Country Western (Dry-Hopped With Willamette)
West Sixth Brewing Company
- From:
- West Sixth Brewing Company
- Kentucky, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.01 | pDev: 12.22%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 08, 2014
- Added:
- Jul 20, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by mrfrancis from Kentucky
3.52/5 rDev -12.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev -12.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Note: Available only at West Sixth Brewing Co. on Firkin Thursday during Lexington Craft Beer Week. Reviewed from notes.
A: Pours a slightly hazy gold with a tight, clinging white mousse that gradually recedes, leaving a thin trail of lace down the sides of the glass.
S: Aromas of biscuit, cream, lemon, lime, grass, and straw are joined by delicate scents of leather, pepper, tea, elderberries, and black currants.
T: Much like the nose, biscuit, cream, straw, grass, lemon, and lime are the first impressions one notices when this beer hits the palate, although traces of cracker, herbs, and green apple also reveal themselves. These notes are quickly overpowered by earthy, fruity, mildly spicy notes from the dry hops, though, as flavors of black currant, leather, elderberry, tea, pepper, and tobacco quickly take over. The finish is big on the earthy Willamette flavors-elderberry, tobacco, and black currant in abundance- with malty notes of biscuit, cream, and crackers joining in before mild, subtle flavors of lemon, lime, and herbs join them on the fade.
M: On the lighter side of medium and somewhat sticky. Carbonation is delicate and subtle, imparting a smoothness to this beer in the mouth. Ridiculously easy to drink, but somewhat slick on the fade and a bit undercarbonated for my liking.
O: This is not a bad pale ale. As a matter of fact, I think I may prefer this version of Country Western to the regular version that both breweries have featured. The dry hops add an incredible amount of character and complexity to this ale, and instead of being too much, it works in this ale's favor. The regular version of Country Western was likable, but it was a bit simplistic, one-dimensional even. One could easily tell that it was a beer designed to lure in the masses. West Sixth, however, has ratcheted this beer up a notch without entirely sacrificing the simple charm it originally possessed. It may not be perfect, but it is certainly worth trying once.
Jul 20, 2013A: Pours a slightly hazy gold with a tight, clinging white mousse that gradually recedes, leaving a thin trail of lace down the sides of the glass.
S: Aromas of biscuit, cream, lemon, lime, grass, and straw are joined by delicate scents of leather, pepper, tea, elderberries, and black currants.
T: Much like the nose, biscuit, cream, straw, grass, lemon, and lime are the first impressions one notices when this beer hits the palate, although traces of cracker, herbs, and green apple also reveal themselves. These notes are quickly overpowered by earthy, fruity, mildly spicy notes from the dry hops, though, as flavors of black currant, leather, elderberry, tea, pepper, and tobacco quickly take over. The finish is big on the earthy Willamette flavors-elderberry, tobacco, and black currant in abundance- with malty notes of biscuit, cream, and crackers joining in before mild, subtle flavors of lemon, lime, and herbs join them on the fade.
M: On the lighter side of medium and somewhat sticky. Carbonation is delicate and subtle, imparting a smoothness to this beer in the mouth. Ridiculously easy to drink, but somewhat slick on the fade and a bit undercarbonated for my liking.
O: This is not a bad pale ale. As a matter of fact, I think I may prefer this version of Country Western to the regular version that both breweries have featured. The dry hops add an incredible amount of character and complexity to this ale, and instead of being too much, it works in this ale's favor. The regular version of Country Western was likable, but it was a bit simplistic, one-dimensional even. One could easily tell that it was a beer designed to lure in the masses. West Sixth, however, has ratcheted this beer up a notch without entirely sacrificing the simple charm it originally possessed. It may not be perfect, but it is certainly worth trying once.
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