Natty Greenes Patriot Extra Pale Ale

On tap at the brewpub. Amber in color. This is more like a lager than an ale. The hop flavoring is very harsh and not a smoothly mellow as the Southern Pale Ale.

Draft at the brewpub. Small white head on top of a straw colored brew. A touch of hops and straw in the nose. The flavor is a very thin, a bit of hops, but it’s just so perfectly clean tasting and finishes completely balanced. I could have a good time chugging this stuff all night long.

Had this quickly after the straight Pale Ale and enjoyed this one a bit more. On draft at the brewpub. Nice hop aroma with some pine and pronounced citrus smells. A sort of faint amber color with a short offwhite head. Caramel malt flavors add to the body. Good bubblegum hop flavors as well.

Date: 02/02/2008
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

Appearance: clear dark copper, fine white head, streaks of lace,
Aroma: sweet caramel malt aroma with light floral hops,
Flavor: light sweet malt flavor, touch of crystal for sweetness, light floral hops for balance, long bitter finish,

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

on tap-pours a dissipating off white head and gold/amber color. Aroma is mild citrus hops, faint medium malt. Taste is citrus hops-some bitterness, very dry, some medium malt, roasty. Good carbonation.

On Tap. Pours a coppery color with a smallish white head. Aroma is caramel malts, floral hops, citrus. Flavor is caramel, grapefruit, light orange. Palate is medium to light bodied, medium carbonation, finished lightly bitter. Decent.

Nice amber pour with a huge eggshell head that coated the glass all the way. There is a lot of sweetbread in the bouquet... almost like toffee meets dough.... interesting. This starts off with quite a bit of caramel malt, and is immediately contrasted by a pale, biscuit note. Just like their APA, this has a nicely bitter finish, only with bit more residual sugar, accompanied by a tinge of copper. At first, to be honest, I actually thought this was a combo of their APA and amber ales. However, upon further scrutiny, it’s a brew of its own, introducing special biscuit bitters and copper into this recipe. Not bad... the sweetness tends to stay "just" this side of cloying, but it was a nice way to round out the 4th of July.

pours out a nice clean golden yellow color with a nice white head. aroma is very clean and somewhat yeasty. flavor was bland and watered down. i didnt expect much from this beer and that is what i got in return