Proper English Ale
Skeleton Park Brewery
- From:
- Skeleton Park Brewery
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- English Bitter
- ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- +3 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.43 | pDev: 7.58%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jul 13, 2020
- Added:
- Feb 05, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
NO SCORE
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Formerly Best Bitter
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.96/5 rDev +15.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev +15.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
473 mL can from the LCBO; dated Mar 30 2020 and served barely chilled.
Pours clear golden-orange, crowned with an inch of puffy, lumpy white head that seeps off over the next ten minutes or so. A creamy quarter-inch cap remains in place indefinitely; its frothy collar is thick and clings to the glass. As for the aroma, I'm getting notes of graininess and doughy, bready pale malts, as well as a few hints of floral, grassy hops and a touch of honeyed sweetness.
Its flavour profile doesn't stray too far beyond that - there's caramelized sugars, bready pale malts and grains dominating at first, though they eventually cede ground to leafy, grassy hops nearer the finish. Light in body, with low carbonation levels and a very smooth mouthfeel, in addition to fantastic drinkability. One of those rare brews that I could drink one after another all evening without ever really getting tired of.
Final Grade: 3.96, a B+. Skeleton Park's Proper English Ale is aptly named - it's a pretty even-handed English pale, with the front end leaning malty, while the subtly tea-leafy, earthy hops clean up towards the back. Notionally reminiscent of Fuller's London Pride, and from me that's extremely high praise, indeed. I will be picking this up again, and would encourage other fans of English-style 'real ales' to take it for spin.
Jul 13, 2020Pours clear golden-orange, crowned with an inch of puffy, lumpy white head that seeps off over the next ten minutes or so. A creamy quarter-inch cap remains in place indefinitely; its frothy collar is thick and clings to the glass. As for the aroma, I'm getting notes of graininess and doughy, bready pale malts, as well as a few hints of floral, grassy hops and a touch of honeyed sweetness.
Its flavour profile doesn't stray too far beyond that - there's caramelized sugars, bready pale malts and grains dominating at first, though they eventually cede ground to leafy, grassy hops nearer the finish. Light in body, with low carbonation levels and a very smooth mouthfeel, in addition to fantastic drinkability. One of those rare brews that I could drink one after another all evening without ever really getting tired of.
Final Grade: 3.96, a B+. Skeleton Park's Proper English Ale is aptly named - it's a pretty even-handed English pale, with the front end leaning malty, while the subtly tea-leafy, earthy hops clean up towards the back. Notionally reminiscent of Fuller's London Pride, and from me that's extremely high praise, indeed. I will be picking this up again, and would encourage other fans of English-style 'real ales' to take it for spin.
Reviewed by taxandbeerguy from Canada (ON)
3.44/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.44/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
473 ml can from the LCBO. Served cold into a pint glass. Review from notes.
Appearance - Hazy golden brown color. Small half finger of white head that fizzles away quickly.
Smell - Malty, some dark fruits, suggestions of caramel.
Taste - Like the nose, some dark fruits like plu, apple skin contained within and plenty of grainy malts. Intensity isn';t high but that's fine for style.
Mouthfeel - Light bodied, drying finish, carbonation is fairly light but appropriate.
Overall - average English bitter, not particualrly great, but certainly wouldn't turn my nose up at another.
Feb 25, 2020Appearance - Hazy golden brown color. Small half finger of white head that fizzles away quickly.
Smell - Malty, some dark fruits, suggestions of caramel.
Taste - Like the nose, some dark fruits like plu, apple skin contained within and plenty of grainy malts. Intensity isn';t high but that's fine for style.
Mouthfeel - Light bodied, drying finish, carbonation is fairly light but appropriate.
Overall - average English bitter, not particualrly great, but certainly wouldn't turn my nose up at another.
Rated by Pmicdee from Canada (ON)
3.5/5 rDev +2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev +2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
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