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Cold Spring Pale Ale

Cold Spring Pale Ale - American Pale Ale

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 Percentile 
41
overall
Brewed by Cold Spring Brewery
Style: American Pale Ale

Cold Spring, Minnesota USA

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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253/5.02.95/5.0-23.3Lager glass, Shaker
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Commercial Description:
This beer is Cold Spring Pale Ale, a style known for its bitterness. The bitterness comes from the hops added during the boil as well as the fresh aromas. The hop variety used in this beer is a cascade hop. This well established variety of hops is an American grown hop. This hop is known for its citrus flavors and floral aroma characteristics. There are four hop additions that are added during the boil.
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 JoeTheYounger (218), California, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/514/20
Oct 22, 2009  
32 oz can. Poured a orangish hazy color with very tiny head. Soapy aroma with some faint hops. Citrus notes, mild hop flavor. Medium pallet. Overall not that great.


 dwyerpg (2519), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/516/20
Sep 27, 2009  
A pretty good malty-hoppy aroma. Flavor is okay, a bit of hops up front,a somewhat thin finish. Pleasantly surprised by this beer.


twistedviews (67), California, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/102/513/20
Sep 19, 2009  
a pretty bitter taste, made with a lot of different hops, with a medium amber colored body.


 heemer77 (4294), Savannah, Missouri, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/510/20
Sep 14, 2009  
Bottle. A medium amber colored body. Orange smells at first with a doughy character and notes of hay. The taste was gummy with some light tobacco. There was also an earthy note of sunflower seeds. Drinkable, but certainly nothing to seek out.


 asedzie (453), San Francisco, California, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/514/20
Sep 13, 2009  
Quart can. Pours slightly hazy amber with big fluffy off-white head. Aroma has mild notes of pine, honey, light spice. Flavor is nicely balanced between lightly sweet malt and prickly, oily hops. Some very slight undertones of rawness and strange saccharine sweetness, but overall a nice pale ale. Comes through with long lingering bitterness in the finish. Coming from the midwest originally, this is the kind of beer that I would love to see replace the cheap corporate corn swill that is the mainstay of every damn bar out there. A drinkable, inexpensive ale with some hops and barley.


 JPDIPSO (4863), Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Aug 22, 2009  
Quart can, soon to be utilized for beer butt turkey. Hazy amber color with a taller, somewhat creamy looking light ecru colored head. A decent looking pale. Grain and resin aromas along with a bit of grass. Light caramel flavors with a bit of grain in the background. Middle has some resin and light earth. SOme herbal and dried floral qualities. Finish is rather dull and a bit sharp. Linger is dry and a bit bitter and woody. A great effort considering the other brews from this brewery. Actually had no intention of finishing the whole can, but found no great faults that would have made me drain pour it.


 JohnnyJ (1282), Carlsbad, California, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Jul 11, 2009  
Bottle. Light gold/orange pour. Citrus, fruit, pine, and floral hops. A decent, yet pretty standard pale ale.


 harbuck76 (127), El Cajon, California, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/513/20
Jun 28, 2009  
32 oz can. Pours a cloudy orange with huge fluffy off white head. Aroma is citrus, mild floral hops. Taste is mild citrus, sweet caramel malts and a touch of honey. Finish is somewhat bitter , but mainly sweet. It’s ok at 3 for 32 oz can its worth a try.



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