ReaperAle Deathly Pale Ale

Brewed by ReaperAle Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Lake Elsinore, California USA

Rerate, the first bottle I tried was skunked so I gave it another go... Much better this time. Aroma strikes a nice balance between hops and malt. Exceptional body on this one, feels great in my mouth and smooth going down. Lots of malt and a decent amount of hops swirling around my tonge. Glad I gave this one another chance.

As with the mortality stout, this beer began to foam out of the bottle when opened. This beer, fortunately did not continue this trend when poured, as it came out a good amer color and a nice amount of foam that slowly diminished. Aroma is a good hops and a leatherish malty smell. The palate is quite smooth until the ending mouthfeel: hoppy bitterness. Quite an odd appoach, as at first taste, I was about to spit it out with disaproval. But when the hops came in it gave the beer a fine finish, and some redemptionm from first taste.

This pale ale pours with a golden amber body topped by a thin head with little lacing. The aroma is slightly sweet and grapefruity from the hops with a slightly grainy note. The flavor is slightly sweet yet bitter and grapefruity with a very slight pine note. Medium bodied and slightly dry.

Had out of a keg fresh from the brewery and this was horrible. I think this month is the month of average to below average brews.

750 ml. brown bomber bottle. No freshness date seen anywhere. Poured out a light golden brown color, with a major cloudiness to it. Even has hops particles in the bottom of the glass. Decent, thick white head slowly slid back to a frothy foam on top of the beer itself. Left a generous lacing down the sides of the glass as well. Aromas are of piney, grapefruity hops, malts, and some caramel. Tastes are of resinous hops, grapefruits, citrus flavors as well. Malty, with notes of caramel bring up the middle flavors, and it finishes off sweet, and bitter at the same time. Medium thick mouthfeel, coats the tongue well. Hides it’s alcohol very well, not apparent in flavors or aromas. Excellent drinkability. Kind of sneaks up on you after awhile though. A fine example of an American pale ale in my book.

This is good refreshing beer! cloudy light amber color with a nice thick head that didnt last to long. hoppy aroma with a great hopps and spicy taste. this was a good beer and my 100th as well, all the reapers that ive had so far have been really good and Ill be getting more in the future.

Clear amber at first, after dropping in the yeast pour, very muddy and cloudy light brown. To state again, huge yeast pour for an IPA. Nose is resiny, a bit malty. Flavor is unappealing, mix of pine and perfume in some deadened hops, malts aren’t particularly sweet. Harsh at the end. Also a bit flat.

The labeling and naming have me a bit worried about this being a gimmick beer but here goes. Clear amver with an enormous pillowy light manila head that looks like a scoop of ice cream. Some of the most unique lacing I have ever seen, perfectly patterned it looks like art. The aroma is malty and spicy hops with a fruity backing and a touch of alcohol. The flavor is eathy and spicy hops throughout with a firm maltiness coming through towards the end. Body is medium finish is astringent with some hop bitterness but the astringency is non to pleasant. Basically this beer looks really nice but fais to deliver in the rest of the categories.