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Drakes Batch 1500 Pale Ale 3.63 78

Drakes Batch 1500 Pale Ale

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783.7/5.03.63/5.0Special5.5%90Shaker, Tulip
Commercial Description:
This was the 1500 batch of beer produced since opening the doors of the brewery in 1989. It turned out everyone liked it so much we make it all the time now. It is a Pale Ale that is late hopped like an Imperial IPA for an "over the top" hop aroma.
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 Papsoe (15107), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 15, 2009  
On tap. Clear amber golden with an off-white head. Fresh and somewhat peachy aroma hops in the nose. Medium body with light caramels but not much of a malty feel. The finish is dry and quite hoppy. Nice one. 110709


 yespr (12411), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Jul 27, 2009  
From tap at Drakes, RBSG2009. Pours hazy dark orange with a small off-white head. Dense grapefruity and slight wooden hops aroma. Dry fruity, light spiced and crisp bitter. Light bodied. Bitter and dry finish.


 omhper (12298), Stockholm, Sweden
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Feb 14, 2006  
Bottled. Clear amber. Fairly strong lychee aroma. Dryish with clean mouthfeel and fairly light body. Notes of melon, medium bitterness. A predominantly hop aromatic very drinkable IPA.


 kp (8500), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Sep 1, 2007    Updated: Jul 18, 2009

Date: May 20, 2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Noog II
Appearance: dark yellow
Aroma: big sweet pine aroma
Body: thin body
Flavor: light sweet malt flavor balanced by lots of bitterness

Date: July 11, 2009
Mode: draft
Source: tasting
more hops in the flavor this time around,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4


 Oakes (8142), Kowloon, Hong Kong
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/56/103/511/20
Feb 14, 2006  
Slightly hazy amber. Massive hop aroma is very much bursting with fruity notes. The body is pretty light for style, as is the maltiness, leaving this an ode to hops, which again take on a fairly fruity character, but lack the bold, bright quality I enjoyed so much in the aroma.


 bu11zeye (5621), Frisco, Texas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Sep 30, 2009  
(Draught) Pours a clear amber-yellow body with a small off-white head. Aroma of grapefruit, wood, caramel, grass, herbs, and some peach. Flavor of hops (earthy, grass, citrus) and caramel malt with moderate bitterness in the finish.


 hopscotch (5537), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Oct 20, 2008  
Bottle… Mostly clear, deeply golden/amber ale with a mid-sized, frothy, white head that never quite disappears. Leaves thick, creamy lacework on the glass. Earthy, citrusy, piney nose with an undertone of biscuit. Medium-bodied with an acerbic mouthfeel and tickling carbonation. The flavor is of biscuit malt buried under a ton of tannic, earthy hop intensity. Lengthy, bitter, arid finish.


 CaptainCougar (5530), Rockville, Maryland, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 19, 2005  
On tap at O’Briens, listed as "Batch 1500 Imperial Pale": Pours a transparent deep copper orange with a nicely lacing thin white head. Fresh, dry, grassy, piney and well-hopped aroma has some toasty, dry, breadiness. Body starts full, caramel and toffee earthy sweet with some English tasting hops. Finishes dry, sticky and crisp with lots of semi-floral bitterness. Reminiscent of Stone 7th Anniversary, but could use a bit more sweetness.



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