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Carolina Strawberry Ale 2.78 30

Carolina Strawberry Ale

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302.79/5.02.78/5.04.75%52.9Flute
Commercial Description:
The strawberry fields of North Carolina are the inspiration for this amber-colored ale made with the finest malts and hops and enhanced with real strawberries. The result is a refreshing, full-bodied, crisp ale that bursts on your palate with just the right hint of sweetness for balance.
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 cheapdark (2026), Monacatootha, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/102/56/104/514/20
Jan 20, 2009  
Bottle at the Charlotte airtport. Very nice strwberry aroma, I was expecting something artificial but it is not. Pale yellow like any pale lager. Good tingly palate. Flavor is also not artificial as I was expecting. Not bitter at all. Friendly finish, one of the better fruit beers I’ve tasted. Good session beer for a fruity. Pleasantly surprized!


 wilkie (1191), Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/58/20
Dec 8, 2008  
Bottle. Pours gold, clear, with large fizzy head, quick dispersion. Aroma is strawberry. Flavor is some strawberry, and not much else. Ehh, just there. Too light and simple to be interesting.


 brewski519 (424), Morrisville, North Carolina, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/59/20
Nov 20, 2008  
Pours a slightly pinkish golden color with no more than a film for a head. The Strawberry scent is obviously present in the aroma and gives this beer a slightly more drinkable flavor than this brewer’s Blonde Ale. Still doesn’t come close to one of the better NC brews available though.


 tronraner (1933), Seymour, Tennessee, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/510/20
Oct 16, 2008  
2008 Knoxville Brewers’ Jam. Pours pale gold with a pink hue and small head. Aroma is sweet semi-artificial strawberry and honey. The flavor is artificial strawberry and sugar. As Suttree already quoted me, it really does seem like strawberry Jolly Ranchers dissolved in, say, Carolina Blonde. It dries out just a little bit in the finish, just enough to keep it from becoming cloying. Meh.


 decaturstevo (2007), decatur, Tennessee, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Oct 13, 2008  
KBjam. Large strawberries on the nose. An orange/pink pour with tight white head and lace. Fruity and malty. Medium bodied with pretty good carbonation. A pretty tasty fruit if I do say so myself.


 lithy (1750), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Oct 13, 2008  
Sampled at the 12th Annual Knoxville Brewer’s Jam. Pinkish orange with a thin white head. Artificial strawberry syrup aroma with some pale golden malt tastes followed by a syrupy mess of harsh, drying strawberry juices.


 Suttree (2740), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/512/20
Oct 12, 2008  
Pinkish red, no head. Smells and tastes likes a strawberry Jolly Rancher dissolved in a run of the mill golden ale (I stole that description from tronraner, btw) Sampled at 2008 Knoxville Brewer’s Jam


 nearbeer (1858), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jul 25, 2008  
12 oz. Foggy orange-copper with a small, lasting head that leaves some soapy lace. Aroma is strawberries and cream. Front flavor is light tart berry with some caramel apple, then a woody-resin and dry grass finish. Light body is watery and finishes dryish. Tastes like a decent bitter with a light dose of strawberry; pretty decent fruit beer.



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