Pale Ale
Salt Spring Island Ales
- From:
- Salt Spring Island Ales
- British Columbia, Canada
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 80
- Avg:
- 3.28 | pDev: 14.94%
- Reviews:
- 1
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Sep 04, 2013
- Added:
- Sep 06, 2003
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
80
Good
80
Good
Light copper in colour and hopped with East Kent Goldings, Salt Spring Pale Ale has a light, clean, and soft texture. A nutty-toffee maltiness with an elegant flowery aroma. This brew was awarded a silver medal at the 2004 Canadian Brewing Awards; it's a "session beer" (great for having many), like the Golden Ale, but more flavour.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by BDTyre from Canada (BC)
3.63/5 rDev +10.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.63/5 rDev +10.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
A good looking, if somewhat pedestrian offering from Gulf Islands. Perhaps my least favourite of GI's regular offerings.
The colouring is nice, a deep amber with a two finger white head. Decent lacing and head retention. The smell is acceptable: malts, hops and hints of citrus, bread and nuts, but with a sour overtone, similar to what I found in their golden ale but stronger.
Thankfully, this sourness is not overly present in the taste. Citurs notes, malts hop bitterness with a bit of toffee. There's also a hint of sugary sweetness, like caramel or brown sugar.
The carbonation is perhaps a bit too high and the body is a bit weak, but otherwise this is an enjoyable beer.
Formerly called Mayne Sail Ale, now known as Saltspring Pale Ale.
Jan 29, 2006The colouring is nice, a deep amber with a two finger white head. Decent lacing and head retention. The smell is acceptable: malts, hops and hints of citrus, bread and nuts, but with a sour overtone, similar to what I found in their golden ale but stronger.
Thankfully, this sourness is not overly present in the taste. Citurs notes, malts hop bitterness with a bit of toffee. There's also a hint of sugary sweetness, like caramel or brown sugar.
The carbonation is perhaps a bit too high and the body is a bit weak, but otherwise this is an enjoyable beer.
Formerly called Mayne Sail Ale, now known as Saltspring Pale Ale.
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