Electric Brewing OK Ale

Brewed by Electric Brewing Co.
Style: American Pale Ale
Bisbee, Arizona USA

Date: 11/04/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Bend Brewing

clear amber, scant off white head, sweet caramel malt aroma with light floral hops, well balanced sweet carmel malt flavor with floral hops, light bitter finish,

Aroma: 3/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 8/20
Rating: 2.1/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *+/4

Slightly hazy, medium head, golden body. Aroma is mildly sweet, not much else. Taste doesn't have much there -- bit of sweetness, bland, finishes mildly grassy.

(Bottle) Pours a hazy amber body with a small off-white head. Aroma of baked caramel, cookie, and light florals. Flavor of caramel, mild hops, and toasted malt with a bitter finish. An OK ale…I suppose…

12oz bottle acquired in trade with cbkschubert (thanks!). Poured a medium amber color with a large sized off white head. Aromas of floral, caramel, and a little biscuity / doughy. Tastes of caramel, citrus, light dough, and toasted malts. I wonder if that 7% is right - I got no alcohol in this at all (if it is right, it is very well hidden).

Bottle thanks to cbkschubert: Pours a transparent copper bronze with a thin ring of off-white head. Aroma has a touch of lightly toasted caramel malt and some mild, earthy grapefruity hops. Body starts fairly full for the style with a nice, light sweetness, some bready texture and a subtle bittersweet finish. More of an amber than an APA, but a decent or OK beer.

Bottle: Pours an amber color with a light head and good lacing. The nose is odd, like an overused stale noble hop with too much caramel malt. The flavor is a bit syruppy and bitter with some bad alcohol and off notes. The finish is bitter and there’s no cohesion. 7%? Hmm. I dunno, but it’s not that great.

Bottle from cbkschubert. Turbid orangy deep copper colored with 1-finger off-white head. Aroma of orange zest and marmalade, caramel malt, hops, peppery spices. Tastes citric, with malt, tangerine, mild black pepper, and hops. The fact that my bottle was turbid and others are seeing this as clear might indicate that my bottle had some secondary fermentation, but I did not notice any "off" flavors or aromas, so this turbidity, at least in the case of the bottle I drank, was not deleterious.

Poured a hazy copper color with a thin off-white head. Very light hops in the aroma with a mild caramel malt. The flavor was bitter caramel malt and a dry finish.