Dogwood Pale Ale

Formerly brewed at Dogwood Brewing Company
Style: English Pale Ale
Atlanta, Georgia USA

Orange gold color. Medium sized white foamy head. Aroma is fairly sweet (orange) and sweet. A medium bodied pale ale. Malts are fruity and very sweet. Mild slightly bitter hops. Nicely balanced. Lots of orange and spice flavors. English style pale ale. Very smooth taste. Extremely nice smooth finish. Mouthfeel is full and round, Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet. And once again…. DAMN IT ALL… they aren’t around anymore

(12 oz bottle, obtained in trade with goldtwins, thanks Larry!) Mildly flavorful, straight forward, very easy to drink, nothing objectionable, just kind of plain and unexciting. This English pale ale is mildly fruity, with a soft, sweet maltiness and a very gentle hops contribution that keeps this beer balanced a bit toward the fruity, malty end. The flavor fades away rather quickly in the finish, leaving a pleasant, somwhat sweet breadiness behind. Soft and easy on the palate, barely creating a disturbance, allowing the mouth to slumber after the initial flavor wears off. Light amber in color, slightly hazy. Just not getting much out of the nose with this beer, perhaps a bit of lightly sweet candy, some maltiness later on, but hardly any hops at any point during the tasting session. Smallish off-white head quickly settles to a sheen, then to just a wide rim.

Murky amber brew.This brew is way past it’s time.No aroma at all and a barely noticable flavor that just is not good.I have liked this ccompany’s brews so this must be old.

Bottled. A pretty standard pale. I was kind of upset over the lack of aggressive hops when I first drank it, thinking that it was an APA. But since I know now that it’s English, I’ve revised my numbers some. Decent hoppy mouthfeel and flavor with fruity flavors to balance it all out. I really hate this brewery went out of business - why can’t New South go out of business instead?

This beer was EASILY more than 3 years old, but somehow well aged. It poured with chunky massive sediment at the bottom of my glass, but this only added distinction to the beer. The appearance was a light amber, slight copper with a thin filmy head which dissipated quickly. The aroma is sweet with an aroma of aging, fruity esters, malt, and sugar cane. The flavor is very sweet with a slight hoppy (east coast hoppy) finish that last for a LONG time. I attribute this highly to good aging and bottle conditioning. Very sweet, some nectary undertones, and fruity esters. Hardly bitter, but just enough carbonation to create a NICE bite. This was aged nicely..its a shame this brewery went kaput!

Copper hazy and rich. Head is sticky and froths over. Slowly dies a very painful death. Nose is exqusitely balanced. The floral element and the sticky malty backbone blend together and create something wonderfully aromatic. Sweet, piney and honeylike. Flavors are excellent as well. Subtle. The hops lay down next to the malt, neither truly bids for dominance. Very balanced. Well crafted. Slightly oxidized. Not near as much as the stout but a slight bright copper pierces through in the after palate. Hops are slightly stale but not to the beer’s detriment, this simply accentuates the malt sweetness that lingers after every sip. G-rat

I thought that this was pretty good. It has a nice, full flavor and drank rather easily. Funny it’s retired, because I tried it in a small town SC bar that had just started stocking it!

Well, that explains it. It’s an English Pale. I didn’t know that. Malts over-ride the hops in the flavor and aroma. Unusual for a pale. The more I drank, the better it tasted, but I can’t say I got to the point where I really enjoyed this brew. That’s too bad. I rather enjoyed their bock.