Special Pale Ale (SPA)

12 oz, brown stubbie with screened label of a “surfer dude”. Thanks go out to Boolshot for the trade.

I suppose that you might want to put this in the “West Coast” APA category since it has a pretty high hop intensity for an APA. Don’t get me wrong, this is not an IPA, but at the same time there is a much greater hop presence than I would normally associate with the style.

Huge carbonation (a little annoying if I’m honest) sits on top of the cloudy orange body. Once the froth has died down it looks good. Mild citrus dominates but this is a very rounded beer. Drinking is very easy and the manageable ABV puts this down as a potential session brew. Sweet and smooth in the finish, I enjoyed it. The kind of beer that could become an everyday favorite if I was local.

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07/23/2006
Format:
bottle
ABV: 5.8 %
Appearance: 4
Taste: 4
Mouthfeel: 4
Smell: 4
Overall: 4.5
Total: 4.1
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