Callys Switzer Pale Ale

Brewed by Cally’s Restaurant & Brewing Co. (formerly Calhoun’s)
Style: American Pale Ale
Harrisonburg, Virginia USA

-on tap-pours a retaining thin light tan head and hazy amber color. Aroma is mild grapefruit hops, medium malt. Taste is grapefruit hops, medium malt/some perfumy/earthy hops-some bitter, medium malt-some caramel. Medium body, dry. Good carbonation.

Draught at Cally’s. Definitely one of their best, truest to style offerings. Hazy orange with almost a red rim, decent white head. Good citrus in the nose, a bit lacking in the body. Decent carbonation and noticeable hops but little bitterness make this a fairly quaffable pale ale.

Draught at the brewpub. It pours cloudy rust orange with small but long lasting ivory head. The aroma is pleasant citrus hops, a little bit of muffin, and slight florality. The flavor is very predictable, but not bad. There is mild toasty malt, some citric hops (though not very assertive), and some piney bitterness in the finish.

Red, dark, very nicely hopped. It’s very easy to drink, not overly bitter for a beer of this style, just another good one from Calhouns.

Growler. Deep reddish amber color with off-white head. Focused aroma of grainy light malt with a nice subtle grapefruit hop wafting in and out. Flavor mimics this well-- overall graininess, like crystal malt (slight chalkiness, in a good way), with incredibly well-balanced hop bitterness and flavor. Medium body. Smooth and drawn-out finish, very balanced, with a bit of a vegetable quality in the aftertaste. Also a distinct and lingering grain malt aftertaste. Very fresh, very nice. Bravo!

Nice red color, creamy head. Some chocolate malt flavors mixed in, balancing hops (Mt. Hood & Cascade per the barkeep). Some grapefruit flavors, a bid acidic on the finish. Good! Thanks Rob.