Syracuse Pale Ale - Middle Ages Brewing Co., Ltd.

Jason

Massachusetts

3.6/5  rDev +5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Presentation: 12 oz brown long neck with no freshness date to be found.

Appearance: Crystal clear orange amber with a well retaining wispy white lace.

Smell: Sweet floral hops with some malt and fruit. A tiny whiff of butter diacetyl is in the nose to.

Taste: Smooth with a crisp malty medium bodied mouth feel. A very pleasing blend of malt sweetness and hop bitterness hit the tongue at the same time. Some fruit and alcohol sneak in also as well as a light coating of buttery diacetyl. Finishes off nicely with a mellow sweet grainy after taste.

Notes: Extremely well balanced, drinkable and non intrusive. Another great pale ale brewed in the North East. The Yorkshire Ringwood yeast strain does some justice for this brew by giving it some complexity that does not overwhelm. Brewed in dedication to the city of Syracuse, home of the Middle Ages Brewing Co.

Serving type: bottle

03-13-2002 14:51:16 | More by Jason

Brad007

Vermont

3.26/5  rDev -5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

Pours a mild golden color with a frothy white head into my glass. Not sure how I missed out on this one but glad I finally picked it up.

Sweet with buttery malt and some pine from the hops in the nose. Clean. Simple. But refreshing? Time to figure it out.

Ditto on the taste. Sweet, buttery malt with not much else. Resembles an English IPA more than an American IPA.

Lingering sweet, buttery malt dominates the finish. Very clean otherwise.

Middle-of-the road but still manages to quench the thirst.

Serving type: bottle

04-14-2013 06:10:05 | More by Brad007

BGsWo22

New York

2.5/5  rDev -27.1%

03-20-2013 23:09:10 | More by BGsWo22

JohnQVD

New York

3/5  rDev -12.5%

03-17-2013 19:52:24 | More by JohnQVD

JamesShoemaker

New York

3.5/5  rDev +2%

03-17-2013 01:47:56 | More by JamesShoemaker

1BadblueSS

New York

3/5  rDev -12.5%

02-27-2013 20:13:15 | More by 1BadblueSS

Gww1864

New Jersey

3.25/5  rDev -5.2%

02-20-2013 02:26:08 | More by Gww1864

Soloveitchik

New York

3.25/5  rDev -5.2%

02-18-2013 03:14:04 | More by Soloveitchik

DmanGTR

New York

3.25/5  rDev -5.2%

01-29-2013 17:53:01 | More by DmanGTR

Andragos

New York

2.25/5  rDev -34.4%

01-20-2013 09:57:14 | More by Andragos

voortex824

4/5  rDev +16.6%

01-13-2013 07:57:09 | More by voortex824

hopsolutely

Ontario (Canada)

3.43/5  rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

An excellent British-style ale, but classed as "American" I’m unable to rate it as highly as I'd like. It's balanced and very well brewed, but extremely malt forward and completely lacking in any of the hop notes that are crucial (in my mind) to an APA.

Good looking golden colour with amber tones, decent white head and attractive lacing. Aroma of pale malts, breads and grains. The flavour is also very malt-forward, biscuits with bittering hops to round out the finish. Unfortunately no citrus, fruit or "c" hop or other "west-coast" elements - but a decently dry and lingering finish.

All in all, a great SPA, but not a beer I'd recommend to someone seeking an APA.

Serving type: on-tap

12-24-2012 02:12:36 | More by hopsolutely

TheBrewo

Michigan

3.98/5  rDev +16%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

We pour a brew of robust golden yellow. It holds a two finger head of creamy whitish bubbles. This shows great retention, leaving thick sheets of lacing down the glass. There is a chill haze to it, with no sediment noted. Carbonation is robustly active. The nose shows metallic pale malts, and lightly adjuncty chalk. The hops to balance are floral and lemony, giving a slight pucker. With warmth comes plastic phenols, adding bitterness, and a chalky grassiness. Our first impression is that the flavoring is refreshing, but a bit on the light side. As we sip, cleanly toasted pale malts hit first, mixing with soft citric malts, and light wheatiness. Lemon juice bitterness works in, with moderate chalky dryness. The peak comes with metallics, pale malts, baker’s yeast, citric fruitiness, and bittering mineral. We finish the swallow on notes of sweeter malts, with flashes of white sugar, floral and citric hops, more chalky, plastic phenols that bounce off the ethanol, and muddy pale malts. The aftertaste breathers of booze, those muddy pale malts, chalk, plastic phenols, light metallic adjuncts, and black pepper. The body is medium, and the carbonation is full. The latter gives big froth and cream to the sip, whereas there is nice slurp and pop on the back. The mouth is wet and happy, with slightly puckering astringency by the final drop. The abv is appropriate, and the beer glugs easily.

Overall, what we enjoyed most about this beer was the cleanliness of flavoring, and the drinkability. The flavor starts freshly, with nice pale malts, and a citric hop blend. This stays true to the very end, where the malts become a bit more muddy and bittering. This really doesn’t affect drinkability that much though. Coupled with the nose and slurp, this is a great go-to pale ale, and a well-kept local secret.

Serving type: bottle

12-23-2012 23:30:25 | More by TheBrewo

xgoodyx

3/5  rDev -12.5%

10-29-2012 20:57:55 | More by xgoodyx

jtd1969

North Carolina

3.18/5  rDev -7.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A - golden yellow with a tint of amber. Good carbonation with a good amount of lacing.

S - slight sweet malt, light caramel/citrus

T - Caramel, slight bread and rather light hop character (clean grassy/herbal in character)

M - Moderately high light bodied, good carbonation

O - Good drinkability. Definitely a session beer in my opinion. In regards to overall, I can't say it's bad, but not the pale ale I am going to reach for. I would drink it at a bar.

Serving type: bottle

10-19-2012 03:17:28 | More by jtd1969

dbrauneis

New Jersey

3.5/5  rDev +2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Served on tap at Barcade in Jersey City, NJ

A: Pours a hazy to cloudy dark golden yellow in color with some hints of orange when held up to the light. The beer has a half finger tall creamy white head that reduces to a thin film covering the entire surface of the beer and a slightly thicker ring at the edges of the glass. Moderate amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Very little discernable smell to this beer - quite mild. Very light notes of pale malts with a touch of caramel sweetness and some floral and grassy hops.

T: Similar to the smell, the overall flavor of this beer is quite mild. There are notes of pale and caramel malts with some floral and grassy hops. Light amounts of bitterness that fades quickly.

M: Slightly heavier than light bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation.

O: Easy to drink and sessionable - perhaps a more enjoyable beer for a hot summer evening than a cooler fall one.

Serving type: on-tap

10-06-2012 20:27:21 | More by dbrauneis

metter98

New York

3.5/5  rDev +2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

On-tap at Barcade, Jersey City, NJ

A: The beer is yellowish amber in color. It poured with a half finger high head that eventually completely faded away.
S: There are light aromas of lemony and grassy hops in the nose.
T: Like the smell, the taste is lemony and has flavors of grassy hops. Not much in the way of bitterness is detectable.
M: It feels medium-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: Nothing really stands out in this beer as being very interesting, but it is a beer that goes down quite easily.

Serving type: on-tap

10-06-2012 13:02:09 | More by metter98

K_Diggity

Florida

2.75/5  rDev -19.8%

08-28-2012 00:32:44 | More by K_Diggity

JottaGibboo

Georgia

4/5  rDev +16.6%

08-16-2012 20:51:34 | More by JottaGibboo

ABokononist

New York

3.75/5  rDev +9.3%

07-16-2012 01:15:36 | More by ABokononist

TurnX

3.5/5  rDev +2%

07-13-2012 18:23:43 | More by TurnX

dgeebs07

New York

3.5/5  rDev +2%

07-08-2012 23:45:26 | More by dgeebs07

DaMyth

District of Columbia

4.5/5  rDev +31.2%

07-03-2012 21:11:15 | More by DaMyth

frosted33

Massachusetts

3/5  rDev -12.5%

07-03-2012 15:57:25 | More by frosted33

prisdefer

New York

3.5/5  rDev +2%

07-01-2012 19:19:31 | More by prisdefer