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American Solera

Poured from 12oz can into a dimpled mug. No date on the can.

Appearance: murky pale yellow hue with two thick fingers of ivory foam atop. This beer looks like it means business!

Smell: citrusy hops atop a mildly sweet malt base. There's a little bit of sharpness to this beer that isn't wonderful, but overall it's not bad.

Taste: zesty, rind-ey, citrusy hops, with a little bit of herbal character and a moderately sweet malt. That sharpness from the aroma persists, but is balanced well by sweetness.

Mouthfeel: medium body with a good carbonation and creaminess.

Overall: a pretty good hazy pale ale!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

really tasty and super modern american pale ale here, light but still with some bite, dry hopped heavily but without being green at all, and very well refined, drinkable, and good, and the can art is dope, although it says made in connecticut, thought they were in oklahoma, not sure why all these trendy pint can breweries distributed by twelve percent arent actual breweries or doing all contract stuff or whatever, the beer business is getting really weird, but whatever, its hard to argue with the liquid in this can, which is well refined and very yellow and bright until the bottom little bit where all the sediment is, immediately making this a little more bitter when i pour it into the glass, but it holds its head and carbonation well, and is delicious to drink. a nice fresh pine needle thing, almost wintery, tea-like, and medicinal to me, some light guava and papaya tropical character, lemongrass too, and some nice bitey higher alpha intensity to close, maxed out for a pale ale, but still short of typical ipa range, perfectly dosed for what this is. it might have some wheat, feels soft and round, but is very dry and neutral in terms of fermentation. bubbly and active, fresh and distinctive, well refined and honestly better than i thought it would be. i know and love these guys for yeast forward beers, but this is up to their high quality standards established in other brews, very impressive, even memorable pale ale here, worth tracking down!

Pint can poured in to a nonic glass.

L- Hazy prerequisite golden orange color, impressive off-white head with solid retention. Light lacing and some active carbonation streams as it sits.

S- Stone fruit (peach/nectarine), tropical fruit (pineapple, mango and papaya), citrus (grapefruit, tangerine), floral and black tea notes.

T- Much of the same with a serious tangy twang to it. Juicy and sweet. Mind blowingly zero pine or hop bitterness.

F- Medium/light bodied, the one downfall is this is a bit thin. But I suppose for the crushability factor that's a good thing.

O- I'd easily buy this in a bottle shop or store. Not the best PA out there but would be awesome on a hot summer day.

Crests with over a finger of cream white foam, dimpled with good retention, minimal stick to the lacing. Translucent to opaque yellow, plenty of brightness in the liquid, looks like a glass of Tang. The nose is bready with a touch of herbaceous snap, cracker, tangerine to navel orange citrus, apricot to mango fruit scents, ripe but not that tropical, subtly persistent. Close to full-bodied, prickly carbonation at first which turns creamier by the finish. Ever so slightly more dank here whereas the more taut grassiness absent. Solid array of mixed citrus. Passion fruit, kiwi, mango rev it up, still it’s dry enough that there’s no full-blown tropicality. Almost vanillin at times. Doughy biscuit notes. Overall, I’d have to say that I like it but it’s not really all that different from an IPA and have to wonder if the APA category is just best left alone to be itself. (Canned 1/23/20)

 

Hazy pale yellow with an airy meringue-like foam.

After having a stellar Sun Reaper by Toppling Goliath, this seems a little stale in flavor, but still with enjoyable biscuit, dank cannabis and lemonade characteristics.

The medium body has a satisfyingly soft fizz before coming to a semi-dry finish, exhaling a hint of mint and allium. It feels a little stronger than 5.6% at times.

Pours a very hazed gold with one finger of eggshell colored head. Average lacing & below average head retention

S: Tropical fruits in abundance, mango, passion fruit & strawberry

T: Follows the nose, also lime & green melon, plus a little dryness. Orange sweetness, mango & green melon along with dryness as this warms. Finishes with lovely orange, a hint of vanilla, green melons & dryness

MF: Medium body, restrained carbonation, nicely balanced

Too easy to drink, very well done hazy Pale Ale