Southport Sasco Hill English Pale Ale
SBC Restaurant & Brewery - Southport
- From:
- SBC Restaurant & Brewery - Southport
- Connecticut, United States
- Style:
- English Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.31 | pDev: 5.74%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 18, 2015
- Added:
- Jun 14, 2002
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
NO SCORE
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Our brew master’s tribute to the ale that made Burton on Trent famous. An English style copper colored pale ale with medium body and a dry finish.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by rsgcwhite from New Mexico
3.57/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.5
3.57/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.5
Saco Hill EPA
Poured amber-yellow, with a small head that quickly dissipated.
The aroma was generally hop-dominant - hop aromas, floral herbs, with a background
of comforting maltiness.
It has a sweet, drinkable taste, with more hops that standard for an SBC beer. (Progress!) Interestingly, it tasted like a weaker version of what it smelled; you can detect (faintly) floral flavors, the hop bitterness is weaker than expected. Imagine a strongly flavored EPA (Ipswich) watered down with a bud light. There is a good beer buried in here somewhere - ramp up the hop flavor, this could be a damn fine beer.
Mouthfeel was on the thin side, mildly carbonated, but was more or less very drinkable.
Overall, a solid Pale Ale that evokes an English garden, where gentlemen meander about in top hats and monocles. Interesting? Perhaps. Exciting? Not really.
Dec 06, 2010Poured amber-yellow, with a small head that quickly dissipated.
The aroma was generally hop-dominant - hop aromas, floral herbs, with a background
of comforting maltiness.
It has a sweet, drinkable taste, with more hops that standard for an SBC beer. (Progress!) Interestingly, it tasted like a weaker version of what it smelled; you can detect (faintly) floral flavors, the hop bitterness is weaker than expected. Imagine a strongly flavored EPA (Ipswich) watered down with a bud light. There is a good beer buried in here somewhere - ramp up the hop flavor, this could be a damn fine beer.
Mouthfeel was on the thin side, mildly carbonated, but was more or less very drinkable.
Overall, a solid Pale Ale that evokes an English garden, where gentlemen meander about in top hats and monocles. Interesting? Perhaps. Exciting? Not really.
Reviewed by KTCamm from New Jersey
3.28/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5
3.28/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5
Served on tap in a pint glass at the SBC in Southport CT.
Medium copper pour, with a touch of white foam. No lacing observed.
Mildly malty smell, some fruitiness. The taste is more of the same. There's a subdued hop bitter in there, but its more sweet than bitter. Definitely in the English style. Seemed low ABV also, easy drinker.
Like most SBC brews, very low carbonation - I'd love a little more in there, affects the mouthfeel.
Jul 26, 2010Medium copper pour, with a touch of white foam. No lacing observed.
Mildly malty smell, some fruitiness. The taste is more of the same. There's a subdued hop bitter in there, but its more sweet than bitter. Definitely in the English style. Seemed low ABV also, easy drinker.
Like most SBC brews, very low carbonation - I'd love a little more in there, affects the mouthfeel.
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