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Tommyknocker Pick Axe Pale Ale

Tommyknocker Pick Axe Pale Ale

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An English Pale Ale brewed by
Tommyknocker Brewery

Idaho Springs, Colorado USA

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2843.2/5.03.2/5.06.2%79.6English pint, Shaker P  Stats

Commercial Description:
A classic English Pale Ale dominated by pleasant hop bitterness and aroma. Dry hops impart unique aromas and flavors that add to the complexity of this ale. Our Pick Axe uses a blend of hopping: British Columbia Bramling, Czech Saaz, and British East Kent Goldings which melds into an award winning flavor. 1997 & 2000 Great American Beer Festival Silver Medal Winner

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 natejgood (141), Denver, Colorado, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20

Mar 28, 2008  
Pours a hazy amber with small bubbles and almost no head. It smells like sweet hops, grass, and citrus fruit. The flavor is pretty fruity with a bit of hop bite to it. The aftertaste is a bit bitter, but not in a bad way. Not a bad beer, but there are so many flavors in the beer that it gets a little muddled at times.

 Foxbush (356), Richmond, Virginia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/513/20
Oct 11, 2008  
This was my first from Tommyknocker. The color was a deep amber and the head was thin a nd frothy. the hops blending was unique. It is a good APA with medium body and no bitter aftertaste. The balanced hopping provides a complex ale tha is worth finding.


 pope_phred (120), Plainfield, Illinois, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20
Sep 30, 2008  
BoTMC Selection September 2008: Poured from the bottle into a double-walled pint glass. Pour produced a hazy, amber body, topped with a yellow-white head of foam with abundant lacing. Aroma was a nice floral hops, which I expected from the style, along with some orange notes. Smooth flavor, with a sweet beginning melding into a soft bitter finish and minimal aftertaste. Palate is a soft blending of hops and citrus. Overall, a pleasant brew that is easy to drink and enjoy.


 Nejhleader (791), Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/514/20
Sep 28, 2008  
pretty decent pale ale, has a nice hop aroma to it, decent body with a nice bit of a hop taste to it.


 keepersj12 (425), Sicklerville, New Jersey, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Sep 23, 2008  
Very nice ale. Hops in the aroma dominate. Taste is more complex. Starts a bit sweet and ends very bitter. Very dry in the mouth leaves you wanting another.


 CaryTheDude (283), Ripon, Wisconsin, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/102/512/20
Sep 20, 2008  
Very nice. Lots and lots of citrusy hops on the nose, same in the flavor. Pretty yummy overall, but the finish turns stale. Still, pretty damn aight.



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