Pale Rider
Gæðingur Öl
- From:
- Gæðingur Öl
- Iceland
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
Ranked #1,292 - ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- 82
Ranked #34,458 - Avg:
- 3.5 | pDev: 13.14%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 06, 2024
- Added:
- Jun 15, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
82
Good
82
Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by ChainGangGuy from Georgia
2.5/5 rDev -28.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
2.5/5 rDev -28.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
Appearance: Pours a clearish, darkened, dimmed gold body with a slim, near-white layer of suds.
Smell: Minutely bready with some sugary hints hooked to a hop character akin to nefarious lawn weeds with a touch of butterscotch.
Taste: An ultra quick hint of sugary butterscotch shoots to a strong, odious bitterness. No real, appreciable hop character, just an unyielding harshness with a rather noxious weed component and surprising hotness.
Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation.
Overall: Quite the mess. Couldn't even come close to finishing it.
Oct 20, 2019Smell: Minutely bready with some sugary hints hooked to a hop character akin to nefarious lawn weeds with a touch of butterscotch.
Taste: An ultra quick hint of sugary butterscotch shoots to a strong, odious bitterness. No real, appreciable hop character, just an unyielding harshness with a rather noxious weed component and surprising hotness.
Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation.
Overall: Quite the mess. Couldn't even come close to finishing it.
Reviewed by digboy from New Hampshire
3.93/5 rDev +12.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev +12.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Had some brought back by a co-worker who visited Iceland.
Pours dark butterscotch color with a robust big-bubbled head that settles in puffy clouds after a while.
Aroma is a little sweet with caramel malt and a bit peppery on the nose.
The caramel malt comes out in front, filling out the body. a little floral citrus is on the tongue as well and the finish is a little peppery
Feel is a little soft but light with a touch of burn in the finish. a little bitter too.
As a 4.5 I am surprised by the burn - I don't *think* it is bitterness but that's just weird. Also it pours like a full ale in color and head, so they did some great magic here. Very pleasant - had a few of their varieties and all were good if not a tad different than what I'm used to.
Aug 31, 2019Pours dark butterscotch color with a robust big-bubbled head that settles in puffy clouds after a while.
Aroma is a little sweet with caramel malt and a bit peppery on the nose.
The caramel malt comes out in front, filling out the body. a little floral citrus is on the tongue as well and the finish is a little peppery
Feel is a little soft but light with a touch of burn in the finish. a little bitter too.
As a 4.5 I am surprised by the burn - I don't *think* it is bitterness but that's just weird. Also it pours like a full ale in color and head, so they did some great magic here. Very pleasant - had a few of their varieties and all were good if not a tad different than what I'm used to.
Reviewed by Stevedore from Oregon
3.97/5 rDev +13.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.97/5 rDev +13.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On tap at Micro Bar in Reykjavik, Iceland. Served in a tumbler glass.
Pours a clear lighter golden-copper body, one finger white head, short retention time, not much lacing. Smells of citrus, bread, a bit of floral, touch of earth, cereal grain, overall balanced between the malt and hops. It's not pungently citrusy, but it is noticeable. Flavour is a bit more malt-favoured, mild-moderate cereal grain presence with a bit of caramel, balanced out somewhat by the citrus and grassy hops. Mild grassy and earthy bitterness on the finish. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, a bit more bitter than expected but still quite easy to down. Overall, a more than decent pale ale that is balanced, perhaps more in the English tradition.
May 23, 2016Pours a clear lighter golden-copper body, one finger white head, short retention time, not much lacing. Smells of citrus, bread, a bit of floral, touch of earth, cereal grain, overall balanced between the malt and hops. It's not pungently citrusy, but it is noticeable. Flavour is a bit more malt-favoured, mild-moderate cereal grain presence with a bit of caramel, balanced out somewhat by the citrus and grassy hops. Mild grassy and earthy bitterness on the finish. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, a bit more bitter than expected but still quite easy to down. Overall, a more than decent pale ale that is balanced, perhaps more in the English tradition.
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