Dark golden amber colour, the flavour is very malty with weak notes of dark fruits, candy sugar and sweetness

Poured flat.Tasted a bit like cardboard and was boring to drink. Althought it isdescribed as a pale ale struck me it was more like a brown ale. Poor.

12 oz. bottle pours a clear copper color with a slight white head. Has a yeasty, grainy, honey sweet smell. Light to medium bodied with a decent amount of carbonation. Has a nice fruity malt flavor with a subtle hop bite to finish. Very smooth and easy drinking. A good English style Pale Ale. Sept 2004

Bottle @ Mexican cafe. Reddish copper. Malt driven with toffee notes. Ok but perhaps hasn’t travelled well

bottle from the rake. I wouldn’t have normally given this a go with the rake’s selection freshly updated, but Richard insisted I try it as a freebie - who am I to argue? I was totally surprised by this one. Richard was giving me a full-on drunken lecture on the quality of American pale ales and as my nose steadily crinkled up more and more, I could see that I’d hit a nerve. He’s never been much of a "beer-bully", but I’m glad he pushed me into having this one. Clear red-amber with almost no head. From the aroma alone, I’d have guessed this was a framboise - very strong smell of raspberries with hints of sweet cherry and other dark fruits. Taste of malts, dark fruits and cane sugar. Finish is sugary with a taste of boiled berries. Syrupy body. Overall, the beer is far too sweet.