Bone-A-Fide Pale Ale
Boneyard Beer Company

I really appreciate how the malt bill contributes to a substantial mouthfeel. Just enough hop profile to cut through the overall malt/hop balance.
It’s skillfully brewed moderate ABV beer like this that separates genuine craft breweries from the big corporations.

On tap at the Bier Hall in PDX.
Pours a light gold, can read through it. Fluffy white head resides just shy of 2 inches. Good retention, moderate lacing.
Nose is light. A bit of citrus and a hint of grain is barely noticeable.
Flavor is a little more pronounced. Orange rind, bread dough, light grass, and a hint of pine resin.
Mouthfeel is on the lighter side, good carbonation level keeps it alive in the mouth, and finishes slightly dry and crisps.

 

Had this beer last night. Pours a light golden color with a medium head. Aroma is malt and hops. It has a clean and crisp taste with a touch of bitterness. You can always count on Boneyard for a good beer. Rated 4-25-2025

 

 

 

 

 

Taster at Brewery. Liked it enough to get a Crowley to go. Clean and pure, straight up APA. Perfect amount of happiness, carried by a nice malt bill. Full of flavor, without being overly bitter.

Pours a clear golden straw with a finger and a half of foamy head that dissipates to a thin ring with plenty of lacing. Faint citrus aroma. Taste follows nose. Clean finish.

draught
Rather thick and creamy, light ivory head, that sustains. Nearly clear, light golden straw color. A slightly malted grapefruit peel aroma, with a little hint of sweetness. Light levels of non offensive grapefruit peel, with a teensy light toasted malt base.

 

Extremely solid pale; somewhat crackery and lemony so not explosively hoppy but with a touch of biscuit and a nice citrus note as well, it’s solid.

Another 6 pack find at the gas station in rural Nevada.

Pours a familiar golden color with ample clarity into a Marquette 1959 jersey pint glass. 2/5" white head, small bubbles. The aroma is entirely old school C hop (centennial, chinook, cascade) , but man, don't let that fool you into thinking that it isn't aromatic. Plenty of pine tree going on here. Citrus rind unsweetened.

Taste as a previous review notes, is similar to SNPA, but I would say sure, in hopping aroma and taste, in abv strength, in crushability yes. But the malt body is massively different. This is much lighter and trendy with its minimalism in the barley department. While it might still give off a hint of wooden caramel, it just isn't anywhere near the same caramel bomb SNPA is.

There is a bit more of a varied citrus rind too, not just grapefruit, feels like you could zest a lemon next to this beer and get some drops in there. Carbonation on point. A lot more expensive than SNPA. Stickers kinda sucked on this one transferability wise.

This one pours a clear dark orange color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.

This smells like piney hops, lemon peel, grapefruit pith, and sugar cookies.

This is a solid little old school pale ale, something along the lines of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale without as much bite. There's definitely some maltiness here, but it's one of those rare situations where it doesn't really detract. There's some weed and piney bitterness, along with a touch of lemon and grapefruit citrusy hoppiness.

This is light bodied, clean, and crisp, with a very nice drinkability.

This feels a little bit understated in today's world, but I still enjoyed it.

 

 

 

Clear amber with plenty of foam in the tall goblet, though appearance is marred by the flock of floaties. Sudsy and light mouthfeel with malty substance. Inviting fruity aroma with a piney breeze. Moderately sweet and quite malty tasting. Big flavor of honeydew melon and citrus with a bitter dose of peel in the aftertaste. A nice balance overall.

I see hops are the usual suspects, Mosaic and Citra. Hard to go wrong if they don't hop with a heavy hand in a lighter beer. This one is tremendously drinkable, but so flavorful you want to sip more slowly. From the 12 oz can dated 01/05/2021 on the bottom.