Firestone Walker Pale 31

Brewed by Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
Style: American Pale Ale
Paso Robles, California USA

Bottle (in NZ). Pours a deep gold with a filmy white head. Sweet hoppy aroma with elderflower and caramal. The palate is a bit soapy, the malt is caramal flavoured with some citrus from the hops. The finish has some moderate bitterness, but also a touch tangy. While at first I thought it was just "nice", it really grew on me.

Big hop aroma, hint of honey at back. Bright orange in colour with thick firm white head, Soapy flavour, which is a shame

On tap at Papago. Pours a golden with an off-white head. Smells mildly of citrus and hops. Tastes just as mild with added notes of caramel and cream. Fair, at best.

Very good. Comparable to Sierra Nevada in quality but lighter and sweeter. Creamy and good all around. Grassy finish. I don’t think that I would crave this beer later on.

Draught @ Pismo Beach. Average light beige head that mostly diminished. Spare display of lacework. Amber color. Aroma of grapefruit, pine like, citrus, fruit, mild caramel and light toasted malty notes. Medium bodied with an average carbonation and dry texture. Moderated bitter flavor with light sweetness. Lingering bitter dry finish.

12 oz. bottle from Grape & Gourmet. Yellowish-orange in color with a creamy white head. Clean hop aroma of grass, grapefruit, and citrus. Clean, satisfying hop flavor. Nothing surprising given the aroma. It’s a pale ale so there’s nothing to get too excited about here, but at 4.8%, and for what it is you really can’t go wrong. One of the best pale ales around in my opinion.

Pours a hazy light amber with a decent head. Citrus hops, honey, and cereal grains in the aroma - nice and mild, but intriguing. Malts are more prevalent in the flavor, with a nice, refreshing hop backbone. Nothing too fantastic, but it’s a nice, entirely satisfying pale.

Pale gold, strong vibrant head. Pale malt, hoppy aromatics. Pale malt forward, earthy hops, so forward with the bready malt, finishes dry.