Olde Towne Extra Pale

Date: March 22, 2005
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewery
Aroma: lightly hopped malt aroma
Flavor: good crisp hop flavor on a dry malt base, light bitterness in the finish

Date: June 17, 2006
Mode: bottle
Appearance: pours all foamy white head with a hint of beer
Aroma: vegitables and hop aroma
Body: body is one big carbonation exploding in your mouth
Flavor: light malt flavor with a touch of hops, light tartness
Overall: their stuff is good fresh on tap but does not last when bottled

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

The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.

This one is your typical pale ale. Hazy in appearance. Not too much aroma. Sweet (not too much though) on the palate. Nice offering, prefer the Hefe and Porter by far to this one though.

Pours a hazy golden orangish color. Aroma is mild hops with some floral and fruit. Flavor of a pale, mildly sweet malt action followed by a little hop flavor bite.

Bottle... RBSG2006... Hazy yellow ale with a large, fizzy, white head. Citrusy nose with notes of lemon and beef broth. Balanced flavor. No bitterness. No sweetness. Tart ’n’ tangy. Light-bodied and bone dry with mild carbonation. Not real good... and judging by previous scores, it looks like I’m being kind!

Wow, extra what? Extra pale? Well, that doesn’t mean extra hops, it means extra less flavor than their pale ale. Poor Alabama! Poured a pale golden yellow with a respectable head but no lacing. This was a straight up wheat based blonde ale that stunk upon opening, as I couldn’t tell if I was smelling the beer or bfeld’s dog’s breath. Somewhat saison like in aroma, the flavor was watery wheat with funk and citrus. Mouthfeel was somewhat watered down and thin. A below average, but not terrible blonde ale.

"Ba humbug again Alabama has nothing. The pour was better then the last one pale yellow but had a nice head. Aroma was awful skunked junk. Flavor wassome funk citrus and something was wrong in the aftertaste. Mouthfeel was watery."

For my 400th brew I thought I would rate an Alabama looser. This is about the 4th time I’ve tried it and I hear it (this beer) will soon be out of production due to slumping sales (go figure). WTF! I poured one ounce out of my bottle and filled my 16 oz pint glass. All foam, and turns out the bottle I had was about 1-year old (talk about slow turn over at the “reputable” store were my friend picked this up for me). The aroma was semi-sharp. Light hop notes with a grassy spicy hint, not very enjoyable. The taste was better than I expected in that it was non-descript. Light grain and grassiness from the hops (I assume-though it could have been lawn clippings). Almost in the vein of BMC. Light body and huge carbonation (anyone surprised after the first comment?). I know I’ve said this before but...Never Again. I’ve already apologized to everyone I traded a bottle of this to, and I apologize again. Sorry.

Thanks (I think) to brenbtfreesh for sending this one! 12 oz bottle. This must be somewhat better on draft locally than this bottle. No one would want to take this home. I had two bottles and both were the same, it took a week to get up the nerve to open the second one to be sure. Gushes out of the bottle at the pour, producing an entire 16 oz glass of pure tight white foam. Slowly a mostly clear light yellow body formed at the bottom of the glass. Sour acidic aroma (infection in the bottling line maybe?) Tastes like it smells. Really bad, a true drainpour.