Olde Towne Pale Ale

Brewed by Olde Towne Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Huntsville, Alabama USA

Appearance: The Olde Towne Pale Ale is golden/orange in color, with a mild haziness to it, and is capped by a fluffy white head. Smell: Fruity and citrusy, but has an unpleasant solventlike character to it. Its all rather off-putting, but ever onward! Hey, wait! Where are the hops here? Taste: The aroma definitely comes across in the taste, and it’s somewhat harsh. Depth of the hops is lacking. Light mealy malt flavors. Plenty of carbonation. Its like a pale ale spritzer. Mouthfeel: A bit on the thin side. It hits your tongue, gives you a brief thrill, but then goes away right away. Not much there. Drinkability: Drinkable, but not overly thrilling. I don’t believe I’d recommend this one. However, I’ll continue to wait and see what this brewery has to offer in the future.

This one really needs to be consumed off draft. Bottle is not too good. You will get a much better head off draft and the taste is somewhat better. When off draft, not too much aroma, nice head and lacing, bitter on the pallette. Still better than those bud lights and miller lights you will find during happy hour.

I agree with cmt, some of you guys must have got this in the bottle. Draught pours an okay head. Aroma is nonexistent. Laces are there. I really feel like this is an okay pale.

Bottle: Gold, light head and lacing. Nose of buttery diacetyle and malt, some hops and celery. Odd finish, watery. Meh, Bitter, infected, hmm.

Pours a light amber color. Aromas of mild malt and citrus hops. Minor hop flavor is balanced with a smooth light malt taste. Watery finish with some hop finish and aftertaste.

Poor Alabama!!! Wow, this wasn’t so hot. Clear amber color with absolutely no head, even in bfeld’s head magnifying glassware. No lacing. Flat and then some. Aroma was slight caramel malts. Flavor was caramel with a cedar type wood touch. Mouthfeel was incredibly flat and watered down. Bad stuff. Drank it like juice.

"Ba Humbug. Some one needs to change the laws in Alabama. THis was was bad, the pour was light amber with 0 and i mean 0 head or bubbles. Poured like flat soda. Aroma, was there any slight caramel. Flavor had a hint of carmel. Mouthfeel was sooooo flat."

Man, the more reviews on Olde Towne I read, the weirder this gets. Maybe there are some quality issues with the bottles? The Pale ale I had is crisp, clean, clear, hoppy, nice color, nice flavor and just enough bitterness for me, I really don’t like the over-the-top bitter pale ales but this one was a very good pale ale.