it interesting.
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4.31/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.68/5 rDev +9.1%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
One of the best pale ales around... Crisp, hoppy, refreshing... pours a cloudy straw gold, with a heady froth of white foam. Citrus hops and pale malts are perfectly balanced (for me). A great beer!
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look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
One of the best pale ales around... Crisp, hoppy, refreshing... pours a cloudy straw gold, with a heady froth of white foam. Citrus hops and pale malts are perfectly balanced (for me). A great beer!
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4.27/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a very slightly hazy deep yellow with a very well retained fluffy one inch head that left lacing all the way down the glass. Smells of citrus fruits, pine and sweet malts. Tastes of lemon (not puckering variety), pine, sweet malts, floral and earthy notes. Light to medium bodied, medium carbonation, finishes very dry with moderate bitterness.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a very slightly hazy deep yellow with a very well retained fluffy one inch head that left lacing all the way down the glass. Smells of citrus fruits, pine and sweet malts. Tastes of lemon (not puckering variety), pine, sweet malts, floral and earthy notes. Light to medium bodied, medium carbonation, finishes very dry with moderate bitterness.
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4.36/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
4.25/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.5/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.2/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Located in the northeast perhaps, but Maine Brewing Company puts together a strong west coast minded pale ale with moderate hop character throughout and a bone dry character for utmost drinkability and refreshment.
Racy golden and capped with a fluffy cloud of froth, Mo springs onto the nose with a radiant scent of citrus, spruce and slight hints of tropical fruit with a slim toasty scent. Scant sweetness graces the tongue with dry hints of granola, dry caramel and honey.
Malt sweetness bounces effortlessly off the tongue, ushered off by bright effervescence. In its wake, the hops build into a pink grapefruit, orange peel and light passionfruit medley. Trending dry, peppery and pine-like, a dried sawdust character comes with hints of hay, grass and herb on the late palate.
Light bodied for pale ale, the strong carbonation and fleeting sweetness ensures a high rate of drinkability with a quick hoppy finish that has a short linger of pine and citrus peel. Its a simple, elegant and brilliant take on the classic American pale ale.
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Located in the northeast perhaps, but Maine Brewing Company puts together a strong west coast minded pale ale with moderate hop character throughout and a bone dry character for utmost drinkability and refreshment.
Racy golden and capped with a fluffy cloud of froth, Mo springs onto the nose with a radiant scent of citrus, spruce and slight hints of tropical fruit with a slim toasty scent. Scant sweetness graces the tongue with dry hints of granola, dry caramel and honey.
Malt sweetness bounces effortlessly off the tongue, ushered off by bright effervescence. In its wake, the hops build into a pink grapefruit, orange peel and light passionfruit medley. Trending dry, peppery and pine-like, a dried sawdust character comes with hints of hay, grass and herb on the late palate.
Light bodied for pale ale, the strong carbonation and fleeting sweetness ensures a high rate of drinkability with a quick hoppy finish that has a short linger of pine and citrus peel. Its a simple, elegant and brilliant take on the classic American pale ale.
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4.35/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
500mL bottled 5/8/18 (40 days ago) poured into a Spiegelau IPA glass at fridge temp 6% ABV. The beer pours almost completely bright with a little chill haze. The color is straw yellow with a hint of orange and sticky, nearly white head. The head recedes to a fat island and leaves plenty of lacing. The aroma is mild with lemon and floral notes. The taste follows the nose with lemon and floral hoppy notes laid over a soft pilsner malt base. The mouthfeel is medium to thin bodied, adequately carbonated and mostly dry in the finish. The bitterness is not heavy handed and shows up about one-third of the way through the sip. Overall, very good.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
500mL bottled 5/8/18 (40 days ago) poured into a Spiegelau IPA glass at fridge temp 6% ABV. The beer pours almost completely bright with a little chill haze. The color is straw yellow with a hint of orange and sticky, nearly white head. The head recedes to a fat island and leaves plenty of lacing. The aroma is mild with lemon and floral notes. The taste follows the nose with lemon and floral hoppy notes laid over a soft pilsner malt base. The mouthfeel is medium to thin bodied, adequately carbonated and mostly dry in the finish. The bitterness is not heavy handed and shows up about one-third of the way through the sip. Overall, very good.
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4.81/5 rDev +12.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.22/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.44/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
So it would be an understatement to say I'm excited to try something from Maine beer company. I'll be pouring this from a 16.9 oz. bottle into a tulip. 3 weeks on the bottled date. So as I was pouring it didn't look like a crown was going to form and then all of a sudden a very frothy and dense one finger head comes bubbling up to sit on top of a hazy golden straw colored beer. The smell is amazing. Quite a bit of floral going on in there mixing with citrus galore. Smells juicy and makes my mouth water. Here we go for the taste. And it's not quite what I expected with the citrus that the nose puts off. It has some hints on lemon, not tart at all but more like a lemon being in a tea. Other than that it brings more dry like earthy notes. Maybe some straw or wheat, and definitely some nice floral. It makes for a crisp and refreshing pale ale. Overall, I'm glad I got to try it and it just makes for a very clean brew.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
So it would be an understatement to say I'm excited to try something from Maine beer company. I'll be pouring this from a 16.9 oz. bottle into a tulip. 3 weeks on the bottled date. So as I was pouring it didn't look like a crown was going to form and then all of a sudden a very frothy and dense one finger head comes bubbling up to sit on top of a hazy golden straw colored beer. The smell is amazing. Quite a bit of floral going on in there mixing with citrus galore. Smells juicy and makes my mouth water. Here we go for the taste. And it's not quite what I expected with the citrus that the nose puts off. It has some hints on lemon, not tart at all but more like a lemon being in a tea. Other than that it brings more dry like earthy notes. Maybe some straw or wheat, and definitely some nice floral. It makes for a crisp and refreshing pale ale. Overall, I'm glad I got to try it and it just makes for a very clean brew.
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4.15/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Look - yellow slight head
Smell - very citrus slight caramel
Taste - slight citrus fruitiness and pine and some bitterness but good
Feel - smooth, dry, crisp medium body
Overall - quality beer
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Look - yellow slight head
Smell - very citrus slight caramel
Taste - slight citrus fruitiness and pine and some bitterness but good
Feel - smooth, dry, crisp medium body
Overall - quality beer
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4.54/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.27/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.27/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Nice light color. Smooth supper on a sunny day. Tastes like you need at least 1 more.
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look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Nice light color. Smooth supper on a sunny day. Tastes like you need at least 1 more.
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4.4/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Just a really solid hoppy pale ale. Citrus, piney hops, crisp caramel malts. Bitter clean finish with a lingering resin feel. Clean and classic, all-around really good!
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Just a really solid hoppy pale ale. Citrus, piney hops, crisp caramel malts. Bitter clean finish with a lingering resin feel. Clean and classic, all-around really good!
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MO from Maine Beer Company
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