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Finch's Pale Ale
Finch Beer Co.
- From:
- Finch Beer Co.
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 82
- Avg:
- 3.61 | pDev: 10.25%
- Reviews:
- 17
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 09, 2017
- Added:
- Aug 04, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 19
SCORE
82
Good
82
Good
Finch's Pale Ale is an American style Pale Ale featuring Crystal and Munich malts to give it a nice sweet, biscuit malt flavor with a hop punch from Cascade and Simcoe for a citrus, dank aroma. At 5.2% ABV and 40 IBUs this beer is easy to drink on a hot day and packed with flavor to make you want to drink another.
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Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
3.69/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured into a becher pint glass, the appearance was a pale yellow color with a finger's worth of white foamy head that slid off at a good pace, not much lace, but was there seemed to speckle slightly.
The aroma had a nice clean cereal/graininess flowing combining with some breadiness and then some light citrusy hops and pine enter in to fine tune the balance.
The flavor was moderately sweet and bringing in a semi-stabilizing bitterness to end up sliding into the aftertaste.
The mouthfeel was between light and medium bodied with a fair sessionability about it. Carbonation felt mediocre. ABV felt appropriate.
Overall, for the most part, it does the trick, I'd have again if offered.
Aug 09, 2017The aroma had a nice clean cereal/graininess flowing combining with some breadiness and then some light citrusy hops and pine enter in to fine tune the balance.
The flavor was moderately sweet and bringing in a semi-stabilizing bitterness to end up sliding into the aftertaste.
The mouthfeel was between light and medium bodied with a fair sessionability about it. Carbonation felt mediocre. ABV felt appropriate.
Overall, for the most part, it does the trick, I'd have again if offered.
Reviewed by Ottoj55 from Wisconsin
3.28/5 rDev -9.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.28/5 rDev -9.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Great pale yellow color with white head. Not a lot of hop aroma, a bit malty, cereal like aroma. Not aggressively bitter, lower IBU for the style is a welcome change from the face melters. Finishes crisp and a bit dry. Nice change of pace for pale ale.
Jun 06, 2016
Reviewed by I_love_cold_beer from Connecticut
2.92/5 rDev -19.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
2.92/5 rDev -19.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Nothing special here, a little disappointed, carbonated with a blah taste. The Hardcore Chimera is a buck less and so much better (I know its a diff style, but still).
Oct 11, 2015
Reviewed by johnnnniee from New Hampshire
3.58/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Can at America on Tap
Deep golden color with a frothy white head. Rich bready caramel maltiness with hints of citrus and pine to counter. A bit on the sweet side for my tastes but decent enough.
Oct 11, 2015Deep golden color with a frothy white head. Rich bready caramel maltiness with hints of citrus and pine to counter. A bit on the sweet side for my tastes but decent enough.
Reviewed by dbl_delta from Pennsylvania
3.74/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Can dated "enjoy by 10/01/15" (that would be tomorrow) into a pint glass. Pours a cloudy pale amber with a modest white head that dissipates rather quickly. Taste is, um, very neutral. Nothing predominates - there is some very subdued grassy hops, but it's offset by some equally subdued bisquity malt. Medium mouthfeel, nice amount of carbonation. Quite refreshing, if somewhat underwhelming. Very sessionable.
Sep 29, 2015
Finch's Pale Ale from Finch Beer Co.
Beer rating:
82 out of
100 with
87 ratings
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