Grays Bower City Pale Ale

Brewed by Grays Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Janesville, Wisconsin USA

"...abundance of domestic cascade hops" ??? I honestly was quite sure there were no cascades in here at all. Anyway... cereally maltiness with a light floral hop touch. Drinkable, no flaws, but boring.

The beer pours to a glowing copper body with a thin white head that went away pretty quickly. The aroma is sweet, floral hops, prefume hops, caramel, oranges. The flavor is raw and grainy, floral hops and grapenuts. I’m not certain they have fresh cascade hops in this. Either that, or they don’t last long. The palate is medium bodied, decent carbonation. A start of the road beer for entering into quality beer. I’d prefer this over Miller Lite, but not by much. Definitely not my favorite APA.

In the bottle. Golden color. has a very medicinal chemical off-smell. This is a terrible beer. Did they remember to hop this batch? Tastes like non-flavored original Robitussin. I don’t want my adult beverage to taste like cough syrup. I could not finish this beer.

(12oz bottle) Hazy amber body topped by a small beige head with decent retention. Aroma is medium sweet, bread, caramel, some orange. Taste is medium sweet, caramel, orange, spice, light pepper. Light-medium body. Not bad, but it seems somewhat bland.

Bottle. Sweet, cloying banana-like aroma. Mild pepperiness. Not appealing. Transparent copper color with quickly dissipating head. Start is slightly sweet and malty turning very grainy and cereal-like in the middle. Finish with a touch of hoppiness. This is really quite bland and not overly enthralling.

Light opaque orange body with traces of a head. The aroma is mostly oranges with some hints of soap. The taste is grapefruit and sweet honey. There is also some burnt bread here with a slightly spicy finish of nutmeg.

with some odd hop bite. ashy tasting. tastes like grapenuts(wish i knew how to put the copyright symbol on my ratings, hehe) cereal and that is not a good thing.

Bottle. Strong pale ale nose. Usual PA hop, caramel, perfume nose. Earthy, straw, dirt, barn like notes. Some gentle spice on the finish. A middle of the road pale ale.