Henry Weinhard's Pale Ale
Blitz-Weinhard Brewing Company

 

An ok pale ale.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Had this beer at the Amesbury Beer Festival on Sep 22 2012.

Most of the beers were served from bottles into small 3oz plastic pixie cups.

Although I took notes on the 20+ different beers that I tried, it is difficult to remember all of the details associated with each beer. My apologies to readers of these notes. However, I did pay attention to my overall scores, and noted what I thought were unique positives and negatives w/ each beer.

Note that for me:
< 2.5 = probably would not finish the beer
3.0 = drinkable beer, but likely would not buy again or look for
>3.5 = will try to buy again in the future

Found this beer to be very smooth. Nice blend of hops and malt. Less bitter than other IPA's

FYI: the ABV is 6%

Will review again in the future, and will try to pit it against some of my favorite IPA's to see how it fairs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pours a clear golden color with a thin white head.

The smell is of a little pine and maybe some champagne.

Taste is a crisp bite of champagne, there is some hops here and a little malt. Quite watery. Nothing special here.

Mouthfeel is light and crisp.

Drinkability is mediocre, very lacking in the flavor department. Not something I would seek out again.

poured from a 12oz bottle into a pint glass, poured a clear golden yellow color, with a white head that dissipated to small ring very quickly. This beer does not smell like the pale ale's I am used to, it smells skunky sort of like heineken. The taste is very plain and boring. Drinkability is ok, but this is nothing I will purchase again.