Whale Ale | Six Row Brewing Company
Brewed by:
Six Row Brewing Company
Missouri, United States
Style: American Pale Wheat Ale
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 5.50%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
What can we say about this one? A bit of luck meets years of homebrewing experience? When it came time to test out our brewing system for the first time, we needed something that we wouldn't feel too bad about dumping if we had equipment troubles. One of our brewers had enough malt in his homebrew stock, which unfortunately wasn't being used due to all his spare time being spent helping get Six Row started, for a batch.
However, it was a bit of a motley collection of ten (yes, ten!) malts, everything from wheat to pale to crystal to aromatic to our namesake. With a little supplemental malt from the local homebrew store, some Cascade and Goldings hops and a blend of US ale yeasts, the Whale (wheat/pale) ale was born. Pale copper in color, this is an interesting beer that has already been enjoyed by many. Let us know how you would describe it.
31.4 IBU
Added by Vancer on 12-06-2009
This beer is retired; no longer brewed.
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Ratings: 85 | Reviews: 20
Reviews by jadeal:
3.5/5 rDev -0.6%
jadeal, Jan 05, 2012
More User Reviews:
3.73/5 rDev +6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Light gold in color and a bit of haziness. A millimeter of white foam rests on top. Light malt and cereal grains great me with the aroma. I get some unexpected brisk hop flavor of the pine variety. Mouthfeel is very smooth. This is very refreshing on a hot day like today. I later could get a bit of the hop aroma as the beer warmed slightly.
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look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Light gold in color and a bit of haziness. A millimeter of white foam rests on top. Light malt and cereal grains great me with the aroma. I get some unexpected brisk hop flavor of the pine variety. Mouthfeel is very smooth. This is very refreshing on a hot day like today. I later could get a bit of the hop aroma as the beer warmed slightly.
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2.85/5 rDev -19%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Pours out a slightly cloudy yellow amber color with just a tad of the white foam. No lacing here.
Smell is faint bread and just a touch of spice.
Taste is weak and watery but the flavor is there. Some lemon but mostly dry grain.
Mouthfeel is very clean and that is not a good thing. This is a wash-out more than a good mouthfull of beer.
Overall this isn't terrible but leaves a lot to the imagination.
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look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Pours out a slightly cloudy yellow amber color with just a tad of the white foam. No lacing here.
Smell is faint bread and just a touch of spice.
Taste is weak and watery but the flavor is there. Some lemon but mostly dry grain.
Mouthfeel is very clean and that is not a good thing. This is a wash-out more than a good mouthfull of beer.
Overall this isn't terrible but leaves a lot to the imagination.
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4.1/5 rDev +16.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
I was impressed by how balanced this beer was, especially after hearing that it was made with 10 malts, and included wheat.
What stood out was its taste: what I thought to be honey peaked through the hops the most. It was crisp and held its taste throughout the sample.
I drank it alone, but imagined it would taste great with something light, like a salad with some citrus on it or a cheese and nut platter.
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
I was impressed by how balanced this beer was, especially after hearing that it was made with 10 malts, and included wheat.
What stood out was its taste: what I thought to be honey peaked through the hops the most. It was crisp and held its taste throughout the sample.
I drank it alone, but imagined it would taste great with something light, like a salad with some citrus on it or a cheese and nut platter.
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3.63/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
22 oz bomber into a shaker.
A - Deep gold to amber with a slight haze. Moderate bright white head. Carbonation appears moderate. Lacing slight.
S - Distant ale esters with a hint of bready malt at the fringes of perception. No off aromas detected, but I want more.
T - Initial toasted bread transitions to a biscuity mid with very distinct, clean bitterness. A honey like flavor near the back transitions to a very clean, dry finish with only a wisp of ending bitterness. The very picture of drinkability.
M - Medium body with brisk carbonation. Pushes the envelope of heaviness for a light session beer.
O - A zombie of ingredients turns into a mild-mannered session wheat pale ale. I could put down a few on a hot day like this. Not a once in a lifetime beer, but for a session pale ale, it's top-of-the-line.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
22 oz bomber into a shaker.
A - Deep gold to amber with a slight haze. Moderate bright white head. Carbonation appears moderate. Lacing slight.
S - Distant ale esters with a hint of bready malt at the fringes of perception. No off aromas detected, but I want more.
T - Initial toasted bread transitions to a biscuity mid with very distinct, clean bitterness. A honey like flavor near the back transitions to a very clean, dry finish with only a wisp of ending bitterness. The very picture of drinkability.
M - Medium body with brisk carbonation. Pushes the envelope of heaviness for a light session beer.
O - A zombie of ingredients turns into a mild-mannered session wheat pale ale. I could put down a few on a hot day like this. Not a once in a lifetime beer, but for a session pale ale, it's top-of-the-line.
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3.47/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from the tap a cloudy peach color with no head whatsoever.
Aroma of hoppy lemon, faint yeast and grain.
The taste was malty with grassy hops and a light fruitiness.
Light-to-medium bodied and crisp with a moderate carbonation.
A decent beer from Six Row.
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look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from the tap a cloudy peach color with no head whatsoever.
Aroma of hoppy lemon, faint yeast and grain.
The taste was malty with grassy hops and a light fruitiness.
Light-to-medium bodied and crisp with a moderate carbonation.
A decent beer from Six Row.
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Whale Ale from Six Row Brewing Company
Beer rating:
36.5% out of
100 with
85 ratings