Natty Greenes Southern Pale Ale

Brewed by Natty Greenes Pub & Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Greensboro, North Carolina USA

Sampled at Brewgrass 2007. Clear straw color with a medium-thick white head. Pretty mild aroma hop-wise, the graininess is more noticable on the nose. Very mild hop presence taste-wise. Tastes like a well-hopped golden.

Pours a clear light copper color, with a small off white head. Piney hop aroma seems to dominate the smells. Very mild citrus is there too. The flavor was mild hops, pretty bitter though, with some skunky characters. pretty watery and lacking of any semblance of complexity. Pretty boring and uninteresting. Although drinkable for what it is.

On tap at the brewpub. pours a nice golden amber color.Aroma is piney and hops with a medium mouthfeel.Flavor is hoppy and bitter.The finish was bitter as well.

Name: Natty’s Pale Ale
Date: 12/19/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

clear gold, fine dirty white head, drippy lace, nice citrus hop aroma, lots of good hop flavor on a nice caramel backbone with just the right amount of sweetness to balance, good citrus character,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4
-------- /> Name: Southern Ple Ale
Date: 04/12/2008
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, Hickory Hops

Appearance: clear dark gold, wispy off white head,
Aroma: sweet crystal malt aroma with fresh floral hops,
Flavor: sweet crystal malt flavor with additional caramel sweetness, lots of balancing hop flavor, long bitter finish,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Draught at the brewpub. Pours honey gold with white head. The aroma is piney with some dark grain and hints of tangerine. The flavor is tangerine and pine with a kick of sugar behind it. Sappy pine flavor continues into finish. Somewhat leathery aftertaste.

on tap-pours a retaining foamy off white head that laces and gold color. Aroma is sweet citrus hops. Taste is sweet citrus/pine hops-bitter, secondary medium malt. Clean mouth feel. Good effervescence.

Orange-amber pour with no real head nor lace of which to speak. The nose is grassy. This is at first reminiscent of an ESB with pale malt and biscuits. The finish is dry and hopped with biscuit notes still available. This APA cleanses the palate very well, even with heavier American food (burgers, clubs, cheeses, etc.). Its lengthy finish, dry-hopped, is quite indicative of style, and makes for a great example of an APA.

This pale ale seems like every other at first but let it ramble through your mouth and you’ll notice a caramel-smoky flavor that makes it a very unique but still veryu authentic pale ale.