Bonaventure Pale Ale

Brewed by Bonaventure Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Los Angeles, California USA

Draft at brewpub this afternoon. Considering we had walked miles in the heat while exploring downtown, I was glad to find a nice cold draft beer. This is a basically california style pale ale. Mild hops, a tad floral aroma. Refreshing but nothing real unique.

Draft at the brewpub. A hazy amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet with notes of grapefruit and hops as well as light notes of caramel and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and grass, as well as lighter notes of grapefruit and hops, leading to a grainy and bready finish.

From tap at the brewpub. Pours clear and golden orange with a lacing white head. Mild fruity and caramelish aroma. Flavour is sweet fruity at first before a more proounced dry bitterness takes over.

On tap at brewery very citrus grainpfruit from cascade. typical pale ale very good nothing out of ordinary but it is what you would expect. A good west coast pale. Nice

Pallid but hoppy...mild but bitter. Poured minimal head into a 23 oz (this is one thing nice about Bonaventure) stein.

Draught at the brewpub. Lightly hazy pale amber, no head. Grapefruit aroma. Clean and crisp with light body and somewhat soapy mouthfeel. Bitter finish. An uncomplicated, nicely hoppy, very drinkable classic style American Pale Ale.

On draft at brewery, 11/19/07. Same golden-yellow color (give or take a shade or two) as their blonde, IPA and strawberry brews. Indistinct hop aroma (grapefruit, maybe?). Adequate head. Pleasing malt notes offset by moderate hop flavor. Well-balanced. Nice lingering hop bitterness on finish. Competent but otherwise not notable.

My favourite from the 5 beer sampler I tried. Its hoppy and sweet, also well balanced. I guess I’m a sucker for bold pale ales, I could drink a lot of this. Nice orange colour and a frothy head.