Shipyard Chamberlain Pale Ale

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

Draft (at Geddy’s under the Moosebreath Name). Pours mild brown with dense notes of malt. You also get notes of caramel and toasted grains. The finish is a bit dry with a light amount fo bitterness.

650 ml bottle from Bevmo. Clear golden amber with a fizzy white head. Grainy and malty aroma. Caramel malt, cereal grain, and bready taste with hops evident in the finish.

12 ounce bottle in pint glass. Clear copper with nice head and lace. Honey sweet aroma with mild lemon and soap, very much like a pale lager. Medium honey sweetness with mild toastiness and slight apricot fruitness. Very mild bitterness. Lingering sweet finish. Medium-light body and medium-low carbo. Tastes like a well-made and very fresh. But tastes more like a pale lager than a pale ale. Lacks the fruity spicy bitterness of an ale. As it warms up, though, it gains a lot more ale-like character, bitterness and complexity. Pretty good, but definitely let it warm up.

On draft at Oldsmar Tap House. Poured a murky mango color. Very thick, creamy white head, and very creamy lacing. Malty corn aromas, with a slight hop profile. Definitely an English ale. Slight acidic hop undertones, big malty body, some citrus. Decent flavor. Fully body, quite drinkable. Watery finish. Enjoyable.

Bottle. Poured with a small, off-white head, that diminished to hardly anything at all. Body was mostly clear and sparkling, with a slight haze, and a beautiful dark-orange color. No real lacing to speak of. Aroma wasn’t anything special... lightly hoppy. Nice on the palate, with a light to medium body, slightly oily, and lively carbonation. Very nice flavor that starts off bitter and acidic, and finishes off... bitter, of course, but heavier hops than would have been expected. Overall, a very nice pale ale that I would easily drink again.

This is a really good Pale Ale. very hoppy, very crisp. a mild copperish color in the glass

Clear amber body with medium beige head. Aroma is medium sweet, herbal (seems like this uses Ringwood yeast), some lemon, green apple. Taste is medium sweet, herbal, some lemon, tart, caramel, bread. Finish is medium bitter herbal and faily dry. Medium body, some acidity.

Me like. Not the overpowering hopfest that runs around the country (not that there is anything wrong with that), but a restrained hoppiness that one would expect from an english pale. Well done.