Handtruck Pale Ale
Barley Brown's Brewpub
- From:
- Barley Brown's Brewpub
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
Ranked #60 - ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 92
Ranked #6,661 - Avg:
- 4.15 | pDev: 6.75%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 13
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 07, 2026
- Added:
- Oct 11, 2013
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 5
SCORE
92
Outstanding
92
Outstanding
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Ratings by NickThePyro:
Rated by NickThePyro from Washington
4.25/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Apr 11, 2016
4.25/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Apr 11, 2016
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Reidrover from Oregon
4.09/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.09/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Pint at the Westside Taphouse in West Salem Oregon.
$6.00
Pours a clear medium golden color. Small frothy off white head. Leaves great laxe.
Aroma hops..floral and piney to be short
Very bitter taste and very good. But somehow balanced
Really good carbonation. Great mouth feel.
A very big bitter pale ale.
Excellent.
Jan 22, 2023$6.00
Pours a clear medium golden color. Small frothy off white head. Leaves great laxe.
Aroma hops..floral and piney to be short
Very bitter taste and very good. But somehow balanced
Really good carbonation. Great mouth feel.
A very big bitter pale ale.
Excellent.
Reviewed by TheBricenator from Oregon
4.25/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Look: Nearly clear burnt orange with an off-white head that billows up and slowly recedes, leaving sticky lacing behind
Aroma: Strawberries, blueberries, sweet orange marmalade, some Cannabis, pine, and sweet bready malt
Taste: Pine, mixed berries, and citrus fruits come screaming out of the glass and onto the palate, all the while with sweet malt in tow. A little weed and some deeper coniferous notes enter into frame and mix in well before a light and nice hop bite closes it out
Mouthfeel: Full, medium-high carbonation, a little slick, and noticeable dryness on the finish
Overall: This is quite delicious. I love these folks’ hoppy stuff and this is right there with the bunch. A tasty and well-made American Pale Ale that between the bite, full body, and overall flavor, could easily be considered a lower-ABV IPA. Great semi-old-school hop bill and I’m definitely pumped that they have been canning their stuff this year as well. Tasty and recommended
Jan 05, 2021Aroma: Strawberries, blueberries, sweet orange marmalade, some Cannabis, pine, and sweet bready malt
Taste: Pine, mixed berries, and citrus fruits come screaming out of the glass and onto the palate, all the while with sweet malt in tow. A little weed and some deeper coniferous notes enter into frame and mix in well before a light and nice hop bite closes it out
Mouthfeel: Full, medium-high carbonation, a little slick, and noticeable dryness on the finish
Overall: This is quite delicious. I love these folks’ hoppy stuff and this is right there with the bunch. A tasty and well-made American Pale Ale that between the bite, full body, and overall flavor, could easily be considered a lower-ABV IPA. Great semi-old-school hop bill and I’m definitely pumped that they have been canning their stuff this year as well. Tasty and recommended
Reviewed by Scotchboy from Idaho
4.08/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.08/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Delicious 12oz canned early December and poured into a SA Perfect Pint.
A: Clear, beautiful pale gold with a fluffy white head.
S: Clean, floral hoppy notes that remind of generic tropical fruit before turning mildly into a piney/resiny category. Spot-on malt-backbone is there, just sweet enough and behind the hops.
T: Yeah, this is a crisp, clean pale ale, darn near perfect; pine and resin, light grapefruit and orange/citrus rind; mild tropical fruit, mango, with a flash or earthy/floral character and a pale malt crispness with just a touch of off-setting sweetness.
MF: I can tell you that crisp and clean comes to mind with every sip; light body, hugely crushable.
O: Really nicely done Pale Ale here; BB can brew a good beer for sure.
Dec 31, 2020A: Clear, beautiful pale gold with a fluffy white head.
S: Clean, floral hoppy notes that remind of generic tropical fruit before turning mildly into a piney/resiny category. Spot-on malt-backbone is there, just sweet enough and behind the hops.
T: Yeah, this is a crisp, clean pale ale, darn near perfect; pine and resin, light grapefruit and orange/citrus rind; mild tropical fruit, mango, with a flash or earthy/floral character and a pale malt crispness with just a touch of off-setting sweetness.
MF: I can tell you that crisp and clean comes to mind with every sip; light body, hugely crushable.
O: Really nicely done Pale Ale here; BB can brew a good beer for sure.
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.88/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.88/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Draft at Bar Gernika. Incredibly smooth APA. Medium to dark golden, small creamy head. Mellow aroma, equal parts grains and hops. Taste favors the grains, hops accent the grain bill.
Apr 19, 2018
Reviewed by jakecattleco from California
4.25/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Another damn solid Barley Browns offering, I'll right a more proper review when I get a better pour, but really digging it right now @ Hop & Brew. Keep on doing what you're doingoing BB!
Sep 05, 2016
Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina
3.86/5 rDev -7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.86/5 rDev -7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
On tap in Portland.
Clear amber body with fair clarity.
quite hoppy but with average bitterness, at most, for style. In fact, there's a nice note of sweet malts hiding in with the hops. Medium bitterness in the finish with the grapefruit peel bitterness building in the aftertaste with repeated sipping.
Jul 04, 2016Clear amber body with fair clarity.
quite hoppy but with average bitterness, at most, for style. In fact, there's a nice note of sweet malts hiding in with the hops. Medium bitterness in the finish with the grapefruit peel bitterness building in the aftertaste with repeated sipping.
Rated by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois
4/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Tasted in a 16 oz pt glass from draft.
Mar 28, 2016
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