Schooners Pale Ale

Brewed by Schooners Grille & Brewery
Style: American Pale Ale
Antioch, California USA

Golden color with a huge hoppy nose. Wonderful hoppy flavor with a nice crispness to it.

Hand bottled from the brewer. Clear copper color. Big amarillo hop aromas with tons of oranges. Slight malt flavor with a big hop presence. More orange notes in the flavor. More like an imperial pale or a mini IPA.

Very crisp and dry session beer with a moderate hop nose. Very clean palate with no defects, soft pale and crystal malt profile with good balanced bittering. Nice west coast pale.

Limited bottling of beer, usually available only on draft. Nice head. Darker orange body with lots of carbonation when you hold it up to the light. Very fresh hoppy aroma, which carries over into the flavor. Flavor doesn’t seem complex so I’m guessing it’s a single hop beer. Hops linger for quite some time on the palate. It’s a pale ale that, IMHO, clearly borders on the high end of the hop spectrum, nearing some IPA flavors!!

Poured a hazy golden orange color with a small off-white head. Hoppy and fruity aroma with citrus and orange notes over a decent caramel base. the was a hoppy flavor from the very start. Citrusy and malty middle. The hops were mostly orange flavored in the middle. Mild bitter finish.

Pours attractive copper with an ehh shell colored head that persists and leaves substantial lacing. Great balance of light pine hops and caramel malt. Smooth on the palate and very easy drinking.

Light amber, caramel, hops, malty, piney, bready, little spice, slight floral.

Comparitively speaking, if you were to throw this one up against some IPA’s, it would beat them every day of the week and twice on Sundays. A piney nose, a dark copper color, clean mouthfeel gives way to a citrusy, hopped up flavor. VERY easy to drink. Definitely recommended.