Hurricane Reef Pale Ale

Brewed by Florida Beer Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Melbourne, Florida USA

Incredibly smooth flavor. Slight taste of citrus with wonderful finish of fruity hops. Bottle awesome, beer is awesome; buy this.

Pretty typical pale ale, straddling the line between american and english styles. Malts tend to slightly dominate the aroma and flavor, being somewhat buttery, or buttered caramel corn. Milder hopping is barely notable as cascades outside of a mild resiny bite. Finish is balanced, leaning towards sweet. Copper colored with a generous head.

Appearance: Pours a crystal clear orange body with a small, white head. Smell: Thin aroma of caramel and traces of citrus fruits. Taste: Faint caramel flavor with only a hint of sweetness. Mild, citrusy hops. Finishes dry. Mouthfeel: Medium-thin body. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: Ah, good times and good friends. It had been far, far too long since the last time we threw our heads back and had a good laugh over something.

Date: 09/08/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

clear amber, fine off white head, scattered lace, sweet caramel aroma with citrus hops, sweet caramel malt flavor, nice balancing citrus hops, light lingering bitter finish,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Pours a transparent dark golden bronze with a thin ring of white head. Aroma of lightly sweet pale malt and some piny resiny fresh hops. Body starts with some mild caramel sweetness and decent bittering and flavor hop presence toward a slightly grapefruity finish. A decent APA.

Secret Santa 2007: clear color small head, mossy citrus nose? Maybe hte bottle had skunked. Thins body, malty taste liek the 2nd hand cereal in the bags. Skunky finish.

Clear orange/copper. Small, dense white head. Nose of light citrus and resin hops, pale malt, subtle stale vomit, and light sweetness. Flavor of stale grain, cheerios, moderate hops, that’s it. Medium body, balanced carbonation, a little thin. Easy to drink. Needs work.

Pours a crystal clear copper orange, with a small white head. Stale malty smell, with a mild hoppy aroma. Not pleasant smelling at all. The taste seems dead as hell. Not crisp at all. More maltiness than anything. The hops are so mild, I barely recognize them. Just a touch of some sweetness in the finish, which was very short. Not much else to say about this beer, except there is a reason I dont drink much Florida brew. Saint Somewhere, where are you?