UPDATED: SEP 5, 2022 I enjoy this beer and Saranac beers a lot however they have way too much carbonation. I had a beer sitting for quite some times and leaned over keeping it in place to remove the cap from the bottle and it spewed out several ozs of beer all over. I've never had a beer that was so sensitive and I can only explain it by referring to how this batch was produced because I certainly wasn't shaking it around I swear it sat for probably 30 minutes before I opened it yet it made a huge mess. It's a shame the beers are great but this is a reoccurring thing with bottles from them. I guess just open it over a sink or where you expect to have beer spill all over without much of a hassle and you're set.

UPDATED: MAR 5, 2019 Pours amber with a thick white head. Aroma of dry malt and citrus. Taste is hoppy, citrus and pine bite on the tongue. Palate contains earthy malt notes. Tasty and interesting pale ale.

UPDATED: AUG 8, 2018 One of my first IPA's, a good solid beer. Hops are present, smooth with a nice hop finish. An enjoyable beer, a definite thirst quencher.

From old tasting notes. Amber orange color. Thick creamy beige head. Fruity sweet malt aRoma. Delicious tangy malt flavor with hints of caramel and orange. Nice dry finish.

(12oz bottle) AROMA: balance of malt and hops. warm malt nose instead of sweet, dried fruit, berries & cream. APPEARANCE: good head of touch-of-brown foam, lingers and oily, copper/light-amber color but not too dark, very clear. TASTE: malt, corn, a little soft sweetness, some fruit, good stretch of bitterness with underlying flavors of green, grass, lemon peel. PALATE: nice on the mouth, some frizz, medium body, mostly watery feel in the mouth (which wasn’t a bad thing), lingering bitter and flavor on the inside of the cheeks. OVERALL: good beer. not great, but would be a solid every day beer (and even on the cusp of being one of those ’on occasion’ special beer), I liked the balance and feel, refreshing yet still satisfying. <<<<<<<<<< >>>>>>>>>> The brewer has changed the recipe from English to American Pale Ale. Not sure when this occurred. Saranac Pale Ale’s foundation was built on the tried and true English varieties, Golding and Fuggles. We brighten Pale Ale with the three “C”s; a strong focus on Citra, complimented by Cascade, and Chinook. We then bridge the old world with the new with the two most distinctive hops Bramling Cross and Jester, both descendants of English and North American varieties. << ** Brewer’s Notes ** >> Style: American Pale Ale Malts: Crystal, Two-Row Original Gravity: 13.5° Plato Hops: Bramling Cross, Jester, Citra, Cascade, Chinook IBU: 32 ABV: 5.5%

6 week old bottle into a pint. A: Deep orange/pink tinted gold with very little head leaving a ring. Great color but looks lifeless. S: Pretty faint smell has some sweet orange, pine and caramel. T: A little malty, a little hoppy. Orange and toast. Sweetness held in check. Just English enough. Nice balance of flavor. M: Light to medium body with Crisp mouthfeel and tart finish. O: Fair attempt to fencewalk between styles. Good taste at a good price.

Bouteille sans date. Robe ambrée claire sans col de mousse. Arômes de malt caramélisé, sucre d’orge, gazon, orange et autres agrumes, un peu de sucre d’érable. A quelques similitudes avec un barleywine américain. En bouche, houblons terreux, gazon humide, orange trop mûre, zeste de citron. Beaucoup moins sucré qu’au nez à part un soupçon de caramel. Texture huileuse et corps mince.

Pours dark copper , head lasts a bit. Grass, hay, some (stone?) fruit in the aroma. Taste is fairly hoppy for a pale ale, I am getting subtle bitterness (though with less fruit than the aroma) more than malt. A slight off taste on the finish.

En ale der ligger i enden af sødlig ales, med en frugtagtig smag, og ikke ret meget humle. Let sødlig meget læskende øl.

Sampled at GABF 2015. in the sample glass was amber; White head. Nose of caramel malts and fruit . Medium body. Flavor is more malts than hops and the is some bitterness in the finish. Decent and drinkable.