Flat Earth Angry Planet

Brewed by Flat Earth Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
St. Paul, Minnesota USA

Bottle… Mostly clear golden ale with a huge, frothy, off-white head. Great retention. Big-time floral, citrusy, toffee-like nose. Medium-bodied with Champagne-like carbonation. Leans way onto the sweet side of balance, offering caramel and toffee – light citric bitterness. The lengthy finish is sweet, and then astringent and dry. Bottle provided by cmillward. Thanks Chris!

CMillward, you da man!!! Thanks for the brew. Hopped up, malted up and everything in between. Decent citrus flavors with a nice sweetness. Good brew.

Sampled March 2009
This beer is well carbonated as I easily end up with almost four-fingers of pale tan colored froth in my 25cl tulip glass. The beer is a red color with copper highlights and shows a brilliantly clear, red stained, bright copper color when held up to the light. The aroma is quite hoppy, with more citrus than anything and is backed / accentuated by a caramelized malt character. Aromas of tangerines, lychee, bergamot and bright citrus oil define the fruity hop aromatics, while a significant, toasty, biscuit-laden note defines much of the malt character in this beer. While this is certainly hop focused, I like how prominent the malt character still is.

A bit fizzy as it first hits my tongue, notes of lemon zest and cracker like malt are quite noticeable though. After releasing some of the excess carbonation that toasty malt character becomes a bit more prominent as does a biting, clean, hop bitterness that lingers on the tongue in the finish along with a peppery carbonic bite. This beer is a bit too dry in the flavor to capture the expressive hop fruitiness that was notable in the aroma, but it still does manage to evoke flavors of orange zest, a touch of lychee and even a touch of kumquat. The finish has a bit of caramelized malt body to it, as well as a nice malt character that adds a bit of complexity. This is quite easy drinking, even for a 6% abv beer.

This is a nice beer, a touch more malt sweetness in the flavor would have accentuated the fruity p character better, but it would have lost the great drinkability. I am glad I got a good bottle of this!

22 oz. bottle shared by Tmoney99. Pours a dark amber color with a small off white head. The aroma had caramel malt, moderately sweet citrus, and a decent hop presence. The flavor was fresh citrus/herbal hops up front with caramel malts toward the finish. A general bitterness at the finish finishes this off.

Bomber thanks to tytoanderso. Pours a brown copper with a good stand of off-white head. The aroma is light fruit and caramel with hints of pine and spice. The flavor is kind of harsh and woody with a touch of astringency. Grapefruit and pine are in there, but not as, erm, juicy as I would like. Finish is soap, plywood, and hops. Ok, I guess, but not great.

Very dissapointing. I was excited when I found this stuff but it was a major letdown. Pours a brownish amber with no head and no carbonation. Slight citrusy taste with very weak hops. I also have the porter in my beer cellar and I hop that it is better than this lame excuse for a beer. Flat Earth brewery should change its name to Flat Beer brewery if they make shit like this.

Bomber courtesy of MatSciGuy. Pours copper with a nice off white head. Smells of resin, caramel, spice, earthy. Tastes bitter and resiny with some citrus elements and a caramel finish. Decent.

22oz bomber courtesy of Buebie poured into a pint glass. Pours a clear bubbly amber with a big creamy head that recedes to a healthy cap and leaves good lacing. Aroma has a light citrus hop presence up front and gives way to some light biscuity malts. The taste is more of the same with a small hop presence up front that doesn’t compete too much with the dominant bready malt backbone. There is some caramel sweetness before a faint bitterness from the hops in the finish. The mouthfeel is fairly light with lots of carbonation and a little dry in the finish. Overall, it’s an enjoyable and drinkable pale from Flat Earth. There is certainly not a lot of complexity but it drinks nicely.