Back Road American Pale Ale

Brewed by Back Road Brewery
Style: American Pale Ale
LaPorte, Indiana USA

Date: 07/18/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

hazy gold, wispy beige head that is quickly roused, drippy streaks of lace, earthy hop aroma with a slight hint of citrus sweetness, citrus flavor balanced with a touch of malty sweetness and lots of earthy hops, light bitter finish,

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.7/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

Pours a transparent golden bronze with a thin-lacing wispy white head. Aroma of some lightly citrusy hops and pale malt. Body starts fairly standard, a little sweet and pale malty with a decent flavor and bittering hop balance toward a slightly earthy bittersweet finish. An ok APA.

Bottle courtesy of shawnm213. Pours a slightly hazy copper with a thin white head. Smells of earth, some caramel, light spice. Tastes of earth, tea, light resin, some peppery hints.

Refreshing, sessionable beer. The body’s pale apricot in color and it has a well sustained head. There’s a handful of particles floating about although I thought my bottle to be reasonably fresh. The aroma is full of pink grapefruit with a suggestion of pine lurking in the background. In flavor it retains that juicy, pink grapefruit taste, the sweet grainy malt emerging to balance it out nicely. Not bad.

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Draft sample at Fall Fest 2007. Poured clear pale color with an average frothy white head that mostly diminished with fair lacing. Moderate sour citrus hop aroma. Medium body with soft carbonation. Medium sweet flavor with a medium sweet finish of short duration. My expectations where not met.

Thanks for sharing, Mark. The body is medium hazy gold with an off white head. The aroma is musty dandeilons with wood and perfume. There is also a little bit of grapefruit. The taste has some grapefruit ridn with some bitter bread crust. There are also some peanuts. A decent APA.

Orange Copper hue with small head and no lacing, thin-bodied. Fruity aroma of apples and pears, some maltness undertones. Hoppy flavor (but not very aggressive) with a clean finish. Fizzy and thin mouthfeel. A drinkable session ale, nothing more.

This brew poured a small head of fine to medium sized white bubbles that left very little lacing and a hazy carbonated light orange brwon body. It has a sweet apple aroma and a mild hop initial flavor followed by a slight tingling mouthfeel with a tingly lingering bready hop flavor.