Pale Ale
White Rabbit
- From:
- White Rabbit
- Australia
- Style:
- Belgian Pale Ale
Ranked #206 - ABV:
- 4.9%
- Score:
- 78
Ranked #37,613 - Avg:
- 3.21 | pDev: 9.03%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 7
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 22, 2024
- Added:
- Aug 17, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 7
SCORE
78
Okay
78
Okay
Here at White Rabbit we are intrigued by the curious and challenged by the wondrous, interested in creating flavoursome and balanced beers.
We had an idea in mind, created a plan and prepared, but it was the journey along the way that lead us tothis fantastic beer. If you can imagine chucking your favourite record on but accidentally choosing the wrong speed… you know you have all the right ingredients for a fantastic listening experience… but there’s just something not quite right… well that’s what we encountered in the development of this beer. Overcoming breakdowns, ingredients / hop (un)availability, brain fades, brain waves, and through blending, fine tuning, tinkering and working with the ingredients, we made our way to a beer we are very proud of.
We trialled many different ingredients and allowed the beer to tell us what it wanted to be (to the total frustration of our friendly suppliers). In the end we pitted two classic Belgian yeast strains against each other, challenged them with an array of gorgeous hops (some now relegated to the bench) and watched in awe and horror while some of our favourite specialty malts were cast aside in favour of some previously little known but now champion malts of this brew…
What you taste now is a beer with a beautiful balance of delicate fruit esters and subtle spicy notes - neither one dominates the palate - and is supported by a well-integrated malt backbone and everyone’s favourite; truckloads of aromatic hop flowers.
We had an idea in mind, created a plan and prepared, but it was the journey along the way that lead us tothis fantastic beer. If you can imagine chucking your favourite record on but accidentally choosing the wrong speed… you know you have all the right ingredients for a fantastic listening experience… but there’s just something not quite right… well that’s what we encountered in the development of this beer. Overcoming breakdowns, ingredients / hop (un)availability, brain fades, brain waves, and through blending, fine tuning, tinkering and working with the ingredients, we made our way to a beer we are very proud of.
We trialled many different ingredients and allowed the beer to tell us what it wanted to be (to the total frustration of our friendly suppliers). In the end we pitted two classic Belgian yeast strains against each other, challenged them with an array of gorgeous hops (some now relegated to the bench) and watched in awe and horror while some of our favourite specialty malts were cast aside in favour of some previously little known but now champion malts of this brew…
What you taste now is a beer with a beautiful balance of delicate fruit esters and subtle spicy notes - neither one dominates the palate - and is supported by a well-integrated malt backbone and everyone’s favourite; truckloads of aromatic hop flowers.
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.49/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.49/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Mild aroma of pit fruits and honey. Amber body with minimal wispy head. Taste is sweet malt, apples, and a hint of toffee. Chalky finish with mild lingering dry finish
Dec 22, 2024
Reviewed by patre_tim from Thailand
3.61/5 rDev +12.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.61/5 rDev +12.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Peach juice in a glass, tons of carbonation, and a half finger of white head.
Smells of nothing really, a hint of cardboard, macaroni, and funk.
Tastes of malt, funk, a little fruitiness, a big dough bomb, and perhaps a little tartness.
Light body, lots of carbonation.
Got this in Perth over a month ago, drinking in a hotel in Chiang Mai Sept 28th, 2017. Simple, nice style to the label and overall as a brew.
Sep 28, 2017Smells of nothing really, a hint of cardboard, macaroni, and funk.
Tastes of malt, funk, a little fruitiness, a big dough bomb, and perhaps a little tartness.
Light body, lots of carbonation.
Got this in Perth over a month ago, drinking in a hotel in Chiang Mai Sept 28th, 2017. Simple, nice style to the label and overall as a brew.
Reviewed by heygeebee from Australia
3.23/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.23/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Had two of these out of a sixer and sadly this one is not as good as the last.... Here goes.
Clear gold, frothy white head.
Good Belgian aromas, some malts, a little bread.
Taste is in line with style, not too hoppy, nicely balanced. Lemons, yeasts, this bottle a little dull, the last much more punch.
Could use a little more carbonation.
Mar 27, 2016Clear gold, frothy white head.
Good Belgian aromas, some malts, a little bread.
Taste is in line with style, not too hoppy, nicely balanced. Lemons, yeasts, this bottle a little dull, the last much more punch.
Could use a little more carbonation.
Reviewed by Andrewharemza from Australia
3.62/5 rDev +12.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.62/5 rDev +12.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
From bottle brought from coolwines, Aromas of fresh cut grass, lemon and faint toffee. Flavour is piney, caramel and faintly citrus. Very enjoyable worth a try.
Jun 28, 2015
Rated by WoodBrew from Ohio
3.48/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.48/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Very much like a heffe. Lots of clove.
Jun 14, 2015
Reviewed by Mosant from Australia
3/5 rDev -6.5%
3/5 rDev -6.5%
I had a 330ml bottle.
Appearance: Great golden bright amber colour. Average white head dissipates quickly.
Aroma: malts and some yeast evident, not getting any floral hop aromas. Not much complexity there at all.
Flavour: medium mouth feel, carbonation like I'd expect in a draught beer off the tap. Good full flavour from the malts. I'm. Getting very little bitterness compared to other craft style pale ales but maybe that is due to the style supposing to be Belgian.
Overall: not a bad beer, very approachable and could drink several in a session. Seems to be designed for mass market acceptance and taste as opposed to niche craft market.
Dec 03, 2014Appearance: Great golden bright amber colour. Average white head dissipates quickly.
Aroma: malts and some yeast evident, not getting any floral hop aromas. Not much complexity there at all.
Flavour: medium mouth feel, carbonation like I'd expect in a draught beer off the tap. Good full flavour from the malts. I'm. Getting very little bitterness compared to other craft style pale ales but maybe that is due to the style supposing to be Belgian.
Overall: not a bad beer, very approachable and could drink several in a session. Seems to be designed for mass market acceptance and taste as opposed to niche craft market.
Reviewed by chogm54 from Australia
3/5 rDev -6.5%
3/5 rDev -6.5%
330ml bottle, BB April 2015. Big claims on the label - 'meeting of old and new', labelled as a Belgian Style Pale Ale.
A - bronze, clear, pours a thin white head that lingers for a while.
S - sweet malts with yeast aromas, there is also a bit whiff of floral notes
T - malt and slight citrus (mandarin) flavours upfront, but with a very tangy bitterness and yeast taste kicking in quickly. The bitterness is real sharp with a strong sourness - it makes me forget the initial malt flavour. Very abrupt aftertaste.
M - Thin bodied, dry texture, low to moderate carbonation.
O - the bitter kick with the yeast flavours makes for an interesting sip, but the tang is so sharp I'm not sure how it would go as a session beer. Also a bit thin overall. I might try it again in a few months when it is warmer.
Aug 23, 2014A - bronze, clear, pours a thin white head that lingers for a while.
S - sweet malts with yeast aromas, there is also a bit whiff of floral notes
T - malt and slight citrus (mandarin) flavours upfront, but with a very tangy bitterness and yeast taste kicking in quickly. The bitterness is real sharp with a strong sourness - it makes me forget the initial malt flavour. Very abrupt aftertaste.
M - Thin bodied, dry texture, low to moderate carbonation.
O - the bitter kick with the yeast flavours makes for an interesting sip, but the tang is so sharp I'm not sure how it would go as a session beer. Also a bit thin overall. I might try it again in a few months when it is warmer.
Reviewed by ADZA from Australia
2.75/5 rDev -14.3%
2.75/5 rDev -14.3%
Pours a clear golden amber hue with a sudsy two finger head and a rim of lacing, the smell is floral hops, honeyed malts and a touch passionfruit, the mouthfeel is light bodied and over carbonated and the taste is just like the smell yet more boring its just a mix of light passionfruit, floral hops and a touch of Belgian yeast and overall very boring and lack Lustre and would not buy again cheers.
Aug 17, 2014
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