Nectar Ales Pale Nectar

Formerly brewed at Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
Style: American Pale Ale
Paso Robles, California USA

bottled "pale nectar" Pours a golden yellow hue with nice bubbly white head. Sweet c-hop aroma-honey and lemon. i smell fresh centenial hops on this one. flavors are hoppy, but pale/crystal malts. Iced tea like qualities, but not in the bad way. Very long, grapefruit lemon finish. nice pale!

(12-ounce bottle) Fruity and mildly sweet, but not especially malty, this pale ale also has an ample supply of fresh-tasting and moderately bitter hops that balances the sweet malt from start to finish; Bitterness is strongest in the long-lasting finish, and is flavorful and enjoyable; Very fruity and sweet nose with a moderately strong aroma of dry hops; Golden in color and slighty cloudy; Mouthfeel is medium bodied and fairly well carbonated; A whole lot of carbonation bubbles rise quickly through the beer and keep the large, fluffy, off-white head alive for a long time; Rings and dense patches of lacing coat the glass

The overall result of this was somewhat flavorless. It was like the malts and hops actually canceled each other out and produced nothing. When I looked a little closer, there’s a bitter, grassy finish. Similar mouthfeel to the other Humboldts I’ve tried.

Clear sparkling amber body topped by a nice off-white head. The aroma is quite hoppy, mostly pine. The flavor is only medium bitter and has a prounced bready/biscuit malt kick. An interesting beer. Smells like an IPA but drinks like an APA. The body is med-light and fairly dry. A nice classic american session beer.

slightly cloudy, light amber, large white head, lovely hoppy aroma, quite tasty - nice and sweet with a pronounced hop finish. enjoyable.

This is an intriguing one because we just got their tap handle and it reads "Humboldt Pale Nectar", then below that in small print says "India Pale Ale" (as does their IPA). So I tasted the two side by side and there really is very little difference. This has a lot in common with an IPA (and I would class it as such), especially bitter and citric in the finish. The IPA is certainly more bitter and citric but only marginally so. This really was a good lesson in the roles of Chinook, Willamette (both in the IPA) and Centennial (in the pale) hops.

A middle of the road pale ale. Fruity aroma and flavors with pretty good balance between the hops and malts.

Bottle. A medium golden color with a laced white head. Plenty of fruit in the aroma to join the malty flavor. The hops add a touch of crispness to the flavor.