Pacific Coast Gray Whale Ale

Brewed by Pacific Coast Brewing
Style: American Pale Ale
Oakland, California USA

Clear golden with a fizzy white head. Faint malty aroma and a chalky mAlt and lemon taste.

On tap. Clear amber golden with an off-white head. Aroma primarily of caramel. Medium body with fairly sweet caramel, while the hops only appear as a discreet whiff in the finish. 120709

From tap at the brewpub. Pours clear and golden orange with a fully gone head. Light malty aroma. Sweet malty and fruity hoppy flavoured. Light bitter and dry finish. Bitter and slight herbal bitter finish.

Date: July 07, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clwar copper, wispy off white head, drippy lace
Aroma: light sweet malt aroma, light citrus and earthy hops
Flavor: sweet crystal and caramel malt flavor, light citrus hops, light balancing bitterness
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

Draft @ PC. Pours a golden color. Small hop nose with more malt than hops. Easy drinking, dry enough. Drinkable.

Draft @ the brewpub. Pours a golden color with a small off-white head. Has a malty hoppy aroma with some floral hints. Sweetish malty hoppy flavor. Has a sweetish malty finish with some weak bitterness in the aftertaste.

Poured from tap at brewery a reddish amber with thin white head. Aroma was mostly malty with a light floral hoppiness. Flavor is very malty thick with an initial sweetness that ends with a peachy floral hoppiness. The flavor was ok, but overall this one was hard to finish with all the thick malt heavy feel to it.

Tap: Cloudy copper color with not much head. The flavor is quite sweet and even yeasty. They call this a pale ale even though it is categorized here as an amber. The aroma is an interesting spicy, sweet hop aroma. The carbonation is lively with a good body, but the taste is just too sweet.