SNAB Pale Ale

SNAB
Brewed at De Proefbrouwerij
Style: American Pale Ale
Purmerend, Netherlands

Draught. Very nice hop aroma. Dry hopped with some citric hop, I think. Clear, dark amber colour. Small head. Flavour is nice, but the hops get too much IMO. The hoppiness turns a bit sour after some sips. Nice carbonation. Smooth and swelling mouthfeel.

(Bottled, BBE 31.3.2005) Hazy amber color with a large, tanned and frothy head. Slightly sour appleish aroma with herbs and flowery hops. A hint of Orval and Fantomes. Smoothly toffee-malty, dryish and slightly sour, aromatic-hoppy flavor with a softly bitter finish. Medium-bodied, slicky and smoothly carbonated palate. An interesting, dryish, aromatic and tasty ale.

Bottled. Those guys at SNAB really did a nice job to immitate an American Pale Ale. They even got the Cascade aroma and flavors right. Not bad, not exciting. Fruity citric aroma. Amber color, firm beige head, good lace. Light sweet, bitter, well hopped, light citric, fruity, dry and a bit thin (what a pitty).

Bottle from Bierkoning, Amsterdam. Red-amber beer, with a creamy, but receding head. Strong hoppy aroma, fairly sharp and crunchy. After the aroma, this is a bit of let down and ends up being rather like a standard Belgian ale. Slightly metallic taste - clean and quick and actually rather lacking in flavour, especially fro the abv. Gets a little more interesting as it warms up, but still disappointing.

Bottle. Some floral hop in the nose, American hops. Some boiled vegetables and some acidic yeastyness make it less enjoyable than it could have been. But there is some piney, citric hops in there. Good to see the Dutch having a go at an American Pale Ale though.

Orange coloured, with some ruby notes. Tan head. Hoppy citrus, grapefruit notes. Sweet start, very hoppy in finish. Quite spicy. Medium body, nice stuff.

Orange-red coloured, initailly beautiful thick head. Very hoppy and fruity aroma. Very pleasant bitterness, compensated with some malts and little sourness. Great easy to drink beer. Sampled in a PINT blind-tasting session Tried this beer next to a real American Pale Ale (Doggie Style Pale Ale). Compared with the American brew, this one is more fruity and way less hoppy. Not as impressive as i initailly thought.

Smells like beans, peas and grass. Some dust in there too. Fuggles hops, might be. Yeasty start. Rowan berries in middle and palate. Fruity finish. Some watery and yeasty palate.