Broad Ripple Lawnmower Pale Ale

Brewed by Broad Ripple Brewing Co.
Style: English Pale Ale
Indianapolis, Indiana USA

Date: April 23, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: hazy yellow, fine white head, bits of drippy lace
Aroma: light malt aroma with faint hops
Flavor: light sweet malt flavor, light floral hops, light citrus
Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 9/20
Rating: 2.4/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

Objectively speaking: An entry level beer that does the entry level job.
I like: Quite a tasty, malt-oriented ale. Clean, flowery, biscuity. It would feel English indeed if you just added a juicy fruitiness somewhere and more hop confidence.
I dislike: Not much passion involved. Relying a bit too heavily on the grainy side of things.

This struck me as being more of a golden ale than as the EPA it’s categorized as being. Pale yellow with a frothy white head, the aroma is a sweet biscuity malt with a drop of honey and a trace amount of a grassy bitterness. The latter kicks up a notch in the flavor, but the light, honey sweet malts dominate. Kind of boring.

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Sampler draft at Broad Ripple. Clear amber color with small white head that diminshed quickly. Mild sweet aroma. Light body. Medium sweet flavor with small bitter finish.

Pale golden ale with aroma of fresh hops. Nice crisp malts with light hops in finish. Lighter bodied, and quaffable. July 30 04.

This draft sample poured a small head of fine to medium sized white colored bubbles. The body was transparent yet slightly hazy and yellow in color. The aroma was mildly malted and almost totally missing. The mouth feel was flat with an initially malty feeling that lingered well into the finish. The flavor was missing the hops and was almost absent without leave! Very little flavor to say the least.

Draft sample. This beer formed a small sized white head with fine-small sized bubbles that quickly diminished. The body was transparent and uncarbonated with a pale yellow hue. The nose of this beer was malty, hoppy, sweet, fruity and some citrus notes. The flavor was flat, bland, boring and lacked character with a just a bit of malt notes. The mouthfeel was smooth and dry with a watery and thin texture. This was a light bodied beer with sparse lacing.

From a sampler: This beer is a clear gold color with a thin white head. Very little lacing. The aroma is Lager-ish. Light-bodied and mildy hoppy throughout, but not much else going on flavor-wise other than hints of malt here and there. The finish is kind of docile as well. I understand why the name, as this is an unexciting but drinkable beer.