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Barley Island Blind Tiger Pale Ale

Barley Island Blind Tiger Pale Ale - American Pale Ale

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 Percentile 
32
overall
Brewed by Barley Island Brewing
Style: American Pale Ale

Noblesville, Indiana USA

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
712.87/5.02.86/5.04.8%15.1Lager glass, Shaker
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Commercial Description:
Pronounced Liberty and Cascade hops, medium malt flavor. A hoppy American-style Pale Ale from prohibition days when a toy tiger in the window alerted patrons to a hidden speakeasy. 32.6 IBUs.
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 ucusty (1871), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/511/20
Oct 24, 2009  
Clear dark gold pour with a thin white head. Toasted malts on the nose. Pine and citrus flavor. Thin bodied


 deyholla (506), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/511/20
Sep 17, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a clear amber with a reddish tint and a white head that lasted for a bit. Aroma is malty for the most part, has a bit of a musty wood note. Flavor is hoppy with a combination of citrus and wet pine notes.


 Soonah (900), Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Mar 11, 2009  
A bonus from a trade I did with StFun. The pour was copper and ever so slightly hazy with a barely off-white head that produced thing rings of lacing. The aroma was some caramel malt, pine hops and pepper. The flavor was spicy, peppery hops steamrolling over an overmatched caramel backbone. Succinct finish and relatively light in body.


 jcwattsrugger (5223), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
Sep 2, 2008  
on tap-pours an off white head and gold color. Aroma is sweet citrus hops, some medium malt. Taste is sweet citrus hops-some bitter, secondary medium malt. Soft effervescence. Good session PA.


 valpoaj (362), Valparaiso, Indiana, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/59/20
Aug 18, 2008  
Pours a golden orange with a pretty thin head that disappears quickly. Aroma is light and somewhat sweet...not a lot of hops, and even a dash of sourness mixed in...pretty odd for an APA. Flavor is some burnt malts, and a whole lot of bitterness, without much of a hop profile coming through otherwise...maybe a hint of the Cascade hops, but I’m striving to find much. Palate is a bit watery and underwhelming. Not a very impressive beer, which seems to be all about being bitter...concur with others that this is a bit confusing for the style.


 StFun (535), Indiana, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/57/103/512/20
Jun 23, 2008  
An OK pale ale. In the bottle, this one is dominated by wheat and grass, but on tap, it is much more hoppy and malty. Has a copper finish in both versions, which I didn’t care for too much. I liked the different hop profile in the tap version. A good session local.


 beerbill (1918), Laurel, New York, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/102/59/20
Apr 27, 2008  
12 oz. bottle courtesy of a trade with BBB63. Pours a hazy amber with a thin linen white head that faded to a ring after two sips. Very light aroma of grassy hops. The flavor is mostly grassy hops with virtually no malt. This flavor is short-lived and the beer finishes bitter and tasteless, much like the white pith of an orange. The bitterness lingers on the palate for a bit after the swallow. Not very good.


 JPDIPSO (4863), Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/59/20
Apr 24, 2008  
Slightly hazed amber color with a modest head of dark cream colored bubbles. Sweet aromas, with pale malt, caramel, cream, orange zest, and pumpernickel. A lot of things in the aroma, but none of it comes together that well. Caramel and orange flavors dominate. Some floor cleaner qualities, such as Murphy’s Oil Soap. I am reminded of a stronger amber with a touch more hopping. I’m just not getting it.



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