Pale Ale
Peak Organic Brewing Company

Pale AlePale Ale
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From:
Peak Organic Brewing Company
 
Maine, United States
Style:
American Pale Ale
ABV:
5.1%
Score:
79
Avg:
3.44 | pDev: 14.53%
Reviews:
113
Ratings:
227
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jun 25, 2017
Added:
Mar 18, 2006
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  23
Our Pale Ale is a complex hybrid between a West-Coast Pale Ale and a British-Style Pale Ale. An abundance of Cascade Hops gives this beer a citrusy, floral nose. We use a high percentage of Caramel Malt to provide a stark contrast to the hoppy front palate, giving our pale ale a smooth, malty finish.

44 IBU
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Ratings by biboergosum:
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

3.47/5  rDev +0.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12oz bottle, part of a pricey mixed 12-pack recently made available in Alberta. Apparently this is brewed at Shipyard Brewing's facilities.

This beer pours a hazy, medium straw hue, with one skinny finger of bubbly, loosely foamy dirty white head, which leaves some low-riding rain-bloated cloudy lace around the glass as it all quickly sinks out of sight.

It smells of mildly grainy pastry-like pale malt, a bit of faint hard-water minerality, and leafy, citrusy hops. The taste is sweet bready malt, a hint of biscuity graininess, some weakly flinty notes, and earthy, rather softly bitter citrus hops. Uncomplicated, really.

The carbonation is pretty sedate, settling to just a dull hum, the body medium-light in weight, and smooth in a weak acclamation sort of way. It finishes off-dry, the increasingly bland malt still holding it out over the equally pithy hops.

Meh- while not actually off-putting at any particular level, everything here seems a little too calculated for maximum inoffensiveness, but still holding fast to the tenets of the style. Nothing worth seeking out, but I'm sure none of us would blanch at accepting one at whatever shindig you may be stuck at. That's how they getcha, I suppose.
Apr 21, 2013
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.6 by Moestavern from New Jersey

Jun 25, 2017
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Reviewed by deniro from New York

3.93/5  rDev +14.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Poured it. Got a small head. Pours light gold in color with some carbonation. Smelled really good, citrus smell and I almost got a hint of pineapple or something that reminded me of it with the citrus/sweet smell. The taste is a little hoppy. Definitely some citrus and grapefruit stand out right away with a subtle sweetness that lingers in there. Clean and refreshing taste. Overall it's pretty good beer
May 12, 2017
 
Rated: 3.28 by DoubleMalt from New York

Jan 14, 2017
 
Rated: 3.69 by tdm168 from Pennsylvania

Sep 13, 2016
 
Rated: 3.44 by Griphon from Florida

Jun 30, 2016
 
Rated: 3.3 by rderedin from Maine

May 15, 2016
 
Rated: 3.82 by Derb from Connecticut

Mar 06, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by baconfromwalmart from Pennsylvania

Feb 25, 2016
 
Rated: 2.74 by BMaurais from Maine

Feb 14, 2016
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Reviewed by leaddog from Canada (AB)

3/5  rDev -12.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Appearance - Pours a gold with two fingers of bubbly effervescent head.

Smell - adjunct aromas, biscuity malts, leafy hops, slight hint of lemon, hay.

Taste - Predominately malt based followed by the leafy hops. The adjunct aromas are there but not as potent as in the aroma.

Mouthfeel - Medium bodied with very high carbonation. Finishes dry.

Overall - A lackluster APA that needs a lot of tweaking. A better substitute for a macro type beer but nothing worth seeking out for.
Dec 05, 2015
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Reviewed by stcules from Italy

2.79/5  rDev -18.9%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
Amber, lightly oranged. Lightly hazy. Not so beautiful foam, off-white.
Light smell, malty, biscuit hint, light hop.
Light taste, same malty and biscuity notes. Il slips away, leaving almost anythng in the aftertaste.
Just a bit of hop.
Nothing remarkable.
Nov 22, 2015
 
Rated: 3.53 by AMCimpi from New York

Oct 27, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by digitalflood from New York

Oct 24, 2015
 
Rated: 3.15 by PJCarnell from Massachusetts

Oct 23, 2015
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Reviewed by Act25 from New Jersey

3.35/5  rDev -2.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
I agree with A bros and consensus views on Peak and on their Pale Ale.

A: Flattish - Pours a clear golden color that behaves like a mass made beer with a modest head that retains and laces only a little.

S: Toffee, sweet butter, plus earthy hop. Again sweet buttery like mass made.

T: The best part. Follows smell with biscuity, toffee flavor that flows into an earthy, grassy hop finish. Nice finish, but bland and light.

F: Light body with mid carbonation, thin.

O - Nice organic, sessionable, but vanilla pale ale.
Oct 18, 2015
 
Rated: 2.79 by acropolis from Oregon

Sep 18, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by Magister_Beav from Vermont

Sep 05, 2015
 
Rated: 3.6 by Heeenrik from Finland

Aug 17, 2015
 
Rated: 3.36 by jrand2621 from Connecticut

Jul 27, 2015
Pale Ale from Peak Organic Brewing Company
Beer rating: 79 out of 100 with 227 ratings