Sapphire Pale Ale
Haymarket Beer Co. Pub & Brewery
- From:
- Haymarket Beer Co. Pub & Brewery
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.68 | pDev: 5.16%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Aug 15, 2014
- Added:
- Apr 29, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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This highly sessionable pale is hopped and dry hopped with Saphir hops from Germany. Bright and crisp up front, subtle notes of dried apricot come through with a very smooth finish.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by MasterSki from Canada (ON)
3.7/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.75
3.7/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.75
On-tap at Haymarket. Served in a 5oz taster glass.
A - Looks nearly identical to Herkules, but a bit lighter in color.
S - Zesty, herbal hop notes, with a bready malt backdrop. A tad understated and mild in aroma relative to the Herkules, but does grow at tad more zesty and spicy as it warms up.
T - Taste is a bit more balanced, with stone fruit sweetness, pale malts, and low hop flavor. There's some mild hop bitterness that lingers, but this isn't the most expressive hop.
M - Big, chewy, and creamy for only 5%. Medium carbonation, and a dry and mildly resinous finish. Again, no alcohol in these low-ABV brews.
D - Really easy to drink, and definitely European in vibe. I can understand why breweries need to branch out a bit more with ingredient sourcing challenges, but the Sapphire hop doesn't seem all that interesting in this implementation. Still, went down really quick.
May 21, 2013A - Looks nearly identical to Herkules, but a bit lighter in color.
S - Zesty, herbal hop notes, with a bready malt backdrop. A tad understated and mild in aroma relative to the Herkules, but does grow at tad more zesty and spicy as it warms up.
T - Taste is a bit more balanced, with stone fruit sweetness, pale malts, and low hop flavor. There's some mild hop bitterness that lingers, but this isn't the most expressive hop.
M - Big, chewy, and creamy for only 5%. Medium carbonation, and a dry and mildly resinous finish. Again, no alcohol in these low-ABV brews.
D - Really easy to drink, and definitely European in vibe. I can understand why breweries need to branch out a bit more with ingredient sourcing challenges, but the Sapphire hop doesn't seem all that interesting in this implementation. Still, went down really quick.
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