buzzoven (93), Japan
Jun 15, 2008
North Coast struck gold with Old Rasputin, but their pale ale doesn’t fare quite so well. Nice pale yellow pumpkin orange colour and a muted grassy smell. Taste is a bit underwhelming...slight malty caramel tones with a bitterness that just sort of sits there and doesn’t really fit into the scheme of things. The finish is too soapy for me to enjoy. There are some balance issues here.
 glennmastrange (392), hobe sound, Florida, USA
Aug 13, 2008 Bottle. light to moderate malt notes of grain and cereal, moderate herb note for the hops, very light hint of sweat for the yeast, and background notes of allspice pepper and paper. Head is average sized, frothy, white with good lacing and is fully lasting. Color is slightly hazy, yet sparkling, amber. Flavor starts moderately acidic and finishes moderately acidic and bitter. Palate is light to medium, watery almost creamy, and has a lively carbonation. It finishes lightly astringent. A fairly good Amreican Pale with one or two slightly off aspects.
alumbis (7), Brooklyn, New York, USA
does not count  Aug 12, 2008 Totally average. Light orange pour, little to no head. Good aroma, floral sent. Flavor is unimpressive, slightly flat.
Drnk_McDermott (1537), Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
Aug 9, 2008 12 oz. bottle. Body toward the lighter side of the style, lots of bubbles, and a decent, frothy head. Not a big hop nose to start, but a good malty smell with some bitterness. Taste shows it to be very sessionable. It’s more of a standard pale ale with American hops than an überhoppy Alpha King type. Mostly malts over a bed of decidedly piney Pacific hops. Interesting variation that won’t frighten the newbies away.
raymondwave (778), Finland
Jul 28, 2008 Botttled. Quite dark orange, small white head. Nose is flowery, malty. Flavor is pretty mild for an APA, not much bitterness. Malts. Some marzipan and citrus? Pretty mediocre and characterless APA and definately not a very memorable one. Disappnointment.
mr_manta_stick (8), , Florida, USA
does not count Jul 22, 2008 frothy head, pale color, strong taste that stays with you. there is hints of other tastes but it tends to get drowned out by the heavy malt.
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