Shipyard Chamberlain Pale Ale

Brewed by Shipyard Brewing Company
Style: English Pale Ale
Portland, Maine USA

(22 oz bottle: Obtained in trade with BierBauch, thanks Ron!) This is a pretty nice beer. Very solid nuttiness jumps right out from the first sip of this lightly sweet beer, but moderately bitter hops comes on toward the finish and provides the perfect balance. And it actually tastes like hops, not just some random bitterness. The nose is also very nutty, plus somewhat grassy as well. Body is medium, but the oily mouthfeel is very slick and smooth, and the finish is dry and fairly crisp. Amber, slightly hazy body is nice but the bubbly, off-white head is the real show here. It pours to over two inches in height and takes several minutes to subside to a quarter inch, leaving many patches of dense foamy lace on the glass. Not a great beer, but the pleasant flavors and solid balance make this an enjoyable and well-crafted beer.

I found this beer to be extremely dry. Very lightly hopped, okay feel. Decent beer.

[bottle] Really pleasant aroma of caramel and melanoidin with a US hops undertone and a hint of tobacco/raisin. Clear copper with bubbly ring and just some wispy white lace on top. Flavour begins a bit bland and soda watery but blossoms into a British tasting toffee and raisin with only a hint of hops flavour and a moderate bitterness. Also subtle dried fruits. A little bit of mouth coating buttery diacetyl, but not so much to detract from the quality of this brew. Really nice flavour, if a bit weak. Light to medium body with medium carbonation

Bottle. A clear amber color with a foamy tan head. A malty aroma with a mild floral and fruit hop element. A rather dry and musty. The flavor has caramel and earthy malts. Smooth and clean but without much character.

Sweet aroma of malt, caramel. Taste is malty, caramel and a slight amount of hops.

This Pale Ale pours a golden amber color from a 22 oz bottle. Medium sized white foamy head. Aroma is caramel, fruity and sweet. A medium to light bodied Pale Ale. An English style pale ale, Malts are caramel and sweet. Hops are grapefruity and piney. A touch earthy and there is a lingering bitterness. Nice solid malts. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is crisp and clean. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

Very nice, clean pale ale. Pours clear copper with the advertised white head. Some hops and a sour yeast up front, with smoother malt sweetness at the end. Far superior to Sierra Nevada.

Deep gold color with a small white head. Yeasty esters and sweet malt aromatics. Caramel and 2 row maltiness in the flavor, with some butteriness in the finish. Mouthfeel is light medium.