Buckerfields Pandora Pale Ale

Brewed by Swans Hotel - Buckerfield Brewery
Style: American Pale Ale
Victoria, Canada

Draught sample at Swans Hotel. Mild honey aroma and light malt. Very little hops present. Dull gold clear with light haze, topped with thin foamy lacing off-white head. Medium body with medium-high carbonation. Nice light pale ale, with mild malt sweetness and bit of grain followed by mild hoppy bitter finish. Fairly clean after with a little beany hop character.

Didnt take any notes on this one. Will rerate next time in Victoria

On a small pub crawl while onshore for a few hrs from my cruise ship, I hit up Swan’s. As a general statement for all of their beers that i tried, the good news is that they were served at the right temperature. The bad news is that none of them was too good, IMHO. This pale was flat, dry and forgettable.

Lighter for a plae ale and not the hops needed to pull it off. Swans needs to thicken up their beers as they are alright but just to thin in my opinion.

Glass, 5-ounce, draught on site, savoured on April 30 2009; eye: golden, clear, slight effervescence, tiny ring of tan head, slight lacing; nose: light caramel malt, light hops; mouth: light malt replaced almost immediately by a wave of bittering hops, light grapefruit, finale where the grapefruit takes a more important place, medium body, mildly bitter, average carbonation, light astringency, grainy texture; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Verre, 5 onces, en fût, bue sur place le 30 avril 2009; œil : dorée, claire, très légère effervescence, petit anneau de mousse fauve, très légère dentelle; nez : léger malt caramel, léger houblon; bouche : léger malt remplacé presque immédiatement par une vague de houblon amérisant et astringent, léger pamplemousse, finale ou le pamplemousse prend une place plus importante (peut-être à cause de la pizza), corps moyen, moyennement amère, carbonatation moyenne, légère astringence, texture rugueuse; en résumé : correct

Light hop aroma. Pours a golden yellow with thin head. Not hoppy enough in my mind for an american pale. Still not too bad though

Stuffy nose due to cold still. Think I can taste faintly of orange peel. Fairly thin mouthfeel. Not a great P.Ale. I enjoyed the IPA much more.

Pours a slightly cloudy yellow with a creamy looking head and a faint corn aroma. Definitely some anglo hops in here, sweet and corny malt but not too cloying. A tad on the thin side but not too much so, low on carbonation, though. The hops redeem this otherwise unremarkable beer, but it’s still not quite enough.