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Extra Pale Ale
Almanac Beer Co.
- From:
- Almanac Beer Co.
- California, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 80
- Avg:
- 3.51 | pDev: 12.25%
- Reviews:
- 34
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 07, 2016
- Added:
- Aug 23, 2012
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 11
Our Belgian-style Extra Pale Ale is brewed with heaps of sweet Mandarin oranges from Blossom Bluff Farms and California two-row barley. We dry-hop with generous doses of aromatic Cascade and Columbus hops and finish the beer with a hint of lightly toasted American oak. Enjoyed best with your favorite seasonal fare.
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Reviewed by Bierliebhaber3 from Massachusetts
3.5/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
First beer I’ve ever tried from this NorCal brewery. This is an American Pale Ale and it is very heavily hopped as per usual for California IPA variants. It is a darker amber color then the typical APA and has a fizzier head than usual. It starts with a pleasing strongly orange taste with more subtle flavors that are more typically found in Belgians. The aftertaste, however, is all over hopped APA leaving a bitter, astringent taste in my mouth. Lovers of IPAs would probably be into this, but I can really only appreciate the more balanced versions. The initial flavor keeps it from being too bad, but I probably wouldn’t go out of my way to have this beer again.
Jun 07, 2016Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington
3.5/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12oz bottle poured slowly into a tulip. And I mean really slowly. It was a bit of a gusher -- got beer all over my counter right after opening, even though it's been at rest in the fridge for a week or so. If there's a bottle code or anything, I don't see it.
Pours on the orange side of amber, cloudy, with a monstrous head. Smell is citrus, yeast. Dampness.
Taste is mild, orange peel bitter, soapy water, some kind of greenery.
Mouthfeel is medium and slick. Overall...it's fine.
Oct 14, 2014Pours on the orange side of amber, cloudy, with a monstrous head. Smell is citrus, yeast. Dampness.
Taste is mild, orange peel bitter, soapy water, some kind of greenery.
Mouthfeel is medium and slick. Overall...it's fine.
Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota
3.75/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a somewhat lifeless gold with virtually no head – a few stray bubbled. Has a grassy nose with traces of fruit and orange. Fruit, biscuit, light orange, over ripe fruit, with some pepper on the end. Medium body with virtually no carbonation.
Sep 14, 2014
Extra Pale Ale from Almanac Beer Co.
Beer rating:
80 out of
100 with
156 ratings
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