Coastline Pale Ale
Bowen Island Brewing Co. Ltd.

Bowen Island Brewing 'Coastline Pale Ale' @ 5.0% , served from a 6pack of 355 ml cans
A-pour is gold from the can to a clear gold in the glass with a medium size white head leaving a fine spotty lace along the tulip
S-Galena , Nugget , Williamette , Apollo & Cascade - hops
T-clean & crisp pale ale , rich malt backbone stands out
MF-ok carbonation , medium body
Ov-the $10 a 6pack is just about worthy , not a beer I will revisit anytime soon
prost LampertLand

balanced, but more malty than i expected for a PA. probably the best of bowen island's 3 current beers. wish they would bring back reef break

Clear dark amber color. Poured a short head that took a couple of minutes to collapse to a thin skiff with a rim around the edge. Small patches of lacing. Medium-light flow of tiny bubbles rising from the bottom of the glass.

Slightly sweet, mostly mild-roast malt scent. A light hint of some yeast smells. Swirling the glass kicked up a light barnyard and a lighter touch of vegetative hops.

Light roasted malts and medium bitters dominate the flavor. IBU 45. Has a hint of yeasty funk. Very clean and simple. No standouts and nothing offensive. There is no real change moving to the aftertaste; everything just slowly fades away.

Surprisingly soft and creamy, even before it foams up much. A little tongue tingling on its way to a robust foam. Medium body. Slightly astringent.

Good basic pale ale. Nothing stands out. No detractors. Could be used as a house beer for guests that aren't beer snobs.

 

355ml can, a single from the Real Canadian Liquorstore, where they know how to get rid of breakages, i.e. a buck-fiddy a pop! This is apparently a re-formulation of the Twisted Trail Extra Pale Ale.

This beer pours a clear, medium copper amber colour, with three fingers of puffy, rocky, and somewhat bubbly dirty white head, which leaves some decent randomly splattered and sudsy soap scum lace around the glass as it quickly blows off.

It smells of bready and doughy caramel malt, a bit of biscuity toffee sweetness, some mixed domestic fruitiness, and minor earthy, leafy, and floral green hop bitters. The taste is gritty and grainy caramel malt, fading toffee square notes, some generic pome and citrus fruity esters, and more understated leafy, musty, and herbal verdant hoppiness.

The carbonation is fairly mild in its milquetoast frothiness, the body an adequate middleweight, and generally smooth, with an ethereal airy creaminess evolving as things warm up a tad around here. It finishes off-dry, the lingering biscuity malt predominating.

Overall - this is a pretty enjoyable and approachable version of the style, as the hops are certainly there, but in a reduced and laid-back manner. There are 5 of them to contend with, but, this being Bowen Island, there is absolutely no point in enumerating them, as such.