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Smuttynose Shoals Pale Ale 3.39 533

Smuttynose Shoals Pale Ale

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
5333.4/5.03.39/5.05%97.7English pint, Shaker
Commercial Description:
Copper-colored ale is medium-bodied and highly hopped. Its flavor is delightfully complex: tangy fruit at the start, with an assertive hop crispness and a long malty palate that one well-known beer writer has compared to the flavor of freshly-baked bread.
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 LtJudge (432), Muskego, Wisconsin, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/515/20
Jun 7, 2006  
Pours a nice dark amber color wioth a medium head.HAs a big malty aroma with some hints of citrus hops.Nice malty caramel flavor followed by a very nice hop bitter.More hoppy than most pales.Very good!


 michael-pollack (2726), King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/54/102/512/20
May 31, 2006  
12oz. Bottles: Smells malty and like cookie dough, hay,and hazelnut. Poured copper in color. Sparkling and full of particles. Nice, medium-sized, frothy, off-white head. Medium lacing. Flavor is off. It’s a bit earthy. Very malty. No "tangy fruit" or "hop crispness." A little watery. Lively carbonation. Light body. Medium & thin. Long finish. Not very good, but drinkable. Perhaps a bad bottle?


 illinismitty (1799), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
May 31, 2006  
Bottle. Pours amber with a nice frothy off white head, spotty lacing. Faint citrus hop aroma. Initial taste of toasty and caramel malt offset by spicy hop bite. Bitter finish is dry with a leafy hop flavor, and some nuttiness. English??? Possibly in the malt profile, but the aggression of the hops seems more american. Not bad, but not as good as many of their other beers.


wintersdying (49), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/103/517/20
May 16, 2006  
pours slight amber, mild off white head. aroma smells of roses, caramel, and hops. nicely balanced hop and malt profile. flavor lingers slightly in typical pale ale fashion. nice.


 Ughsmash (4071), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
May 14, 2006  
Bottled. Poured a clear medium caramel with a short cap of off-white head... nice lacing followed it down. English bittering hops are dominant in the nose... with notes of citrus, earth, and a solid dose of caramel backing. Flavor picked up a crusty French-bread and caramel malt backing with bunch of grapefruit and leafy hops all ’round the palate. Lighter-bodied with a sweet and bitter finish. Enjoyed it.


 da845 (139), new york, New York, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/515/20
May 1, 2006  
A very light floralish summer smell. Is a deep orange/amber and is fairly hazy with an average amount of carbination. It has almost no head, except for about a fourth an inch of white foam on top. Has a bitter taste, with an almost fruity sour aftertaste. Feels thick and like a beer that is good to end a summer day with, but could not drink too many at once


 skibumphishead (180), USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/58/104/511/20
Apr 12, 2006  
12oz bottle. Low carbonation, sour (British bitter style?) hops. This is one of the best domestic british style beers that I have had. I love this brewery... I’ve always been a fan of their mix 12 pack and the big beer series... they are all tasty beers from down the road in New Hampshire.


 Fin (3460), Merton, Oxfordshire, England
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Apr 11, 2006  
Bottle in the bar of the Back Bay Hilton Boston where we stopped Dec 05 there is a fantastic range of bottled beers in this hotel bar. A most attractive label I must say. The beer poured a deep golden ok maybe copper colour with a small head. Plenty of hops in the aroma, hops and grapefruit in the flavour dept and a nice refreshing crisp bite to this beer.



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