Quasar Pale Ale
Ecliptic Brewing

Quasar Pale AleQuasar Pale Ale
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From:
Ecliptic Brewing
 
Oregon, United States
Style:
American Pale Ale
Ranked #422
ABV:
6%
Score:
88
Ranked #13,969
Avg:
3.94 | pDev: 6.85%
Reviews:
15
Ratings:
35
Status:
Active
Rated:
Oct 25, 2022
Added:
Aug 31, 2016
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  1
Inspired by it's luminous namesake, Quarsar is our light Pale Ale brewed for summer. Simcoe and Mosaic hops give Quasar Pale Ale a huge, fresh tropical aroma. Flavorful and easy drinking, Quasar is a stellar beer for enjoying out under the sun.
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Reviewed by mactrail from Washington

3.15/5  rDev -20.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
Massively fruity with a bitter backbite. Attractive golden amber brew with abundant foam in the bulbous top glass. Sharp and astringent on the tongue. Vast expanse of hop aromatics but it seems like an overdose of Simcoe. Musty, woody, and citrus rind immediately attach to the taste buds.

Expansive aromas of lime peel and then a trip to the dankness. Spritzy and acidic mouthfeel. If there is malt it's only to mask the alcohol, slightly. Dogged bitterness clouds the senses. From the 22 oz bottle purchased at Central Market in Shoreline, Wash.
Oct 02, 2016
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

3.41/5  rDev -13.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Taster at brewery. Grainy for an APA. Dry too. Pale golden with a light haze. Aroma has a slight juniper aroma. Taste is mostly grainy with a thin layer of hop bitterness. Lager-ish to start, then adds some mild lingering bitterness.
Oct 25, 2022
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Reviewed by TheBricenator from Oregon

4.1/5  rDev +4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Look: Opaque light orange with a dense white head that pillows up top, leaving good lacing already
Aroma: Orange, grapefruit, passionfruit, blueberries, pine, strawberries, a little dank, and some malt sweetness
Taste: Pine, grapefruit rind, orange, and blueberries out of the gate with some dank and tropical fruit notes following. Malt shows up to slow the hop party some before a good IPA-like bite sets in and leads to a dry finish
Mouthfeel: Full, medium-high carbonation, and definitely dry on the finish
Overall: Tasty stuff for sure. One of the first Ecliptic beers I tried when they first hit the scene and glad it stuck around. Good balance and a great combo of hops that brings ‘new-school’ and [somewhat] ‘old-school’ flavors (Simcoe & Mosaic) to the table in harmony. Delicious and recommended
Sep 24, 2020
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

3.79/5  rDev -3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
12oz can - I'm currently re-reading Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything, which makes my brain want to go all retrograde 'n stuff. Yeah.

This beer pours a slightly hazy, pale golden straw colour, with a teeming tower of puffy, loosely foamy, and rocky off-white head, which leaves some stellar tacky snow rime pattern lace around the glass as it lazily subsides.

It smells of gritty and grainy caramel malt, muddled domestic citrus rind, a further indistinct tropical fruitiness, some damp minerality, and more understated leafy, musty, and piney green hoppiness. The taste is grainy and crackery pale malt, some orange, red grapefruit, and lemon rind fruity notes, a flinty stoniness, and more earthy, herbal, and verdant piney hop bitters.

The carbonation is adequate in its palate-coddling frothiness, the body a decent medium weight, and generally smooth, with a wee airy creaminess edging its way in as we all work our way through these shenanigans. It finishes off-dry, the citrus component exhibiting the most lingering gusto.

Overall - this is surely a pleasant enough hopped-up version of the style, nice and crisp and sassy in its bearing. Easy to put back, whilst pondering the oncoming zombie (in a metaphorical sense, one would hope) apocalypse.
Mar 13, 2020
 
Rated: 3.82 by VashonGuy from Washington

Nov 02, 2019
 
Rated: 3.74 by Taphouse_Traveler from Florida

Sep 18, 2019
 
Rated: 4.35 by Oh_Dark_Star from Washington

May 04, 2019
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Reviewed by Reidrover from Oregon

4/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
22 oz bomber bought from Trader Joe in Salem OR.
$3.99
Lighter golden coloured beer with a small plain white bubbly head..fades fast, but good lace.
Very good fruity hoppy aromas! Smells very fresh. Mango, peach and orange zest/peel..clean malting. Great.
Taste is the same as the great aroma, but with a nice drying bitterness right at the end..peach stone.
Good smooth medium mouth feel. Its very well carbonated.
Overall a very nice simple APA.
I liked it.
Feb 24, 2019
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Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania

3.58/5  rDev -9.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
A thanks to the captain of the canquest, woodychandler, for this beer. Poured from a 12 oz. can. Has a hazy golden color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of citrus, little else. Taste is of citrus, tropical fruits, malts in the background, bitter for the style. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is an enjoyable beer.
Feb 05, 2019
 
Rated: 3.99 by bigpoppa67 from Wisconsin

Oct 29, 2018
 
Rated: 4.08 by SouthCrescent from Pennsylvania

Oct 21, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by CreedeSon from Illinois

Oct 07, 2018
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Reviewed by NickSMpls from Washington

3.74/5  rDev -5.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4
A summer seasonal, but canned on August 28th, but whatever. Frothy pour, modest head, slight haze. Pronounced hop aroma - Simcoe's distinctive tropical fruit comes out front and center. The beer is pretty hop-forward for a PA, veering into IPA territory. Tha malt plays a definite second fiddle to the bitterness of the hop bill. We enjoyed it a lot. Tasty and well made.
Oct 05, 2018
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Reviewed by Ronl12 from Massachusetts

3.92/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
12 oz can into IPA glass. Dated 7/3/18.
Look is semi-clear golden yellow. Nose is light fruit. Taste is light fruit and stays sweet through out. Feel is light. Overall, very nice APA. Would like to try fresher version. Would buy again.
Sep 13, 2018
 
Rated: 3.76 by Sound_Explorer from Washington

Sep 01, 2018
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Reviewed by beergoot from Colorado

3.88/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Re-visited September 15th, 2018

Original ratings: 3.5 3.75 3.5 3.25 3.5 3.54 rDev -10.6%)

Same body color but the head is thicker and stickier. Still has a fine aroma. The taste seems bolder; more hoppy and bitter. Mouthfeel has really improved; medium-heavy body; still a bit rough on the palate but it seems more appropriate this time. An excellent pale ale all around.

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Translucent, light gold colored body; light carbonation activity; one-finger thick head, creamy and white. Mild malt aroma dominated with some pine and grass-like scents; a touch of lemon. Light cereal grain; mild bitterness near the beginning but growing to a strong presence longer into the experience. Medium body; a bit rough on the palate; fizzy with a strong bitterness overall; dry finish.

A decent pale ale, flavorful and full of hop bitterness and bite.
Aug 19, 2018
 
Rated: 3.96 by MattSn from Oregon

Aug 03, 2018
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Rated by x42 from Oregon

4.65/5  rDev +18%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Love this floral fruity beer. Perfect for guzzling on a hot day.
Aug 02, 2018
 
Rated: 4.12 by NWHopinator from Oregon

Jul 15, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by oriolesfan4 from Maryland

Jul 12, 2017
Quasar Pale Ale from Ecliptic Brewing
Beer rating: 88 out of 100 with 35 ratings