Anderson Valley Poleeko Gold Pale Ale

Brewed by Anderson Valley Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Boonville, California USA

12oz bottle with a large rocky offwhite head that stays very well and laces the glass. Aroma of grainy malts and a little lemon. Flavor begins grainy but it quickly overtaken by bitter grapefruit and orange peel hops. Very crisp and clean on the palate and pretty well carbonated. Pretty refreshing.

Fairly light bodied brew from the bottle, pale gold color with a small head. Taste is simply just hops, citrus, pine, and a bit of malty sweetness. Simple, yet very effective recipe with a well balanced taste.

Pours copper with a generous rocky off-white head. Aroma has clean grainy malt with hints of hops, but not much. Medium / light bodied with moderate carboantion. Taste has husky grains and spicy hops. The finish however is all hops, quite bitter with some pine and bits of citrus. After a bit some of the caramel is noticable in the background. Nice pale ale, but not nearly as good at their IPA which is the same price at my shop.

Bottle. Pours golden with a small white head. Aroma of citrus, sweet malts, and a slight hoppiness to the nose. Flavor is sweet malts, citrus, pine, and finishes with some bitterness. Good body, drinkable.

A nose more like a premium lager, piney and bitter. Flavor is surprisingly more bitter (hoppy) than i expected for a pale ale. Flavor is hops, great malts, sweet. People say that pale ales are boring and lacking this, or that. This is definitely proving them wrong. A kick ass pale ale, and another good brew from the boys at AVB.

Just another APA in my book. Nothing done wrong here, maybe a bit thin on flavor and mouthfeel, but this one didn’t stand out (who can’t brew an APA like this?). Western US hops were present: resinous, pine, light citrus. Pretty thin on the mouthfeel and only ok on the flavor. Go with the ESB if you want a better APA tasting beer.

dark gold with a white head. the head lasts forever. aroma mostly light citrus and pine hops. flavor slightly sweet honey flavored malt with a decent amount of bitter citrus hops. light body. finish is bitter and hoppy as it should be but it seems a bit weak. decent pale ale but nothing i would but on a regular basis.

Bottle. Deep golden color with small head. Light citrusy and floral aroma. Also the flavor is light with malt, citrus, orange and some sweetness. Citrus, malt and some bitterness in the finish. This bottle has some symptoms of oxidation.