R.J. Rockers Patriot Pale Ale

Brewed by R.J. Rockers Brewing Co.
Style: American Pale Ale
Spartanburg, South Carolina USA

Brewed in the USA...... Courtesy of AFI96, thanks Waylo !! Pours a golden color with a medium white head and mild lacing. Aroma of bread, mild hops and malts. Taste of citrus, hops and metallic notes. Mouthfeel is medium in body with a slight dry finish. Average !!

Bottle. Poured cloudy copper gold with a slight off-white head. Aroma of citrus, caramel, toasted malt. Flavor is bitter with a little citrus and cheap malt backing. Really not that appealing. Finish is also a little bitter. Mouth is medium-bodied and relatively thin. Overall, a middle of the road pale. Not great.

Bottle. Lightly earthy, funk-twinged amber and caramel nose. Hazy light copper pour with a patchy off-white head. Taste is very bitter with muddy caramel and PNW. Again, a little funk with citrus on the side, could it be a sanitation issue? Just doesn’t taste clean. Medium-full body, soapy aftertaste.

Citrusy aroma with orange dominating some lesser lemon and shortbread notes. Opaque golden with floaties and a thin head. Surprisingly bitter Tastes of grapefruit and oranges that are less than fresh. Grapefruit zest finish.

12oz bottle. Kind of dissapointed with this one. It tastes of mass produced swill not the craft brewed goodness I was hoping for. Brings back memories of schlitz and the like. Not recommended.

Nice, tight head. Leaves good lace. Hazy with a dark golden (light amber) color. Mild aroma of fresh hop and decent malt presence. A solid entry in the APA field. More hoppy than malty. Rich mouthfeel with an appropriate level of carbonation. The aftertaste is a long-lasting bitterness from the hop.

THOUGHTS: Nice, but once again nothing special. It become nicer the warmer it got. When it was too cold there was mostly just malt flavor, then the hops came in as it warmed. Nice balance. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a clear, light copper with nice carbonation and a small, ever so slightly off-white head that kept a thin sheet and left good lacing. The aroma was a weak, almost macro beer aroma. It was very light toasted and caramel malts, light floral, perfumy and orange citrus hops with a slight fruitiness. The initial flavor was slightly sour and slightly bitter; while the finish was sweet and slightly bitter with and average duration. There was sour orange, caramel malt, and orange citrus hops. The light to medium body was watery up front and slightly syrupy in the back with fizzy carbonation and a slightly metallic, lightly astringent finish.

Pours a hazy copper color. Smells a little hoppy and malty with some urine and garbage aromas. Flavor isn’t nearly as bad as the aroma, but still not very good. Bitter hops dominate, but aren’t too strong. It actually isn’t a great flavor. Freshness of the bottle could possibly be a factor, but this isn’t that good.