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Cisco Whales Tale Pale Ale

Cisco Whales Tale Pale Ale

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An English Pale Ale brewed by
Cisco Brewers Inc.

Nantucket, Massachusetts USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

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1753.15/5.03.15/5.05.6%72.9 English pint, Shaker P  Stats

Commercial Description:
An amber English-style ale that has a nice balance between hops and malt. It's the most popular of our beers and the most versatile in terms of pairing with food or people.

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 Oakes (6853), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/101/59/20
Jul 23, 2002  
Pale tan; doughy malts, ultra carbonation that really messes with this beer. Some hop in the finish.


 argo0 (6176), Washington DC, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/102/513/20
Oct 27, 2002  
Cloudy orange and pours with a big off-white head, some sediment. Aroma is hoppy pine and grape, slightly spicy. Flavor is more hoppy (grapefruit) than malty (doughy), though it’s reasonably balanced. Some sourness too. Finishes fairly bitter. Strange combination of being dry and highly carbonated.


 duff (5405), Sydney, Australia, Surrey, England
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/510/20
Aug 25, 2005    Updated: Sep 2, 2005
Tap. Cloudy orange amber. fairly easy going, lightly floral hops, and sweetish malts, light and refreshing, but nothing else, a little thin.


 Rastacouere (5270), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Jan 31, 2005  
Hazy light orange, off-white head is timid. Almost smoky aroma with house cleaning stuff hints and a tart tingy. Sweet and floral yet tart and earthy. Growing spicy hops bitterness, light carbonation. A bit stale.


 CaptainCougar (4637), Rockville, Maryland, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Jan 22, 2006  
Pours a transparent copper amber with a thin, wispy off-white head. Dry toasty pale malty aroma has some earthy hop presence. Full, malty and bittersweet body has some mild light fruitiness toward a dry, mildly hoppy finish. A decent pale ale, but somewhat bland.




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