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Pale Heirloom
Pike Brewing Company
- From:
- Pike Brewing Company
- Washington, United States
- Style:
- American Amber / Red Ale
- ABV:
- 5.3%
- Score:
- 80
- Avg:
- 3.49 | pDev: 14.04%
- Reviews:
- 43
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 09, 2016
- Added:
- Mar 05, 2007
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 5
No description / notes.
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Ratings by 6thstreetbrewpub:
Rated by 6thstreetbrewpub from District of Columbia
3.67/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Sep 04, 2016
3.67/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Sep 04, 2016
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by mmmbeer89 from New Mexico
3.4/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.4/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
A pretty simple beer as it only has four listed ingredients (water, malt, hops & yeast) It's good but not that flavorful. Light bodied and easily drinkable.
Aug 18, 2016Reviewed by DrMullet from Florida
3.58/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours a brownish amber color.
Smell is sweet malt and dark fruits.
Taste is sweet caramel malt early, then dark fruits.
Bitter finish.
May 29, 2016Smell is sweet malt and dark fruits.
Taste is sweet caramel malt early, then dark fruits.
Bitter finish.
Reviewed by WAbeerfiend from Washington
2/5 rDev -42.7%
2/5 rDev -42.7%
Poured from a 12 oz bottle into a tumbler on 01.09.14.
A: See through rust color. No head. Some opaqueness at top. Maybe sediment?
S: Sweet malt. Caramel. Picking up black olive too.
T: Caramel, burnt toast, black olive.
M: Crisp.
O: This could have been an old beer but there was no date. This is why Greg from Gregsbeerreviews always rants about this. I can guess that this beer was old, but I don't know for sure. Anyway, the black olive flavor prompted a drain pour. Almost every beer that I've had from Pike has ended the same way. Maybe they have QC issues.
Sep 24, 2014A: See through rust color. No head. Some opaqueness at top. Maybe sediment?
S: Sweet malt. Caramel. Picking up black olive too.
T: Caramel, burnt toast, black olive.
M: Crisp.
O: This could have been an old beer but there was no date. This is why Greg from Gregsbeerreviews always rants about this. I can guess that this beer was old, but I don't know for sure. Anyway, the black olive flavor prompted a drain pour. Almost every beer that I've had from Pike has ended the same way. Maybe they have QC issues.
Reviewed by delta490 from Virginia
3.69/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured a slightly clouded amber with an orange tint. The head is toward the creamy end with an off-white hue. The aroma is pretty mild, with some light hints of bread. The taste is a bit more forward, with a nice bready flavor with background notes of medium dark fruit and an earthiness to it from the hops. It has a nice weight to the body, a slight bite on the finish. Reminded me of some of the bitters from England. Not quite the same, but pretty close.
May 27, 2014Reviewed by AlCaponeJunior from Texas
3.68/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.68/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Orange, slight haze, 1.5 finger head, lacing not bad.
Aroma is a middle-ish pungent floral hops and earthy malts, not overpowering, but enjoyable.
Taste is a bit bolder, with the earthy aspects really coming out. IT's got a good chunk of crystal malts (I assume from the flavor and body), and some nice bready notes, and perhaps some fruity undertones.
Body is fairly easy drinking, medium to light, moderate carbonation, with a fairly dry, pungent earthy finish.
It's a tasty beer, another good one from Pike. Actually, I have liked everything I've gotten from Pike brewery so far, this one is no exception. Not sure which is my favorite, but I know I'll buy Pike again in the future. I also know that there's at least two more Pike beers available here that I haven't tried yet!
Jun 23, 2013Aroma is a middle-ish pungent floral hops and earthy malts, not overpowering, but enjoyable.
Taste is a bit bolder, with the earthy aspects really coming out. IT's got a good chunk of crystal malts (I assume from the flavor and body), and some nice bready notes, and perhaps some fruity undertones.
Body is fairly easy drinking, medium to light, moderate carbonation, with a fairly dry, pungent earthy finish.
It's a tasty beer, another good one from Pike. Actually, I have liked everything I've gotten from Pike brewery so far, this one is no exception. Not sure which is my favorite, but I know I'll buy Pike again in the future. I also know that there's at least two more Pike beers available here that I haven't tried yet!
Pale Heirloom from Pike Brewing Company
Beer rating:
80 out of
100 with
64 ratings
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