Pale Ale
The Schlafly Tap Room

 

12 oz. bottle, bottled 05/11/2022. A new one to me from Schlafly, acquired a single bottle as part of a mixed six pack at the local Binny's. Been a while since I've had a new beer from Schlafly, and also a while since I've had an English style pale ale, which the label says this beer is. Let's see what we've got.

Poured to a Piraat snifter.

A - Oo yes, looks very befitting of the style. Nice copper amber orange body, some clarity, some carbonation present, and a finger of khaki head that falls to a surface skimming rather quick. Lots of good lacing left on the glass. Looks very nice.

S - Aroma is creamy & fruity - some peaches and mixed berries present, mixed with notes of mineral / well water, and brown bread crusts.

T - Smooth, crisp, creamy, & bready. A perfect combination between the East Kent Goldings hops and the Londan Ale yeast. Very good depth of flavor for such a low alcohol beer.

M - Feel is smooth, crisp, creamy, good heft to the body for the modest abv.

Overall, I'm confident to give this one 4's across the board, although I don't see this being a "flagship" beer for Schlafly given the style. Excellent stuff, would recommend.

Schlafly Pale Ale -----4/5.

 

 

 

 

Nice refreshing pale ale pours copper with english hops gives it a english ale taste

12 oz bottle into clear plastic cup

Clear amber in color, thick qhite head. Good head retention. Mild caramel malt and mild fruity hop aroma. Balanced taste, not too sweet nor bitter. Medium bodied.

 

 

 

Road trip finally took me through Schlafly's distro area, so I found a bottle shop...only option was the English pale, so got a sixer. This one’s at the hotel, into a tall shaker-like glass. Looks fine, fairly clear copper with a decent 1 finger eggshell head, not much retention. Nose is nice sourdough toast and a lot of caramel malts, some herbal hops, but the nose is mainly malts. Taste brings all the nose’s potential out much more fully with more depth and also some orange marmalade and fruity herbal notes. Tea-like at moments, with a little herbal spicey kick. Carb is middling to low, body is moderate, neither heavy nor thin. Finish doesn’t come to too much of a point...kind of just meanders a little, though not unpleasantly. (Had two of these, one quite cold and the other a little warmer...last one was better. I bet this would be best at on cask.) This does some justice to the English dimensions of what a pale ale can be, and I enjoyed it most on that count.

16oz can into a pint glass. Canned 6/25/19, so almost 18 months old. Ouch.

Looks really good though. Faintly hazy copper colored body. Small bright white head persists in good form throughout leaving nice lacing. Good streams of carbonation.

Smells a little cheesy. Uh oh.

Well, this is an eye opener. It tastes really nice. Malty forward, with a little taste of the goldings hops later in the drink. No bitterness at all of course, given the age. A very light pepper touch.

Mouth medium, finish a clean maltiness with the lightest of spice.

Overall, after being nervous about the age and the aroma, this was a really enjoyable English style pale ale, and from the first mouthful I was transported back to the olde countrye. Really have to try this fresh, but it holds up extremely well in the can.

Such a wonderful change of pace pale ale. Appearance is wonderful clear orange/brown with a big fluffy head. Sweet and really grainy and malty. Really enjoyed this quite a lot. Bursting with flavor and richness.

 

Pours a clear bronze color with visible carbonation. A moderate head displays good retention. A good look.

The aroma opens quite fruity and floral; hard to tell if it’s yeast or hops derived. Notes of tangerine and grapefruit in particular, as well as a touch of grass. The Malt aroma is toasty and biscuity with a touch of caramel and toffee.

In contrast to the sweet aromatics, the taste opens with a firm bitterness and with earthy, spicy and piny hops flavors. As the drink warms, the fullness and sweetness of the malts opens up, with flavors of bready, toasted, biscuit and caramel/toffee. Flavors of fruity esters also become unlocked, with notes of citrus. However, all throughout, the bitterness keeps everything balanced.

Medium to full bodied with a crisp mouthfeel and moderate carbonation. A relatively long finish is dry and aids drinkability.

Very nice English Pale Ale. Well balanced with some nice flavors and interplay between sweetness and bitterness. I would definitely have this again.

 

Richly malty in aroma with toast, caramel, citrus, earth. More herbal in flavor with a prominent, almost astringent bitterness. Caramel. Medium mouthfeel.

Dark, weathered copper orange in color with a heavy haze. Poured with a tall, soapy, off white foam with good retention. Herbal and malty aromas. Medium bodied with medium high carbonation. Caramel malt and herbal, earthy flavors up front with fruity, apple notes and acidic bitterness. Medium bitterness followed by by caramel malt and herbal hops. Finished with fruity apple notes and herbal, earthy acidic bitterness and toasted and caramel malt notes. This was like an adjunct lager trying desperately like a pale ale. Generally laked hop aromas and flavors. Finished more like a red lager than a pale ale.

 

Looks and smells great. Taste, not so much. Where are the hops? IBUs on this one are just way too low.

Not for me, malt beers are not my taste and you can really taste it in the english pale ale.

12 oz bottle poured into a shaker.

Appearance
Golden-amber. Crystal clear. Lively carbonation.

Nose
Floral, caramel, citrus, and biscuit.

Taste
Balanced floral and earthy hoppiness. A touch of citrus. Clean caramel and toasted biscuit maltiness.

Mouthfeel
Light bodied, crisp, and clean with a medium-light bitterness.

Overall
English Pale Ale to the max! Much refreshing!

Pours a completely clear light brown color. Thick pillowy white head collapses downward leaving a quarter inch of foam on top of the beer. Lovely looking English pale ale.

Aroma has notes of toasted malts, caramel malts, hints of earthy slight spicy hops. Simple but on point.

Taste has notes of toasted malts, hints of caramel, some slight sweetness balanced out with an earthy spicy hop favor on the back end lingering into the finish. Nice nutty notes are present in the malt backbone.

Feel is light to medium bodied, yet supremely drinkable. Moderately carbonated. Somewhat drier finish.

Overall this is a really nice English pale ale. Seems like too many people reviewing this beer here are unfamiliar with the style.Well worth trying if you like English pale ales.

Rating is for first drinks when quite cold, worsened as it warmed a hair

Had this in a glass from the tap in St Louis. It's not bad, but to me it doesn't fit the description of a pale ale at all. It reminds me of a sweeter lager or a nut brown that I used to like back when I was in college. It pours a medium brown, is sweet initially and then has a malty finish. Again, not bad but not what I expect in a pale ale. No hops and too sweet.

 

 

 

Excellent beer, the best pale ale I have had!

 

 

 

 

Once I poured it, the beer was copper-colored with a small tan head that dissipated quickly.
A sweet, caramel aroma. Faint floral hops.
Caramel taste with a small hoppy finish.
A nice enough session beer.

 

 

 

Pours a copper color with a minimal off-white head that lasts quite a while. Spicy aroma. Tastes of malt and hops. Mild flavor with a bit of bitterness at the end.

Very good English Pale Ale. Nice biscuit malt flavor with a solid hop bite.