Berkshire Steel Rail Extra Pale Ale

Brewed by Berkshire Brewing Co.
Style: American Pale Ale
South Deerfield, Massachusetts USA

On tap in Western Massachusetts. Yellow in color with little head. Looks unfiltered. While much too bland to be one of my favorites, it did have a reasonable taste and lots of nice citrus flavors. Mild hops and good malts. This is not as good as most of the lighter craft brews we have out my way, but it is quite drinkable.

Aroma:good mixe of light citrus and pineapple hops,light caramel... Appearance:light hazy gold small head... Flavor:light citrus hops flavor,watery....

Hazed goldenrod coloration, thinnest of heads, diminishes instantaneously. Lemony aroma, soft and citrusy, but largely quiet. Big lemony bite on first sip, crisp citrusy texture, middling mouthfeel...yeasty tasting... simpering finish. It’s a pretty pale extra pale ale, and lacking in real character. easy to drink, for sure, but needs a bit of umph in the flavor department, maybe an extra helping of hops, or something...but, alas, it’s an unimpressive offering, solidly on the side of blase’.

Poured an insane head with a pale golden body. This looks like a Budweiser, which isn’t good. Not a lot in the aroma, maybe a little fruity and hoppy, but overall very weak. Finishes dry, almost feels like I’m drinking a mass produced lager with a hint of a little more. It goes down like soda, but there isn’t much more here. Don’t bother.

22oz bottle: Slightly hazy yellow with a medium white head, nice lacing, that lasts for the duration of the beer. Aroma is mild hops - light citrus, buttery pine, grass, and a hint of caramel and grain. Taste is pretty much the same - mild citrus, grass, medium bitter hops, with notes of caramel, and sweet grains. The grains come out more in the flavor, with a nice clean and crisp grain taste, not a bad mealy grain taste. Light-medium bodied, medium carbonation, good round mouthfeel, balanced.

Mild, sweet grainy aroma offers light citrus hops. Opaque milky-yellow coloured body with creamy, white, fine-bubbled head that recedes to partial cover and dots the glass with lace. Mild citrus hops over lightly grainy malts with light bitterness in the finish. Moderate carbonation to the medium-light body. Somewhat syrupy. Sampled at Mondial de la Bière 2005.

on tap. poured light yellow, with a decent head. Could not distinguish a. aroma. The flavor was faint lemons. Crisp and refreshing, but very forgettable.

Pours hazy yellow, almost urine color. Aroma is malty and thats about it. Taste is corn? and slight malt. No real hop presence to speak of. Overall, a very weak pale ale.