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Shipyard Chamberlain Pale Ale

Shipyard Chamberlain Pale Ale - English Pale Ale

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58
overall
Brewed by Shipyard Brewing Company
Style: English Pale Ale

Portland, Maine USA

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
2003.13/5.03.12/5.04.8%77.3English pint, Shaker
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Commercial Description:
The classic English style of Chamberlain Pale Ale is enhanced by its golden copper hue and creamy white head. It is dry and crisp with an aromatic hoppy finish. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain: Civil war hero. Medal of honor winner. Maine governor. President of Bowdoin College. The Chamberlain Pale Ale was created by the Shipyard Brewing Company to commemorate the extraodinary life of "the man from Maine."
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 blankboy (3157), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Nov 19, 2007  
Bottle (341ml) shared with HogTownHarry, GregClow, tupalev & jerc -- courtesy of tupalev. Pours a clear golden-orange with an average size diminishing white head. Aroma and flavour of caramel malt and light oily herbal hops. Light bitter finish. Average bodied. Mediocre stuff.


 GregClow (2493), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Nov 16, 2007  
Bottle shared with tupalev, HogTownHarry, blankboy and jerc - tupalev’s bottle. Light amber colour. Aroma is grainy, with faint hops. Flavour is pretty much the same - mild grainy malt, faint hops in the finish. Not awful, just... there.


 brianjames1 (322), Northridge, California, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/56/102/512/20
Nov 11, 2007  
22oz bomber. Light amber in color with small head strong presence of malts with very little hops an ok brew


 HogTownHarry (3922), Toronto (Harbourfront), Ontario, Canada
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Nov 7, 2007  
Bottle (341ml). Shared with blankboy, GregClow and tupalev, tupalev’s bottle. Clear light amber, small head. Slightly papery aroma, light dry grainy malt, very weak hops, I guess they’re somewhat herbal. Tastes exactly as it smells - a little papery, weak malt, not much hop bitterness or alcohol or anything, really. Average body, somewhat flat ... mostly just boring; thin.


 SSSteve (2045), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Nov 4, 2007  
hazy copper with a small head. brett, hops, caramel aroma. flavor has a good bit of brett with some caramel and plenty of peachy hops. earthy with nice balance. quite good.


 jerc (3861), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Oct 30, 2007  
Bottle. Orange-amber body with a small white head. Very muted aroma, light mushroomy notes. Very light bitterness in the flavour, muted fruity character mixed with mild dilute grains. Average to thin palate. Inoffensive, but a bit dull. 5/3/5/3/10


 Moz (613), Gothenburg, Sweden
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Oct 28, 2007  
Bottle. Clear amber colour with an off-white head. Light floral aroma with notes of vanilla. More vanilla feeling in the taste, followed by a low to medium bitterness.


 Wulfstan (509), California, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/54/103/510/20
Oct 25, 2007    Updated: May 28, 2008
This is a red-gold with a moderate light tan head that slowly dissipates to a small lasting head. The aroma is grain and apple and a bit flowery, definitely a blend of malt and hops. The taste is fairly dry, with a definite flavour like a solid English bitter, but too bitter and burnt tasting (overly roasted malt?) near the finish, which is very biscuity. It is a decent, light bodied bitter-type beer. My only real complaint is that it is just too bitter just before the finish, so is not as smooth as I would prefer for this style. There isn’t enough malt body or flavour to balance the burnt bitter element properly.



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