Dennis Creek Pale Ale
Tuckahoe Brewing Company

 

On draft to pint glass at the bar. Served a little too cold, almost on ice. Not much in the nose, maybe some pine resin. Taste is much maltlier grain and drier than I anticipated. Hoppy pine balance with a some pepper at the end. Finishes dry. Not my favorite pale ale, but always good to drink NJ local.

 

Normal pour into a pint glass yields 2/3 full of foam, eggshell white, takes some time to get below three fingers, retention is great, delicately whipped up, the lacing in turn has good thickness. The liquid is a deep golden to bronze color and there’s a very fine silt throughout, despite this you can see a big storm of bubbles swiftly rising upwards. The nose is extremely floral with orange blossom notes, caramel to maple syrup sweetens it up further, at times thick apricot to peach scents, concentrated and paste-like, all this countered by a stiff spine of raw grains and something like rye alongside black peppercorn, pleasing contrast. Medium-bodied with a thickening foaminess, not so much scrubbing. Spicy with pepper verging on curry powder, the orange to lemon citrus smoothes into a nice puckering sensation. More metallic than herbaceous, the hops are well integrated. Palate not as sweet as nose suggests, the apricot and peach tangled up with nectarine and some pineapple. Overall it manages to weave together some disparate elements and an interesting quaff that can still just be chugged.

From the bottle, it pours a slightly hazy amber with a modest head, which leaves lacing as you enjoy the beer. Malt and a bit of hops in the nose. The mouth gets a light bitterness along with a decent malt backbone.

 

Tuckahoe Brewing Co. "Dennis Creek Pale Ale"
12 fl. oz. brown glass bottle without any packaging or freshness dating
$1.83 @ (Wegmans) Cherry Hill Wine, Liquor & Beer, Cherry Hill, NJ

Notes via stream of consciousness: Pours a frothy head of off-white overtop of a hazy amber body. The head retention is fair. It smells of sweetish golden caramel maltiness with a bit of a floral aroma. The flavor follows. It's lightly sweetish up front, but still malty, and then drier in the finish. Nicely balanced by a moderate bitterness. Hints of citrus and grassiness, as well as a bit of toastiness within the malt. Looking back, the initial lacing was pretty good, but it failed after the head dropped, although a full surface covering of whispy foam remains. Medium bodied with a gently crisp, slightly moderate carbonation level that gives a little bristle upfront and then softens to become smoother as it warms across the palate. Overall pretty nice; a raw ale reminiscent of homebrew (in a good way) or beer from the early days of the craft brew movement. I think if it was more polished it would lose it's charm and character and just become another bland and faceless beer except for the malt component.

 

I had this on draught at the brewery. It poured a golden-honey color with a thin milk-white head and lacing. There wasn't much of a smell, probably because of the temperature at which it was served. The taste is a nice combination of malt, caramel, and Azacca and Cascade Hops. It's light, refreshing, and quite drinkable at 5.5% ABV.

 

 

pretty orange amber, no head to speak of out of a 12oz bottle. danky sour nose of faint raspberries and grapes. rather bitter hops, fairly light body, flavors of apples, cranberries and mountain ash berry.