Pale Ale
Fort Garry Brewing Company Ltd.
- From:
- Fort Garry Brewing Company Ltd.
- Manitoba, Canada
- Style:
- English Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 78
- Avg:
- 3.29 | pDev: 13.37%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 23
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Mar 09, 2019
- Added:
- Jul 02, 2003
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
78
Okay
78
Okay
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by Mike-Hogan69 from Canada (MB)
1.7/5 rDev -48.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.5
1.7/5 rDev -48.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.5
For the average drinker who likes a good tasting beer, this is not one to reach for. It’s ok, somewhat. It tastes like a typical craft beer. It has a heavy feel- it’s not smooth and tastes somewhat dull or flat. We had this beer after shinny hockey. All 20 men agreed not to buy it again. We usually go through 48+ beer after a game; I brought an entire case home.
Jul 22, 2018
Reviewed by Bunman3 from Canada (AB)
3.19/5 rDev -3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.19/5 rDev -3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
It's OK. I don't have a whole bunch more to say. I picked up a mixer pack from Fort Garry and this was part of the pack. I wouldn't go out of my way to find this, but it is a serviceable Pale Ale. A bit of malt, biscuit, and pepper is about all my exhausted palate can pick up.
Mar 26, 2015
Reviewed by bsp77 from Minnesota
3.4/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.4/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Serving glass: Poured from bottle into pint glass.
Appearance: Light amber with quickly rising and receding head.
Smell: Not too much. Light English malts and spicy hops.
Taste: Grainy malt backbone with some spicy and floral hops. Maybe a touch of citrus as well.
Feel: Carbonation seems a little too high. Light body with a dry finish.
Overall: Fairly standard Pale Ale. Drinkable, enjoyable, but not memorable.
Jun 22, 2013Appearance: Light amber with quickly rising and receding head.
Smell: Not too much. Light English malts and spicy hops.
Taste: Grainy malt backbone with some spicy and floral hops. Maybe a touch of citrus as well.
Feel: Carbonation seems a little too high. Light body with a dry finish.
Overall: Fairly standard Pale Ale. Drinkable, enjoyable, but not memorable.
Reviewed by biegaman from Canada (ON)
3.6/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.6/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Fort Garry Pale Ale pours a copper-tinted golden with many highlights, few bubbles, and much clarity. Its head was loose enough to work the corners and, indeed, decided to skip town about half way through the glass. It left nothing in its wake.
Pale Ale has the same enlivening scent as a bakery; it smells like someone's just taken a fresh loaf of bread out the oven. It also smells a little like pie crusts. In other words, it's a bouquet of simple, few scents but all of them exceedingly pleasant. A more experienced nose might pick out the hops, but they won't be obvious to everyone.
The beer drinks easy enough that I have to make a conscientious effort not to get through it in as few sips as I could count on one hand. It wouldn't be hard to do. But the flavor profile, casually agreeable though it is, actually deserves a little closer attention - the biscuity malts and spattering of grassy hops is more than you get from many pale ales.
This recipe is a strong representation of a quintessentially English-style pale ale. It is bready and floral, with low carbonation, mild alcohol content and a light-enough body to make multiple rounds a real possibility. I don't see the purpose in pointing out that it won't excite most craft drinkers; that's not its aim. This was brewed for drinking, simple as that.
Yes, Fort Garry Pale Ale is clean and casual and accommodating - all those usual things you'd say about a middle-of-the-road beer just to be polite - but it's also got a respectable amount of personality. The mainstream appeal doesn't surprise me. What does is how a beer with this lovely a flavor can be so under-appreciated by a community of beer reviewers who aught to know good brewing when they taste it.
Jun 24, 2012Pale Ale has the same enlivening scent as a bakery; it smells like someone's just taken a fresh loaf of bread out the oven. It also smells a little like pie crusts. In other words, it's a bouquet of simple, few scents but all of them exceedingly pleasant. A more experienced nose might pick out the hops, but they won't be obvious to everyone.
The beer drinks easy enough that I have to make a conscientious effort not to get through it in as few sips as I could count on one hand. It wouldn't be hard to do. But the flavor profile, casually agreeable though it is, actually deserves a little closer attention - the biscuity malts and spattering of grassy hops is more than you get from many pale ales.
This recipe is a strong representation of a quintessentially English-style pale ale. It is bready and floral, with low carbonation, mild alcohol content and a light-enough body to make multiple rounds a real possibility. I don't see the purpose in pointing out that it won't excite most craft drinkers; that's not its aim. This was brewed for drinking, simple as that.
Yes, Fort Garry Pale Ale is clean and casual and accommodating - all those usual things you'd say about a middle-of-the-road beer just to be polite - but it's also got a respectable amount of personality. The mainstream appeal doesn't surprise me. What does is how a beer with this lovely a flavor can be so under-appreciated by a community of beer reviewers who aught to know good brewing when they taste it.
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