Ale's Fair In Love & Marriage
Refined Fool Brewing Co.
- From:
- Refined Fool Brewing Co.
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- English Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.38 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 25, 2015
- Added:
- Sep 25, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.38/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.38/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
750 mL bottle picked up at the brewery; one of four new beers released this week in honour of the brewmaster's imminent marriage. Congratulations, by the way!
Pours a translucent, pale golden-yellow colour, stirring up roughly one inch of fluffy, bright white-coloured head. Good retention; splotches of seafoam lacing are scattered here and there as it slowly seeps away, leaving behind a messily foamy cap and collar. Seems pretty subtle on the nose - there's some pale, malted grain sweetness, with traces of wet grass, lemony citrus, and maybe a hint of butterscotch. Lightly fruity; so far, I'm on the fence as to whether this is actually an English or American-style pale ale.
Perhaps that's because it's actually a hybrid? The brewery itself avoids specifics - the label just says "pale ale" - but cogent arguments could be made in favour of all three sides. The malt backbone features grainy pale malts and some biscuity, butterscotch sweetness, with slight hints of orchard fruit - red apple maybe, with a bit of apricot? Some grassy, leafy hay flavours start to come through on the back end, along with some indeterminate citrus pith and floral bitterness that lingers briefly. There's also a bit more of that aforementioned buttery sweetness in the aftertaste. Light-bodied, with relatively gentle carbonation levels that weakly agitate the palate. It does feel a touch thin, but it's quite refreshing and is as easy to knock back as your average macro lager.
Final Grade: 3.38, a B-. Ale's Fair in Love & Marriage isn't a particularly remarkable beer, but English or American, it's still a reasonably serviceable pale ale. This is the sort of inoffensive product that is not likely to excite a plurality of BAs, but will probably agree with a sizeable number of 'regular' beer drinkers to make up for that. Seems like it'd be a safe choice as a keg for a wedding reception. It's not bad, nor is it overly good; I could take it or leave it, but given the price (and my own palate's leanings), the latter is more likely.
Sep 25, 2015Pours a translucent, pale golden-yellow colour, stirring up roughly one inch of fluffy, bright white-coloured head. Good retention; splotches of seafoam lacing are scattered here and there as it slowly seeps away, leaving behind a messily foamy cap and collar. Seems pretty subtle on the nose - there's some pale, malted grain sweetness, with traces of wet grass, lemony citrus, and maybe a hint of butterscotch. Lightly fruity; so far, I'm on the fence as to whether this is actually an English or American-style pale ale.
Perhaps that's because it's actually a hybrid? The brewery itself avoids specifics - the label just says "pale ale" - but cogent arguments could be made in favour of all three sides. The malt backbone features grainy pale malts and some biscuity, butterscotch sweetness, with slight hints of orchard fruit - red apple maybe, with a bit of apricot? Some grassy, leafy hay flavours start to come through on the back end, along with some indeterminate citrus pith and floral bitterness that lingers briefly. There's also a bit more of that aforementioned buttery sweetness in the aftertaste. Light-bodied, with relatively gentle carbonation levels that weakly agitate the palate. It does feel a touch thin, but it's quite refreshing and is as easy to knock back as your average macro lager.
Final Grade: 3.38, a B-. Ale's Fair in Love & Marriage isn't a particularly remarkable beer, but English or American, it's still a reasonably serviceable pale ale. This is the sort of inoffensive product that is not likely to excite a plurality of BAs, but will probably agree with a sizeable number of 'regular' beer drinkers to make up for that. Seems like it'd be a safe choice as a keg for a wedding reception. It's not bad, nor is it overly good; I could take it or leave it, but given the price (and my own palate's leanings), the latter is more likely.
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