Pinnacle Pale Ale
Upper Thames Brewing Company
- From:
- Upper Thames Brewing Company
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Low-Alcohol Beer
- ABV:
- 0.4%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.08 | pDev: 2.6%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 16, 2025
- Added:
- Sep 08, 2024
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Mikehicks100 from Canada (ON)
3/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Pours a little foam. Standard beer color. Smells floral and a little hoppy.
Taste is pretty standard, though obviously light because it's a NON ALC beer.
It's pretty good though and I could drink it again if i wanted to.
Aug 16, 2025Taste is pretty standard, though obviously light because it's a NON ALC beer.
It's pretty good though and I could drink it again if i wanted to.
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.15/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.15/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
355 mL can from the brewery; dated Feb 29 2024 and served slightly chilled.
Pours a crystal clear pale golden colour, producing nearly an inch of loose, soapy white head that fizzles off within a minute or two. A respectable swath of messy lace is deposited onto the glass, with a frothy collar and filmy cap lingering on - looks fine so far. Unimpressive aroma of cereal grains, grain husk, maybe a bit of sourdough as well as a vegetal note. Where are the hops hiding?
It's not great - I mean, the flavours are semi-palatable, but I'm mostly getting malts and very little in the way of hops. I'm tasting bread crusts and cereal grains, with hints of grain husk and a faint, barely discernible grassiness. Slightly earthy aftertaste that fades to mineral water. Light in body, with assertive carbonation that feels prickly on the tongue; thin and watery, but also thirst quenching. I am not excited to drink this beer, but I can do it without a fuss.
Final Grade: 3.15, a C+. If Pinnacle is truly the pinnacle of Upper Thames' low alcohol options, then the uphill hike hardly seems worth it. Relatively inoffensive, but it's a poor representation of a pale ale - and don't get me wrong, I understand that this was never going to be as good as a real APA. But I've had low-alcohol pale ales in the past that at least gave it the old college try. Their non-alcoholic Summit IPA is a much better choice.
Sep 08, 2024Pours a crystal clear pale golden colour, producing nearly an inch of loose, soapy white head that fizzles off within a minute or two. A respectable swath of messy lace is deposited onto the glass, with a frothy collar and filmy cap lingering on - looks fine so far. Unimpressive aroma of cereal grains, grain husk, maybe a bit of sourdough as well as a vegetal note. Where are the hops hiding?
It's not great - I mean, the flavours are semi-palatable, but I'm mostly getting malts and very little in the way of hops. I'm tasting bread crusts and cereal grains, with hints of grain husk and a faint, barely discernible grassiness. Slightly earthy aftertaste that fades to mineral water. Light in body, with assertive carbonation that feels prickly on the tongue; thin and watery, but also thirst quenching. I am not excited to drink this beer, but I can do it without a fuss.
Final Grade: 3.15, a C+. If Pinnacle is truly the pinnacle of Upper Thames' low alcohol options, then the uphill hike hardly seems worth it. Relatively inoffensive, but it's a poor representation of a pale ale - and don't get me wrong, I understand that this was never going to be as good as a real APA. But I've had low-alcohol pale ales in the past that at least gave it the old college try. Their non-alcoholic Summit IPA is a much better choice.
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