Sly Fox Argentinean Cascade Pale Ale

Brewed by Sly Fox Brewhouse
Style: American Pale Ale
Royersford and Phoenixville, Pennsylvania USA

Draft. Blind Tiger, NYC. Amber body. Small, off-white head, mostly diminishing. Somewhat spicy aroma with notes of grapefruit, orange and resin, but more muted than the aroma from American-grown cascade hops. Hint of grain and toffee. The flavor is moderately sweet and moderately bitter. It finishes lightly sweet and moderately to heavily bitter. Medium body, watery texture and lively carbonation. Fairly straightfoward pale ale and quite enjoyable, nicely bittered with a sweet, orange, citrus backbone.

Tap at Blind Tiger. Pale amber pour with a thin white head. The nose is a little bit spicy and fairly fruity. There is a distinct blackberry/currant character on the nose. A touch of tangerine as well, but this is worlds away from the North American grown hop. Reminds me of beers that use a ton of Northern Brewer or Brambling cross and it comes across as a much more European tasting hop than I would have expected. The beer has a moderate bitterness with a lingering fruitiness. Pretty nice brew, really.

[Draft @ CAH] Amber with a small, off white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of citrus fruits, toffee malts, toasted dough, floral hops, and pine. Taste of citrus, toffee malts, grass, pine, and a dry, slightly bitter finish.

(Draught at Blind TIger, NYC) Poured amber and clear with medium sized and white head. Aroma of pine, hops and malts, Medium bodied palate with medium carbonation. Tasted of malts, hops, pine, bitterness, fruitiness and lightly sweetness. Bitterness and pine in aftertaste.

Tap at Fourth Ave Pub: Deep golden copper with an off white film of head. A softly sweet bready pale malt base backs up a spicy, zesty and piny hop presence- also displays some berryish fruit characteristics. Creamy light body- the body provides just enough mild sweet pale malt to balance a perfumy berryish hop character. A brief lemon rind note is there in the middle palate with a long, piny herbal bitter finish. A bit one-dimensional- The Argentinian cascade seems to possess less fruity/citrusy complexity than her North American cousin breed.

Tap at the Blind Tiger. A nice pale ale, revealing the rather obvious truth that cascade is an awesome hop. A bit more piney than I would have expected (must be the Argentinean part), but the citrus notes are still there. Potent with big carbonation. More east coast than west coast.

On tap at Capone’s. Poured a medium and hazy amber color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of floral hops, citrus, and toasted grains. Tastes of floral, citrus, toasted caramel, and some grains. Laciing left on the glass. Medium bitter with a lighter sweet finish.