California Sunshine
Cameron's Brewing Co.

 

 

 

 

Another interesting selection from Cameron's Brewing! I quite like the overall packaging and appearance of this brew. I didn't pick up much nose, but the flavours pop out when you get them in your mouth. For me, grapefruit is the dominant taste, both in the mouth and afterwards - it reminds me of drinking unsweetened grapefruit juice. There are definite hop and pine notes, as well, but the sour fruit takes top billing. This beer definitely makes me think of sunshine - I would love to give it a go with sand between my toes!

 

Got this one at the LCBO in Waterloo this past summer.

From a bomber into a snifter

APPEARANCE: Pours a two finger, medium, creamy white head with good retention. Clear amber orange with minimal carbonation evident. Head slowly fades to a thick foamy cap with lots of lacing down the glass. A half wisp remains with lots of lacing down the glass. Good looking for sure.

SMELL: Caramel, honeydew melon, lemon and some grapefruit on the nose. Bold and plenty interesting. Nice.

TASTE: Pale bready malts and caramel sweetness up front, then some more caramel and bitter hops at the swallow. Bold and lingering finish of sweet melon, butterscotch, bitter grapefruit and pine for sure. Lots of bitterness lingers on the palate. Perhaps a touch too bitter for the style, but still plenty flavorful.

PALATE: Medium body and medium levels of carbonation. Creamy smooth on the palate, goes down smooth and finishes a touch dry. Bitterness lingers. Nice stuff here.

OVERALL: Solid CA style pale ale. Plenty of flavor and aroma with a good, creamy-smooth feel. Perhaps a touch too bitter after the swallow, but the rest of the flavor profile is quite nice. Quality west coast style pale ale from these guys. Cheers!

 

 

Little head. Navel orange aroma. Mandarin orange taste with a welcome bitter finish.

 

 

 

 

341ml single bottle. Sold as part of the current Cameron's mixed four-pack.

This beer pours a hazy, pale golden yellow colour, with two skinny fingers of weakly foamy, and plainly bubbly dirty white head, which leaves some decent melting windshield ice lace around the glass as things slowly bleed away.

It smells of dank pine forest floor coverings, musty, overripe blended citrus, baker's yeast, bready pale malt, and a further bit of muted tropical fruit. The taste is much more redolent of bitter orange and white grapefruit peel, with some leafy pine resin, a lessened green dankness, gritty and crackery pale malt, a hint of caramel sweetness, still muddled tropical fruit, and a bit of grassy, weedy bookending hoppiness.

The carbonation is fairly benign, not too much a-bubblin' 'round here, the body a solid medium weight, and actually quite smooth, despite all those rabble-rousing hops mucking about. It finishes off-dry, the sheepish malt and fruitiness holding down the fort.

An enjoyable enough west coast-style APA, the hops really wearing as many hats as they can here. It's not in the same league as your Sierra Nevada, Stone, or even Lagunitas offerings of the style, but I'm sure it plays well in Ontario's rust belt.

 

Delightful.

 

4 pack sampler purchased at the LCBO $10.50. No Dates. Served in a pint glass.

A- Murky yellow gold color with a small head of white foam diminishing to a small ring of lace around the glass.

S- some bisquity malt with a touch of grass as well as some fruity esters, peach and citrus fruit.

T- Slight malt up front but mainly alot of citrus and pine, grapefruit and naval oranges, assertive bitterness in the end. Finish is clean with more pine in the aftertaste.

M- Lighter bodied APA. Carbonation was a little spritzy i found but not much of an issue.

D- A drinkable APA

Overall this beer is all about hops. Lots of juicy hop flavors. The aroma doesn't represent the flavor profile. Nice tasting beer but it was a little unbalanced.
Worth a try especially if you are a hop forward beer drinker.