Opa-Opa Steakhouse Honesty 47 Pale Ale

Brewed by Opa-Opa Steakhouse and Brewery
Style: American Pale Ale
Southampton, Massachusetts USA

Cask at the brewpub. Hazy orange yellow, white head. Apple hop aroma. Malty hoppy flavors. Fresh hops. Hoppy malty finish. Sweet malts come through nicely.

Cask (gravity) at GBBF 2009, Day 1. Listed simply as Opa Opa Pale Ale but the ABV is the same as this one so I guess this is the right one. Dry-hopped with Centennial. Amber colour. Lovely pungent floral hops on the nose, no doubt accentuated by the dry-hopping. It does fall off a little on the palate as Silk suggests but my scoring starts from a higher baseline so I still found it very tasty, with plenty of aromatic hop character backed up with just enough pale malt to provide necessary balance. A particularly appealing and enjoyable beer. I particularly enjoyed Silk’s suggestion that Sim might want to use this as perfume.

Cask Conditioned Gravity Dispense GBBF 09. A light amber to ginger coloured beer with a ring of off-white bubbles. The aroma is piney with a hint of sweet malt just as you’d expect from an APA. Nice clean hoppy flavours in the mouth. Pine and spruce and a bit of prickle.

On cask at the brewpub. Orange in color with a nice white head. Hoppy fruity aroma. Malty and hoppy flavor. Earthy. Malty and hoppy finish. Well balanced. Nice beer.

From growler: A nice clean, solid pale ale for those of you who enjoy a snappy malt tingle here and there. this pale ale can conquer and destroy all those imitators.

Cask@GBBF2009. Ambery colour, not much head. Aroma is hops, wood, fruits, flowery hops as well as some fudge, earth and mild parfume. Flavour is much of the same in a pleasant balance. Very drinkable APA.

This american ale pours copper in color with a small head. The malt shows on both the nose and the mouthfeel. It also gives a decent finish which shows the bitterness of the hops.

Cask@GBBF. Clear amber color, not much head. Caramelly, some resiny hops in the nose. Pale malty, piney hoppy flavor. Quite balanced malt and hop profile. Enjoyable APA.