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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

bottled
common

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2953.2/5.03.2/5.06.2%79.7English 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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 TheCEO (100), USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20

Jul 24, 2007  
This could be called an IPA Lite...and even though I’m known for my love of strong Pale Ales...I’m DIGGIN’ this at the moment..It’s a welcomed, refreshing break from the big dog, full flavored IPAs...a perfect, thristquenching Beer for this time of year.......<i>Editor’s note: This review was originally logged on June 17, 2007.</i>

 Swalden28 (744), McKinney, Texas, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Jan 7, 2009  
Bottle from Kegs & Barrels in McKinney, TX. Pours a hazy amber with beige head. Aroma of lemon grass and malt. Flavor is piney, some caramel, nice hop flavor, faint sweetness, ending in a nice small bitter. Mouthfeel is medium body but feels kinda watery, medium-high carbonation. Overall, not bad.


Barrios (73), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Jan 7, 2009  
Bottle with Butters at First Cellar Reduction. The head was almost tan with a deep orange color body. Fruity hop aroma with some pineapple notes in flavor.


 Butters (733), Temporarily in Nashville, Tennessee, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Dec 28, 2008  
Clear orange amber pour with small ring of white head. Nose is very grapefruit, and piney. Fruity hop flavor, pine hop flavors, pineapple.


 msante79 (383), Orland Hills, Illinois, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Dec 28, 2008  
12oz bottle. Pours clear orangish amber with big white head. Aroma is hops, caramel malt, citrus and a bit of pine. Flavor is dominated by caramel malts and citrus with some hops and a bit of pine. Had a bit of a citrus tang to it that I did not like. Decent EPA though.


 drywallman (210), Lake in the Hills, Illinois, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/512/20
Dec 8, 2008  
This is another of the Tommyknocker group from my beer of the month package. I sat down and openned it and was promptly greeted with a "foamer". After I recovered, it poured a dark amber/orange color, with a thick decently lasting head. It actually had a bit of roast and caramel slightly noticeable in the malt. More than expected in an EPA. Quite a surprise for an EPA overall.



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