November Gale Pale Ale
Keweenaw Brewing Company
- From:
- Keweenaw Brewing Company
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
Ranked #1,427 - ABV:
- 5.1%
- Score:
- 78
Ranked #37,581 - Avg:
- 3.39 | pDev: 14.45%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 16
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 23, 2025
- Added:
- May 17, 2012
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 15
SCORE
78
Okay
78
Okay
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Reviewed by Tsar_Riga from Minnesota
3.42/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.42/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A - Clear copper pour, whitish head, quick fading, with extremely fine lacing leaving a cast on the glass.
S - Notes of lemon and undefined sweet malts, with a sharp metallic overlaying it all.
T - Follows the nose, with an underdefined lemon citrus, a tea-like bitter middle mingling with a sweet malt note that does suggest cheap ice tea, and a dry, sharp bitter finish. Through all, the metallic note is a distracting off-flavor that brings the experience down quite a bit.
M - Moderate weight, a touch dry, with a bit resin that lingers after the close.
O - I am quite sure this is past its prime, so take the knocks with a grain of salt, but the result is something well less than what you might hope. There are some good notes, but I do not generally welcome metal flavors in my brew, so this would be a pass in the future.
Nov 23, 2025S - Notes of lemon and undefined sweet malts, with a sharp metallic overlaying it all.
T - Follows the nose, with an underdefined lemon citrus, a tea-like bitter middle mingling with a sweet malt note that does suggest cheap ice tea, and a dry, sharp bitter finish. Through all, the metallic note is a distracting off-flavor that brings the experience down quite a bit.
M - Moderate weight, a touch dry, with a bit resin that lingers after the close.
O - I am quite sure this is past its prime, so take the knocks with a grain of salt, but the result is something well less than what you might hope. There are some good notes, but I do not generally welcome metal flavors in my brew, so this would be a pass in the future.
Reviewed by LesDewitt4beer from Minnesota
4.13/5 rDev +21.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.13/5 rDev +21.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
12 oz can EB date 10/?/24 into a Becker.
L: SRM 15 Pours a lightly caramel Amber color with good carbonation, a 1/4" pock marked slightly off-white head that has good retention down to edge froth, light lacing.
S: A touch of caramelized malts, lightly toasted grains. Malty overall.
T: Lightly sweet caramel malts, very gentle resin, a good dose of cereal grains, some fruits, grapefruit zest lingers along with some resin. It is malt frwd and is lightly rich then pale.
F: Smooth medium-bodied mouthfeel with a soft medium-long lightly drying finish.
O: Refreshing, good tasting, and is easy to drink. Malty yet bitterness swings back around in the lingering finish. Well done. It is very good to excellent in its style depending on how you like your American Pale Ales.
Jul 04, 2024L: SRM 15 Pours a lightly caramel Amber color with good carbonation, a 1/4" pock marked slightly off-white head that has good retention down to edge froth, light lacing.
S: A touch of caramelized malts, lightly toasted grains. Malty overall.
T: Lightly sweet caramel malts, very gentle resin, a good dose of cereal grains, some fruits, grapefruit zest lingers along with some resin. It is malt frwd and is lightly rich then pale.
F: Smooth medium-bodied mouthfeel with a soft medium-long lightly drying finish.
O: Refreshing, good tasting, and is easy to drink. Malty yet bitterness swings back around in the lingering finish. Well done. It is very good to excellent in its style depending on how you like your American Pale Ales.
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3/5 rDev -11.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -11.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Still knocking out 2014 reviews.
A pale ale that is amber in color. 1/5" white head. An aroma of mustiness and bittering hops. All the "metallic" references in the reviews are spot on. Like, you can smell rust forming, perhaps psychosomatically, as the amber/rust color doesn't do your other senses any favors in that department.
Taste is highly bitter, and still metallic. This was Metallica before the Black Album. The bitterness is astringent and powerful relative to the otherwise mild aspects of the beer. If you can get past that, there is a caramel breadiness to it. But it isn't particularly balanced, the malt bill, while it surely has some crystal malt, doesn't seem to have enough basic 2 row. Its like they went with a higher % of specialty malt (crystal) instead of overall malt poundage. Requisite grapefruit rind. To me this is less pale ale and more of a high alpha acid amber ale without much in the way of hop flavor.
Apr 27, 2020A pale ale that is amber in color. 1/5" white head. An aroma of mustiness and bittering hops. All the "metallic" references in the reviews are spot on. Like, you can smell rust forming, perhaps psychosomatically, as the amber/rust color doesn't do your other senses any favors in that department.
Taste is highly bitter, and still metallic. This was Metallica before the Black Album. The bitterness is astringent and powerful relative to the otherwise mild aspects of the beer. If you can get past that, there is a caramel breadiness to it. But it isn't particularly balanced, the malt bill, while it surely has some crystal malt, doesn't seem to have enough basic 2 row. Its like they went with a higher % of specialty malt (crystal) instead of overall malt poundage. Requisite grapefruit rind. To me this is less pale ale and more of a high alpha acid amber ale without much in the way of hop flavor.
Reviewed by BeenHereBeer4 from Wisconsin
2.66/5 rDev -21.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.75
2.66/5 rDev -21.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.75
Tried it three times. If I could capture the smell of my grandma’s basement and put it in a can, it’d be this beer.
Metallic and a tad musty. Hoppy and some orange tones.
Dec 20, 2018Metallic and a tad musty. Hoppy and some orange tones.
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