City Pale Ale

Brewed by City Brewery (Melanie Brewing Co)
Style: American Pale Ale
La Crosse, Wisconsin USA

I found this in Albert Lea MN. I found it to be a fairly good pale ale with a slightly bitter average length finish. I enjoyed the initial taste, also found the color and scent to be pleasing.

Bottle from Pat’s. Pours medium coppery with 2-finger off-white head. Aroma of bready caramel malt, perfumy hops, some black pepper. Tastes sharply hoppy, with careamel malt, slight floral spiciness, and a tad of metallic notes. Medium palate heft.

Med.-light amber color, with a diminishing off-white head. Some lacing. Very pleasant, mild citrus/pine aroma. Initiall flavor is semi-sweet malt and dried citrus rind; unfortunately, the the malts play too large of a role. Finish is relatively quick and clean, but a slight bitterness does remain for a while. If you like your ales to be on the sweet/malty side, then maybe you’d appreciate this beer more than I do.

Bottle. So so. Kind of malty and relatively hoppy - not very good hop flavor though. Also has some off-flavors. Definitely have had better pale ales.

This is the first beer that I have tried from this brewer. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a caramel color with a large yellow-tan head. The aroma is very sweet with a moderate grapefruit and nut element. The flavor is very sweet - very sugary.There is a hop presence but it is very mushy. No crisp or distinct hop flavors come through. There is a lingering sugary sweetness.

Pours a three finger white head that fades to a thin layer leaving some lace. Clear amber color. Light carbonation and light-medium bodied. Hoppy nose. Starts sweet, the hops gradually take over leaving a bitter aftertaste. Typical pale. $1.29 for a 12oz bottle from John’s Grocery Iowa City, Ia.

12 oz bottle. poured ratther fizzy for the style. burnt copper color. Uneven head after a few minutes. Aroma was in the ballpark for the style, but had a bit of a medicinal whiff. Sure enough, a medicinal taste followed - a bit phenolic, band-aid taste. Fairly bland for the style. Not very balanced or complex. I’ll Give City a C for trying to step outside of the Heileman heritage in La Crosse. Keep tryin’ guys...you’ll get ther eventually.

Poured copper with a tan head. Aroma has some malt and hop character - balanced, but mostly non-descript - somewhater perfumy. Starts out sour, astringent and medicinal. Bits of caramel malt in the background of the gunk. Finish has a piney hop taste, but not enough to cover the bad qualities of the taste. Best to avoid. For the price I paid there are MUCH better options in this style.