Maritime Pacific Islander Pale Ale

Brewed by Maritime Pacific Brewing Co.
Style: American Pale Ale
Seattle, Washington USA

Original rating, July 7, 2005 -- my first rating on Ratebeer (or elsewhere).
From the bottle.

Elegant goldenrod color, slightly cloudy; the head is limited. The aroma is hoppy with a strong twist of grapefruit and a hint of yeast. The carbonation is spot on; the palate is what I’d hope for in a pale ale, full and decisive without being overwhelming in any way. The flavor is well balanced and pleasingly dry, not too fruity.

This is a lovely Pacific Northwest pale ale, superbly refreshing.

Re-rating Oct 2, 2005
Wow - now I taste and even smell the corn-like flavor. How did I ever miss this? Still a nice enough beer (and man does it go down easy), but not quite the star performer I thought it was the first time around.

Bottle: Golden, slightly hazy, large white foamy head, attractive lacing, moderately carbonated.   Subtle floral nose, a touch of grapefruit, and unfortunately a little wet sock.   Quite a bit more floral and hop assertiveness on the tongue, with the aformentioned grapefruit.   Luckily no wet sock to speak of.   Moderate body and mouthfeel.   Smooth finish, lingering hop notes with a touch of grapefruit peel.   Not a great nose, but quite tasty, clean, and smooth.   I can only imagine that the draught version would be even better!

Cloudy dark yellow. Lite lacing, no head. Strong hop aroma. Hoppy all the way through. Slow lingering finish and mouth drying without being overpowering.

on tap at the jolly roger. pretty tasty apa - nice lychee aroma, some lacquered wood flavour, like chewing on a school desk and decent bitterness

Bready hop aroma. ale golden in color with fluffy head. Filtered with some tiny bubbles. Rich malty flavor, apricot fruitiness and a nice hoppy balance. Bitter finish. A great brew. Major thanks to Andre’ for the nice PacNW brews!

Dry Hopped Version: Gold, color with white head & lacing. The aroma is hoppy with some light PNW fresh hops. I can say, yeah, it’s dry hopped. The flavor however is under hopped with some light alcohol sugars. Finishes lightly bitter & hoppy. Good.

Tap@The Jolly Roger. Pretty nice session type pale ale. Decent amount of flavour, but not over the top, some lychee/pine/citrus as expected. Medium bitterness, not too much wrong here, justnot overly interesting.

Well balanced pale ale. Light orange colored, translucent. Aroma similiar to a pilsner, grassy, yes, like saaz. Flavor is sweet and malty, unlike a pils. Slight dryness on the finish from the hops, but mostly malty sweet. Thanks Andre' for this one