Pike Naughty Nellies Ale

Brewed by Pike Pub & Brewery
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Seattle, Washington USA

en pike brewery con sici, parte de un sampler de siete birrias. pike’s market es increible, las patas de king crab inmensas. se come bien en seattle. esta es bastante suave. talvez despues de haber probado tanta buena birria ya no impresiona.

A vigorous pour produces a frothy, three-finger thick, pale, off-white colored head in my 25cl tulip glass. The beer is a nice gold hue that shows an almost brilliantly clear, full gold color when held up to the light. The aroma has a sweet grain note to it up front, a touch of grassy grain, a solid cracker-like maltiness and a finish that has a touch of spicy hop character, though only just.

Fairly dry tasting, but there is a touch of grain sweetness here. Mostly the malt provides a grassy grain character with a touch of cracker like malt dryness. The beer finishes with a nice, though soft, biting hop bitterness that serves to further dry out the palate. This beer is pretty crisp, though not like a lager as there is a touch of fruity esters here that help to round things out and provide touches of pear. The hop character is much more evident than in the aroma, though it is about balanced with the malt character. The malt is more noticeable at the front of each sip while the finish is dominated by herbal, slightly pine-like hop flavors and bitterness. This has a nice soft heft to it, is eminently quaffable and has a nice textural offset between prickly carbonation and velvety malt.

This is a nicely made example of a Blond Ale; this isn’t aggressive, but the flavor is well balanced and without flaws and it has just enough character to keep me interested. This would be a solid hot weather beer, and to be honest, I am enjoying this quite a bit more than I expected to.

Purchased: Liquid Solutions

Pours a slightly hazy gold with a tall, foamy white head. Slightly sweet lemony aroma with a slightly bready quality. The flavor is also a little sweet and citrusy with a light caramel flavor at first and an almost negligible hop finish. Easy to drink summer beer though.

Look is golden in color, cloudy, with a thinnish off white head. Smell is hops, malts, caramel. The feel is almost sticky with its medium body. Taste is some hop bitterness, malts, fruit, and floral. Off to me.

Straw gold coming out or the bottle, small white head, settles to a clean film. Clean glass drawing down, no lacing. A refreshing drink for the warm months of winter, like December in Austin where it is 75 right now as I enjoy this beverage on my back porch with Patek beer and bratwurst. Good pilsener aroma with skuny hoppiness and a little gum. Flavor is reminiscent of a good time. Drink this beer when life is good, save it for when its not.

05.11.2008. On Tap at the brewpub. The Pike Brewing Co, Seattle, Wa. The colour is golden. Aroma is soft malty. Tha malt they use is organic.

Bottle from MOC in Ashland, OR. Poured a dim gold, but most of it was dim. Kinda fruity, kinda floral, a little bready, kinda metallically, kinda not great.

Bottle: Pours a light gold with a decent white frothy cap that lasts and laces. Aromas of fruits and grass with some light maltiness. Bright citrus hops balance a soft biscuity malt discernment finishes mild with a faint hint of pear. Decent quaffing ale.