The Public Ale
DC Brau Brewing Co.

 

Canned in a little stubbie crafty craft can and purchased from budget shop Home bargains
Pours a fairly clear amber coloured body with decent white head
Aroma is lemon glucose tablets
Flavour is lime pine & bitter finish

 

A: pours a dark amber body with an off white head with ok retention and lacing.
S: slight hoppy notes with sweet toffee and nutty notes.
T: sweet, earthy hoppy notes with nutty, butter notes
M: medium bodied and fairly smooth; a little thin.
O: decent feel and taste combo; nice beee overall.

crisp lightly hopped ale smooth to drink

 

12 ounce can poured into a tumbler style pint glass.
Canned 7/12/21

Amber and clear but for some chill haze. Good visual carbonation feeding two fingers of tight off-white foam. Head persists and leaves a bit of lace. Moderate strength aroma, floral and spicy hops over a bready malt backbone. Taste opens fairly balanced hop to malt; medium bitter floral, spicy and woody hop flavor with full but lowly sweet grain and bread malt. Floral and citrus hop bitterness stands up more toward the finish. The medium-light body is soft and semi-dry with moderate carbonation. Good old style APA that to me tastes somewhat English.

 

12oz. can served in a shaker pint. Pours a dull, burnt orange with a hat clarity and tight, 1/8th inch, off-white head. Nose expresses light piney/resinous notes. Very similar to the nose in The Corruption; however, more subdued. Taste follow nose. Mouthfeel is light-medium in body with a pleasant, even carbonation and a slight oiliness to the texture. Overall, a decent old school APA but nothing to write home about.

 

Slightly hazy and copper in color with a half finger pillow of foam on top. The smell has floral and juicy notes, maybe a touch of pine or resin. Soft caramel as well. The taste is pretty hoppy for a pale, showcasing some resiny and piney flavors with a slight juiciness in the middle. A good backbone of caramel and bready malt stand up nicely to the boldness of the hops. Packs more of a punch than some regular IPAs, but has the balance of a well crafted pale ale. Definitely edges the line in a good way I think, hop heads will enjoy this.

April 8th, 2016 - This unabashedly non-partisan brew is accompanying me on business trip, but aside from the novelty there's not much quality here. Perhaps this is a commentary on American politics? The aroma is super sweet and excessively nutty. The flavor is blessedly milder, but has a pumpkin off note. The palate, though flawed, presents as a reasonably decent Red ale, but that off-note is quite pronounced.

This is a 2 year old can from the back of the work cooler, so take this review with a grain of salt. At least it was refrigerated the whole time.
Light copper color with some chill haze, thin white head that dissipates quickly, spotty lace
White grapefruit skin and caramel aroma
Caramel and grapefruit rind flavor
A little sticky for me. Carbonation is right on
Would be better fresh, but probably not by too much

 

 

 

Average IPA, nothing great.

 

 

 

-clear amber tap pour with a thin foam ring and an herbal-pine aroma. The flavor is malt > hops. The malt has a tad bit of toffee sweetness and the hop flavors are resinous and moderately bitter. This has a clean mouthfeel and finish. It is a bit different and appreciated.

 

Very nice pale ale! Served in a shaker pint at Ronald Reagan. Tangerine liquid that leaves rings of soapy lacing. Aromas of caramel, pine, and citrus, reminds me of Short's Space Rock back home. Flavor is aggressive for a pale ale, with kicks of grapefruit and berry finishing to a chewy caramel.

 

L - Looks the part, although a darker copper color than I expected for a pale ale
S - Still smells OK prior to taste; definitely an older school SNPA type whiff to it, but
T - where it falls apart for me, like a poorly malted IPA, with little interest and a weird "graininess" to the palate impression
F - Fine, good carbonation, but can't get over the malt grain taste, little hop impression here...
O - Meh, but I'm glad I tried a DC local beer while in D.C.

Poured Amber, not much head, but that's probably because of the place I got it at.

Nose is buiscuits and lightly toasted bread. Citrus, pine, tropical fruits. Some dried fruits, banana.

Flavor is quite bitter. Orange pith. Pine. Buiscuits, some bread. Very dry.

Mouthfeel is medium bodied with carbonation just north of moderate. Some alcohol warmth, not harsh.

This is a pretty decent pale ale. It could maybe use a touch more sweetness for balance, but it's still very much a drinkable beer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Picked up a six pack of cans when I was visiting DC. Had liked The Corrputiin IPA on a previous visit. In my opinion this beer isn’t as good but I still liked it. Nice smell from the can and taste is very bitter. Pine and pepper not much citrus. Leaves the palette dry and wanting more.