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Likely irrelevant and unfair, it's probably still worth saying that I like this beer much, much more than the original strong ale. Different things? Sure, but nevertheless an inevitable, if not a particularly valid, comparison. This really is a...
I have to admit I'm not 100% sure that this beer is any different to this, but for now I'll add it as a separate beer and see if I can get some confirmation. I have a feeling that it might be the same, because I know for a fact I've drunk this many...
Nice color, I can do without the haze. Head is good and high, decent retention and some nice sticky lace. Nose is aromatic, and quite citrusy that might well be a function of the Sterling hops. The beer is really quite flavorful, with a few...
It's hard to describe the literal euphoria of an Englishman who is a legacy drinker, and who hasn't been home for too long, when a beer like this comes into view. I picked it up via a west coast bottle shop, unexpectedly, when I was buying some...
500 mL bottle, courtesy of @lnashsig - thanks mate, VERY much appreciated and twice in just about a month. Cheers! Interestingly the bottle cap say BBE: JUN13 which goes to prove that freshness concerns in the USA, even with relatively low ABV is...
This is the third or fourth time I have this in the last couple of weeks, a few times on draft and now this bottle. More silly text on the neck label ('A Blighty Good Brew', after the Winter IPA's, 'Brilliant British Ale'), suggests that this may...
Very hazy, orange pour. Very nice, bubbly head that offers plenty of sticky lace with very good retention. Nose offers plenty of sweet, grainy, almost earthy notes. A hint of alcohol but not much. Ridgeway certainly has a lot of these Christmas...
500 mL bottle as depicted in the BA database. $3.99 from Green's on Buford, Atlanta, GA, USA. Pour is an impressive, bright golden color with some lovely clarity, good carbonation, a nice, tight white head with some good retention and lace....
22oz bottle, thanks go out to Shogokawada for the chance to try this. Bottled Aug 2010, 1st Batch. Pour is a pretty light amber color with plenty of orange color. Quite hazed. A little head, a tiny bit of lace but not much retention. It looks a bit...
$1.99 for the chance to try this at tower on Piedmont after this beer originally retailed around $5.99. An old(er) bottle, but with no discernible date on the label I feel totally justified in reviewing it. Pour has a mid brown color that looks...
12 oz can from CBX, Charleston, SC, USA. $1.99. Beautiful light copper pour with superb clarity and a nice head and decent carbonation. Despite the glass being impeccably clean, the head is not retained well and there is no lace. Clean malts and a...
12 oz single courtesy of James all the way from Scotland. many thanks. Beer pours with an impressive rocky, white head which gives some super lace. Body is a slightly hazed, golden pour with mid to low carbonation - a smashing looking beer. Nose...
Big thanks go out to lackenhauser. Received as part of The BA Veterans BIF. Marketed in the USA as "Scottish Session Golden Ale" which seems VERY odd since the word "session" is so abused here. I don't get it at all. 500 mL bottle, nice label. Best...
12 oz bottle as part of my Secret Bunny package from PittBeerGirl - thanks Sara. Pour gives are very surprisingly dark, copper pour with a really poor head and no lace or retention. Nose seems somewhat neutral but certainly no offensive. Light...
Ha, Ha - very nearly a true session beer made by an American brewer - NEARLY! Thanks go out to DogBrick for the chance to sample this 12 oz offering. Pour has a somewhat uninspired color (a hazed, light brown/orange) but better than expected head,...
500 mL bottle from Bruisn' Ales at the second time of asking - I broke my first bottle from there when I was transporting it home. Pour is an alarmingly clear, apparently over-carbonated bright gold with an equally alarming (considering the number...
Relatively recent arrival in the USA, $5.00 from Bruisin' Ales, Asheville, NC, USA. 500 mL bottle, incorrectly in the database at 4.1%, actually 4.2%; update sent. Into the Youngs (Imperial) pint glass. Reading the bottle and knowing what I know...
12 oz single from Tower, Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA, USA. Pour reveals a pretty decent, orange clarity and some head with a little retention. No lace to speak of. The nose seems EXCEPTIONALLY malty for a even a pale ale, and the sweetness is the...
Had this on both cask and in the bottle on a recent trip home. This review reflects the bottled version. Another classic pour which yields a small, ivory colored head without much carbonation, and a woody looking brownish body. Not much n the way...
Consumed at The Britannia Inn, St. Austell, Cornwall, England. An interesting concept behind this beer - this is taken from the Saharp's web site; "The Eden Project was set up in Cornwall to promote the understanding and responsible management of...
500 mL bottle, Best Before end of Jan 2008 (this is an ocassional problem at Arbor), Arbor Place Beverage, Douglasville, GA, USA. $4.99. Pour has a lot more orange color (with some cloudiness) than one would expect. Very low carbonation and floral...
Notes taken from England trip 2007. Cheers Chris! Label different to the one in the BA db. Orange, amber hue. Pour gives some nice soapy head and some simple lace. Head is small, but present. The name of this beer is related to the fact that it is...
Served out of a polypin - notes taken from England trip, July 2007 - Cheers Chris! Pours like a typical English cask, even from the polypin. Bubbles rather than head. Dark brown pour, carbonation very light. Simple brew that has a little nut...
Please also see this. From notes taken in England in July 2007. Cheers Chris! Very delicate brew that is fairly consistent with the English Pale Ale style that it claims to be in. Plenty of citrus notes fill both the nose and the palate, along with...
Mmm, quite why this is classified as a Pale Ale I'm not sure. Golden Ale on the label, and a golden beer in the bottle - fair enough! Yellow pour with a small, well formed head. VERY light in every department. You can tell it is a real ale - JUST -...
Attractive 12 oz single from Mac's as part of the $6.99 mixed sixer. Glad to pick this one up as a single, as I didn't really want a full complement. Attractive Blue & Yellow pastel label. Absolute golden clarity on the pour with a nice head....
A significantly different bottle label than the one in the BA database. The stillness and the lack of carbonation from the bottle make this perform almost like a cask ale. Despite the lack of head there still is a significant amount of lacing. I...
Updated Review 12/07 (bottle) === GREAT copper color, good carbonation. Above average head and lace. Plain simple malts – mild toast. Original Review 01/07 === $3.50 on-tap, Taco Mac, Douglasville, GA, USA. Quite light, but still a decent brown...
Additional notes 12/23/22 (Pictured) Fantastic head, rocky with great lace and high. Color is good without any clarity. Still oodles of malt and strong hop backbone holding it up. Still a little slick; still makes you feel the size of the beer....
12oz single bottle, thanks to BEERchitect for the chance. Everything about this beer says "light". I actually like it, but if you are looking for an English Pale with good levels of bitterness and malt backbone then I think you will be a little...
New to GA, USA this week. Classy looking brown bottle, 500 mL Beverage Resort, Kennesaw, GA, USA, $3.99. Very pale orange pour with some decent carbonation, a small but really fluffy head and some good lacing. Looks nice. Lovely combination of hops...
Pictured 03/18/22 Original notes 10/09/06 I first drank this way back in 1990/91 in various pubs around High Wycombe (Mac, Ian, Lea, Jim, Auks I hope you are all well, I miss you all very much). Amazing that I am reviewing this now after all these...
Updated notes: 07/14/2022 Fresher and in the bottle, this beer blows away the keg version that one usually finds in the USA (see notes below). The malt biscuitness is irresistible, and the beer breaks over the tongue time and time again with...
11.2 oz clear (get over it) bottle. Great presentation. $4.99, Green's, Ponce de Leon, Atlanta, GA, USA. Light orange color with a nice head and some of the best lacing I have seen in a while. Caramel popcorn dominates the nose. Delicious. This is...
500 mL bottle from Riverside in Chattanooga, TN, USA. Different label than the one depicted in the BA database, this is the purple and gold one on the brewery web site. Slightly hazed orange honey pour with a small white head and some decent...
I like the presentation (the labels) on the Great Divide range - simple and striking, especially the colors. Pale orange pour with not much head or lacing but it does leave a nice thin film on the surface of the body. Fine bubbles of carbonation...
Very straightforward decent quality brew. Some good carbonation on the pour with an attractive, but lighter than expected amber color with a little chill haze. Enjoyable malt backdrop with a fairly dry, hop taste cutting across the malts in the...
Classic English Pale Ale, although, in England this is usually simply going to be referred to as "Bitter" by most folks, it has a classic pale orange body, with some cloudiness, lots of sediment, a small head and some lacing. Rounded, soft malts in...
Almost a classic English session ale (but not), which, out of the the bottle is delicious but I suspect from the cask would be stunning - I have no idea if this is available in cask form, but if not it should be. Fairly pale orange body, with some...
16.9 fl oz, large stubbie bottle with an attractive and distinct red, green and gold label depicting the Double Dragon logo. “The National Ale of Wales” – that, I have serious doubts about, but there you have it. 4.2 % ABV. Aroma has thin malts and...
This is one very, very interesting beer. It captures all the characteristics of a really nice English Pale Ale, adds a little cask or "Real Ale" character and pumps up the ABV for both of those styles at the same time. All of this in a bottle as...
550 mL, dark brown, sturdy looking bottle, so not quite a full English pint, but almost there. Pours to give a nice soapy looking thin head, a golden orange body and a hint of chill haze. The nose is made up mainly of sweet hops. As expected a mild...
Please also see this. Additional notes 06/28/23 This is a bit confusing in terms of what beer this is. Time to do some research. This version is called "Organic English Ale" (pictured), BUT comes in at 4.8%. As you can see below, the beer called...
Beautiful crystal clear copper colored pour, with a small off-white head and some lacing. Soft, sweet malts dominate what little aroma there is. The aroma, of course, improves with warming. Very malty all the way through which is not necessarily...
Pale orange appearance, but throw in the sediment from the bottle conditioning and you get something that more resembles a cloudy Wit. Small head that doesn't really hang around. Interesting aroma of honey and alcohol, really quite nice. A little...
Very light appearance, with a thin and wispy/bubbly head. Not a dense frothy one, rather something that was very light. A little acidic in the nose and the initial tastes. Some fruity, hop bitterness is apparent too. The beer is what I would...
Love the presentation, this looks like it is going to be a monster of a beer, but pans out to be something quite different. Pours the color of tea with a tiny bit of mild added, a sort of cloudy, copper/orange color. There was a heck of a lot of...
04/08 === A lot more drinkable on draught - $4.25 for the 16oz pour at Taco Mac, Douglasville, GA, USA. Thin, pale color with some lace, but the head is very wispy and has no depth. Simple, light caramel sweetness and refreshing. Not much to report...
I note this appears to be contract brewed in the USA and it is certainly significantly different to how I remember drinking it maybe 10 years ago at home (England). Perhaps that's as a result of the stateside brewing, or maybe just changes in the...
Pretty unusual find this one, I got it in TN and I'd never seen it in GA before. Bar staff were also confused by it so I'm guessing this was a recent addition to the line-up. Elaborate label, different to the one in the database picture and lots of...
Dark, reddish body with a substantial off-white foamy head. Some swirling yeast in the body that settles quickly to give a great looking brew that tempts the senses. Definitely has a warm feel about it, both in the appearance and the aroma. A...
First thing to note here is that this came in the brown glass bottle so it looks as though Wychwood have finally given in. Looks like the label has been slightly re-designed too to give it a fresh look. Lovely, clear pale golden pour, but a...
Amber red pour with little or no head to speak of. No lacing. Mainly malt in the nose and the body, with a little hop bitterness coming through. Balanced, but very uninspiring. Quite plain. Insufficient carbonation for me, making the whole...
As usual, very solid offering from Young's. Definitely a good looking beer with plenty of the golden honey that you get in the taste reflected in the appearance. Light color and frothy head promise refreshment and that's what you get. Certainly the...
Elaborate and informative labels, looks classy. This definitely felt more like Pale Ale than an Amber, with its pale orange appearance, mild lacing and decent head. Not much nose to speak of, but a little bit of citrus hoppiness present. As others...
Pale orange, small rocky head, with some lacing. Some lively bubbles continue to rise in the glass. This means the head retention is quite good and the lacing is pretty good. Some up front bitterness, with each mouthful ending with a sharp citrus...
Taco Mac, Marietta, GA, $4.75. Unusual this, and fairly average to boot. Pours like an unfiltered, bottle fermented wheat, tasted like a sour lager, calls itself a Pale Ale, what gives?? I usually like the yeast sediment to be added to my glass...
$7.99 Six Pack, Save-Rite supermarket, Douglasville, GA, USA. I don't seem to see the Sam Adams Pale Ale around very much and perhaps that is a distribution issue or the fact that it seems to me to be a very mediocre brew. Everything about this...
$2.99 Arbor Place Beverage Depot, Douglasville, GA. St. Peter's does it again with this beautifully flavorful yet light beer. This is beer gives a combo which I find so difficult to find. A real tasty, hoppy, perfectly balanced brew that feels...
$5.99, four-pack, Corks, Marietta/Smyrna, GA. It looks good and you can drink a lot of this stuff, but the nitro cans (smoothflow) are simply a pale shadow of real Tetley's. I am biased, because after you drunk the real stuff only yards from the...
Pictured 02/06/24 Original notes 05/29/04 Another example of a super keg beer being completely neutralized by putting in a nitro-can. The stuff in the can is virtually unrecognizable in experience to the original, which in this case is a step back....
Here's my problem. Growing up - as a young lad in the early drinking days - when my father was trying to show me the ropes, we would often go to pubs where Cask Conditioned Bass was kept. My father would never let me drink anything else but that...
Poured an orange color with a huge, foamy head. The foaminess of the head was such that, combined with the somewhat "thin" pale ale taste, the experience was somewhat "soapy". The ale itself was a little on the dry side for me, and although a...
Orangey in color with a nice level of carbonation leading to a decent, persistent head, with some good lacing. A very clean taste, that I found very refreshing. Particularly noticeable was the distinct and persistent aftertaste that was hoppy with...
$7.09 for 4 pack Publix supermarket, Carrollton, GA. Pours a pale orange color with a somewhat transparent look. The head works very well in the nitro can, being produced consistently and instantly. It remains in the glass all the way to the bottom...