Kind Beers Pale Ale

Kind Beers
Brewed at Thomas Creek Brewery
Style: American Pale Ale
Charlotte, North Carolina USA

Bottle. This is your typical gimmick beer. Has a "cool" marijuana leaf on the label and the beer is called "Kind." This beer aint kind. Its schwag. Couldn’t really finish the 12oz.

12 oz bottle. Pours amber, a darker hue than I expected, with a small beige head. The aroma is caramel, wood, spicy hops, and some resiny notes. The flavor is wood, chalk, caramel, iced tea, some papaya, and a tame herbal hoppiness. Not at all what I was expecting. The finish is earthy, sweet, and quick. Kind of a strange brew.

12oz bottle. Amber pour, creamy tan head. Aroma is a bold, citrus hop. some caramel malt. flavor is of a earthy, resinous, green, bitterness. Highly pleasant. Light malt, easy drinking American Pale Ale.

[December 18, 2008]
12 oz. A 7.2% pale ale, eh? By the label, I am expecting an IPA or an IIPA now. The pour is not too pale, but rather a reddish peach hue. It seems only slightly hazy. no real head forms on top, just a trace of a white ring. I take a whiff and am surprised. I expected hops, but found none. What I am greeted with is a sweet barleywine aroma. I get an imperssion of something more alcoholic than the label claims. hints of berries, wine, cherry wood, and sugar are found. the mouthfeel is sticky and fairly thick. Again, this seems like a total barleywine and with more alcohol heat than expected. Dense, sweet bready flavors abound with a vinous character along with sweet cherries and an only slightly earthy finish. I think I finally detect some hops in the flavor, but they struggle to be truly tasted among the sweet malt body. Perhaps a faint herbal bitterness could be acknowledged. I didn’t have any grounded expectations going into this, so I am not really let down or confused by the pale ale claim (this is not an American pale ale), but I cannot say this is my perferred style of beer. Not bad, all in all.

12 oz bottle courtesy of Suttree. Pour is clear golden ruby with a nice one inch off white head. Aroma of slightly dirty resin bitter hoppiness. The dirtiness is a not too pleasant chemical dirtiness. Taste is cleaner than the nose, bitter hops biscuit maltiness. Some tangy fruit in the finish. Decent balance, nicely drinkable palate. The higher abv on a pale ale is nicely masked. Thanks for sending this my way, Phil.

Bottle, Kind beer haha...Pours an amber beer with a thin off white head. Aroma is sweet malt with a light hop note. flavor is sweet malt and light hop dry finish. Medium body. Decent beer.

Pale coppery red, thin white head. Molassess, brown sugar, rummy aroma some honey, as well. Nice flavor, too brown sugar, rum at first, with a nice crisp, hoppy - pine, I guess - finish. Tasty, easy to drink, hides its 7.3% well.

Bottle courtesy of durhambeer. Pours copper with a rocky white head. Smells of dough, spice, some resin. Tastes of pine resin with a caramelly finish.