Bloodsport Pale Ale
Friends & Allies Brewing
- From:
- Friends & Allies Brewing
- Texas, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 6.2%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.41 | pDev: 4.69%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 16, 2025
- Added:
- Jun 02, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Rated by ttoadee from Texas
3.5/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
RB transfer
Jul 16, 2025
Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
3.19/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
3.19/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
CAN: Canned 05/23/19. 12 fl oz pull0tab with an orange label.
"Juicy. Blood orange. Crushable." 6.2% ABV.
APPEARANCE: Murky orange body. Creamy white head. ~5 minute head retention.
AROMA: Orange creamsicle. Hints of sherbert. A scintilla of vanillin. Pale malt. Muted citrus juice/citrus fruit acids.
Not the freshest or most blood orange-redolent aroma out there. I wouldn't single out blood orange if going in blind; the citrusy notes are pretty vague.
TASTE: Citrus creamsicle notes are evident, which is pleasant coupled with the 2-row malt base. Hints of vanillin from the creamy milkshakey fruit puree flavours. Pale malt. Floral hop notes.
Pleasantly citrusy, with a soft medium-bodied mouthfeel that supports its flavours nicely, mellowing out the citrusy acids but also taking the sharpness and zest out of the flavours. The result is a beer that while balanced doesn't commit to its titular blood orange flavours as much as I'd like.
OVERALL: A pleasant pale ale without a doubt, but not a beer I'd regularly choose over a more classic pale ale like, say, Sierra Nevada's Pale Ale. The whole creamsicle hop flavour aspect of the beer is fad-chasery but it does work. Those after a pale ale that really commits to blood orange might be let down, but it drinks easy and I couldn't see any pale ale fan actively disliking it. I'll enjoy my sixer.
High C+ / ABOVE AVERAGE
Jun 02, 2019"Juicy. Blood orange. Crushable." 6.2% ABV.
APPEARANCE: Murky orange body. Creamy white head. ~5 minute head retention.
AROMA: Orange creamsicle. Hints of sherbert. A scintilla of vanillin. Pale malt. Muted citrus juice/citrus fruit acids.
Not the freshest or most blood orange-redolent aroma out there. I wouldn't single out blood orange if going in blind; the citrusy notes are pretty vague.
TASTE: Citrus creamsicle notes are evident, which is pleasant coupled with the 2-row malt base. Hints of vanillin from the creamy milkshakey fruit puree flavours. Pale malt. Floral hop notes.
Pleasantly citrusy, with a soft medium-bodied mouthfeel that supports its flavours nicely, mellowing out the citrusy acids but also taking the sharpness and zest out of the flavours. The result is a beer that while balanced doesn't commit to its titular blood orange flavours as much as I'd like.
OVERALL: A pleasant pale ale without a doubt, but not a beer I'd regularly choose over a more classic pale ale like, say, Sierra Nevada's Pale Ale. The whole creamsicle hop flavour aspect of the beer is fad-chasery but it does work. Those after a pale ale that really commits to blood orange might be let down, but it drinks easy and I couldn't see any pale ale fan actively disliking it. I'll enjoy my sixer.
High C+ / ABOVE AVERAGE
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