Daisy Cutter Pale Ale - Half Acre Beer Company

falloutsnow

Illinois

4/5  rDev -5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

From: Purchased from Half Acre Taproom
Date: None on can, purchased late December 2012
Glass: Tulip

A very different approach to a pale ale than some other breweries, less fruity (though this is still there) and more focused on bitterness as from hops and greens. Interesting and enjoyable, glad this is a local option.

Pours a 1.5cm tall head of slightly off-white foam, which is composed of small to medium-sized bubbles. Retention is about average, the head lasting about a minute in duration, settling to a thin ring around the glass and a few small islands of wispy foam atop the beer. Lacing around the perimeter of the glass is substantial, a residual thick foam coating the entirety of the glass' interior. Body is a light copper orange color, somewhat hazy, with light bringing out brighter pure orange tones. Carbonation is visible, active, and moderately plentiful.

Aroma of bitter grapefruit rind, bitter flowers and cut weeds (dandelion, chicory), faint tropical fruits (passion fruit, guava) and modest wheat bread hiding behind everything else.

Overall, the flavors are a few drops of pale barley malt syrup and tropical fruit juice upfront, with bitter hops and vegetal, citrus, and tropical hop characters: primary dominance by bitterness and bitter greens. Front of palate is just slightly sweet from pale malts and tropical fruit juice (passion fruit, papaya, guava), slightly peppery, and slight bitterness. Mid-palate has mild malt background with a strong hop bitterness featuring grapefruit and greens (lettuce, dandelion, chicory) being the closest markers for what this might taste like to others. Back finds continued bitterness, grapefruit character, faint tropical fruit (guava, passion fruit), and light pepperiness. Aftertaste is only of strong hop bitterness as from grapefruit and greens (lettuce, dandelion, chicory).

Beer is medium to medium-light in body, with carbonation levels of medium-low intensity, creating a slightly foamy mouthfeel that is primarily smooth. Closes dry, with modest stickiness lingering across the palate.

Serving type: bottle

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Get it my children. Get it good!

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S - flowery, grass, carmel, grain, faint citrus, earthy, wheat

T - grain, flowery, carmel, grass, earth, dirt. finish isnt bitter (3/10) nor sweet.

M - med body, not much froth, med/high viscosity, little more acidity than expected

O- Pretty dull. Honestly i feel left hanging. I keep waiting for the burst of flavor - and every sip i am let down. This flowery/grass/dirt taste is just not appealing. Aside from the look, I would not talk highly of this.

Serving type: can

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