Ramstein Pale Ale

Draft. A vintage rating if you will. An orange body with a white head. Some pine and citrus. 3.5 per my notes.

Pours a slightly cloudy amber gold. Slight hop nose. Flavor is a smooth, slightly hopped character. Kind of piney sweet tone to it. Mild woody taste that’s there, but at the same time, it isn’t. Feel is a bit thick on the liquid with a nice carbonation to it. Overall very smooth. Just a bit thick on the liquid is the only thing I have to say. Absolutely worth trying and definitely well made.

Keggerator. Aroma and flavor are more geared towards a heavy herbal german hop in the newer batches and less citrus. Northern Brewer for bittering and Perle for aroma. All scores about the same. Nice new style here- the german pale ale! On tap at the brewery. Pours a moslty clear golden with a fluffly lasting white head. Aroma is the traditionaly cascade hops, perhaps blended with some german hops- hallertauer? Light pale malt profile- crisp light dough, cookie, and citrus hops all around. Nice clean bitterness in the finihs. Nice easy drinking pale ale. I would want more hops, but this is good.

The first time I ever had this, I was not impressed. It poured a giant white head, but was much too pale, and not very hoppy. Well, Greg worked on improving it from batch to batch, and it damn well shows...........it still pours the same golden yellow color with the same big white foamy head. It’s still unfiltered, and still unique in the sea of APAs out there, but the overall flavor and drinkability has improved markedly. Hops now come shining through (both in terms of flavor and aroma) at a level that could almost be at the beginning of the IPA spectrum. If you haven’t had this in a couple of years, I suggest giving it a second chance. I’m glad I did.

Hand bottled sample shared courtesy of dickinsonbeer. Poured a medium and clear amber color with a small sized white head. Aromas and tastes of caramel, citrus, and some pine.

Thanks to dickinsonbeer for sharing this one. Porus a translucent golden orange and a small white head. Aroma of lemon, various citrus, bready and hints of honey. Flavor was also bready, cereal, light hop bitterness in teh tail and some grapefruit.

Poured a copper color with a small, white head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of floral hops, light herbs, and toffee malts. Taste of caramel malts, with pine, tobacco, and faint citrus... some bitterness in the finish.

A pretty nice American Pale Ale, poured with a nice initial head, good lacing on the way down. The aroma was citrus and fruity esters. The flavor was grapefruits first along with light fruits, grapes seemed to be present at times. A nice drinkable APA, refreshing and quite crisp.