Han Brolo Pale Ale
Monday Night Brewing
- From:
- Monday Night Brewing
- Georgia, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
Ranked #283 - ABV:
- 4.7%
- Score:
- 89
Ranked #15,950 - Avg:
- 3.98 | pDev: 7.54%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 20
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 14, 2023
- Added:
- Oct 11, 2017
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 20
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
Brewed with lactose sugar, this unfiltered pale has a chewy malt backbone with explosions of hops, resulting in a stratospheric experience.
A juicy, pale ale. Unfiltered and flavorful, Han Brolo has a full-bodied, chewy mouthfeel. A huge dry hop gives this beer notes of tangerine and grapefruit. A lactose addition during brewing adds silkiness. At only 4.7% ABV, it’s a beer you can keep coming back to without sacrificing flavor.
A juicy, pale ale. Unfiltered and flavorful, Han Brolo has a full-bodied, chewy mouthfeel. A huge dry hop gives this beer notes of tangerine and grapefruit. A lactose addition during brewing adds silkiness. At only 4.7% ABV, it’s a beer you can keep coming back to without sacrificing flavor.
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Reviewed by ATL6245 from Georgia
3.92/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.92/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
Appearance: Slightly hazy pale yellow. Fluffy white head with good retention.
Aroma: Grapefruit, oranges, and peppery
Flavor: Grapefruit, oranges and pepper and herbs. Low sweetness. Low to moderate bitterness.
Mouthfeel: Soft by drying at the finish. Moderate length finish. Trailing bitterness.
Overall: Leans more toward a session IPA than a typical American Pale Ale. It pours a hazy pale yellow color with a large, fluffy head consisting of some large bubbles. Citrus aromas dominate the nose. Fruit forward flavor of grapefruit mixed with black pepper are quite pronounced. Very similar to Founders All Day IPA. Bitterness is noticeable, moving toward medium from restrained. While most would describe this Pale Ale as balanced, I would say that the grapefruit-like taste very much overshadows any sweetness from the malts; however, it does seem to become more balanced as your palate adjusts.
Jun 14, 2023Aroma: Grapefruit, oranges, and peppery
Flavor: Grapefruit, oranges and pepper and herbs. Low sweetness. Low to moderate bitterness.
Mouthfeel: Soft by drying at the finish. Moderate length finish. Trailing bitterness.
Overall: Leans more toward a session IPA than a typical American Pale Ale. It pours a hazy pale yellow color with a large, fluffy head consisting of some large bubbles. Citrus aromas dominate the nose. Fruit forward flavor of grapefruit mixed with black pepper are quite pronounced. Very similar to Founders All Day IPA. Bitterness is noticeable, moving toward medium from restrained. While most would describe this Pale Ale as balanced, I would say that the grapefruit-like taste very much overshadows any sweetness from the malts; however, it does seem to become more balanced as your palate adjusts.
Rated by Newtobeet345 from Georgia
3.65/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.65/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Very hoppy with grapefruit and lemon. I love most of Monday Nights lineup. I do like fruit forward beer, like wine.
Mar 02, 2021
Reviewed by hoptheology from South Dakota
3.95/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.95/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
12 oz can, "chewiest by" 3/2/21, into Ploughshare glass.
A hazy light colored blonde with a creamy cap of 2 fingers, receding to 1, leaving lace.
Lactose sweetness is apparent in the nose yet not overdone, some fresh pine bed and tropical fruit. Cracker/biscuit malt.
Flavor brings pine, mango, lactose, grass, grapefruit, orange peel, and papaya. Light caramel malt. Pretty tropical. Nice mix.
Feel is prickly and very busy, mild heat @ 4.7%, some resins and dryness on the finish.
Overall not a bad trial. Maybe not something I'd return to but this isn't shabby by any stretch.
Dec 05, 2020A hazy light colored blonde with a creamy cap of 2 fingers, receding to 1, leaving lace.
Lactose sweetness is apparent in the nose yet not overdone, some fresh pine bed and tropical fruit. Cracker/biscuit malt.
Flavor brings pine, mango, lactose, grass, grapefruit, orange peel, and papaya. Light caramel malt. Pretty tropical. Nice mix.
Feel is prickly and very busy, mild heat @ 4.7%, some resins and dryness on the finish.
Overall not a bad trial. Maybe not something I'd return to but this isn't shabby by any stretch.
Reviewed by WoodBrew from Ohio
4.06/5 rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
I'm trying this beer at Blackstone Pub & Eatery. The beer poured a hazy orangish with white head that is leaving a spotty lace. The scent had fruit peel notes. The taste was nicely balanced and easy to drink with tropical fruit peel presence. The mouthfeel was lighter in body with good carbonation. Overall its a solid beer.
Aug 01, 2019
Reviewed by jadpsu from Georgia
3.73/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
From the Legacy single shelf offering,
LOOK: Poured into a 10oz. pilsner glass. Pours slightly less than crystal clear with a touch of haze. Produces a prominent white head that has some pretty good retention, and some solid side glass lace while slowly receding.
Pretty impressive
AROMA: Strong acerbic citrus scents, especially grapefruit, perhaps mango as well. Has some bread dough and some yeast scents.
TASTE: Tart, grapefruit.
FEEL: Tart, and bitter.
It's OK but not in my wheelhouse and the style characteristics are more closely aligned with IPA's
Jul 29, 2019LOOK: Poured into a 10oz. pilsner glass. Pours slightly less than crystal clear with a touch of haze. Produces a prominent white head that has some pretty good retention, and some solid side glass lace while slowly receding.
Pretty impressive
AROMA: Strong acerbic citrus scents, especially grapefruit, perhaps mango as well. Has some bread dough and some yeast scents.
TASTE: Tart, grapefruit.
FEEL: Tart, and bitter.
It's OK but not in my wheelhouse and the style characteristics are more closely aligned with IPA's
Reviewed by gobrewsome from Louisiana
4.01/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.01/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Nice easy drinker somewhat a cream ale pale ale cross with mouthfeel, bready aroma and slight sweetness ie cream and slight citrus and fruit on the nose and mild hop bitterness ie pale ale. Light on the palate and a nice warm weather brew
Jul 02, 2019
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