Packsaddle Pale Ale | Whitehorse Brewing LLC

2.95/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.75

Packsaddle Pale Ale.

Amber pale with a humble layer of white head. Looks okay.

Worty grains with a light toast and a very thin hop aroma with a single note of 'flowery'. Maybe a touch of medicinal powdery notes. Not doing a whole lot for me, right now.

Tastes like grain mash fermented to dryness and tossed in a thin minty hop. All grain malts with toast and whole grain chewiness, but lacking heartiness. Finishes with some bitterness. That's all, folks.

Okay mouthfeel. Carbonation is a little bit gripping, but it works. Maybe a tad thin-bodied. Easy to consume.

Dive bomb of a pale ale. Lacks flavor, character, most things.

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3.55/5  rDev +23.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

Quite liked this pale ale it was the best beer I had last night. Very easy going pale ale with no assertive hop bitterness or hard water flavor. Pale malts easy to drink. I have their brown ale which I will review shortly but I like this brewery so far.

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3.1/5  rDev +8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

2.48/5  rDev -13.6%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 2.5

3.5/5  rDev +22%

1.7/5  rDev -40.8%

Pours a murky brown color with a slight off white head. The aroma is hoppy and a bit gassy, with some grains in there as well. The taste has a lot of hop character but kind of tastes spoiled, there is a strange tartness in the back end and I know that is not intended. Plenty of harsh bitterness, spoiled vegetable, and pine. Light bodied, well carbonated ale. Overall, this one needs a lot of cleaning up.

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2/5  rDev -30.3%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

1.79/5  rDev -37.6%
look: 3 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 1.5

Loads of malts that are sickly sweet with no hop character whatsoever. Nothing redeeming about this beer. I drank an ounce or two, at best and had to bail.

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3.88/5  rDev +35.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

Not sure why the previous reviews are so negative. This is a heavier malt profile than you might expect from a Pale Ale, but it's. A good beer. Perhaps unexpected. But a good beer - definitely worth a try. Hop profile is subdued.

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2.75/5  rDev -4.2%

3.5/5  rDev +22%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

3.25/5  rDev +13.2%

3/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

1.94/5  rDev -32.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

3.68/5  rDev +28.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5