Pale Ale - Napa Smith Brewery

ATPete

New Jersey

3/5  rDev -8.5%

01-13-2012 00:38:30 | More by ATPete

grahamboudreaux

Tennessee

3.5/5  rDev +6.7%

03-19-2013 13:28:48 | More by grahamboudreaux

t0rin0

California

4/5  rDev +22%

11-22-2012 23:17:10 | More by t0rin0

UCLABrewN84

California

2.68/5  rDev -18.3%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5

Pours a murky orange with a foamy orange-white head that settles to a film on top of the beer. Foamy swaths of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of malt, a can of mixed nuts, and some very mild herbal hop aromas. Taste is much the same with an earthy and nutty flavor on the finish. There is a very mild hop bitterness that quickly fades with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty poor example of a pale ale and I don't know if it's and old bottle but it sure tastes that way.

Serving type: bottle

11-17-2012 05:58:50 | More by UCLABrewN84

jtd335

Maryland

3.5/5  rDev +6.7%

10-31-2012 11:00:21 | More by jtd335

emceecue

New Jersey

3.5/5  rDev +6.7%

08-29-2012 22:12:55 | More by emceecue

beerpadawan

California

3/5  rDev -8.5%

08-27-2012 02:31:01 | More by beerpadawan

RblWthACoz

Pennsylvania

2.75/5  rDev -16.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5

This is... Ah to hell with it. I don't know what this is. But it sure isn't a pale ale. Loads of malts. Barely any noticeable hop tones. This is my third beer from this brewery and I'm kind of bored with having to think up something to say about one of their beers. Again (I feel like I'm a broken record), drinkable, but nowhere near the style parameters. It's just a "beer." Thank goodness it was so cheap at BevMo.

Serving type: bottle

08-05-2012 21:05:49 | More by RblWthACoz

mactrail

California

2.5/5  rDev -23.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2

Slight haze on the light amber brew. AVerage head with decent carbonation. Kind of fruity and herbal smell.

Flavor heads off into the cardboard territory. Some bitterness which doesn't go well with the tart taste. Faint traces of malt and suspiciously dry. "Flaccid" is the word I would pin on this. Bitterish aftertaste. More like dishwater with a squeeze of lemon. Very peculiar stuff.

From the 12 oz bottle bought at Grapevine Wine & Liquors on Monaco. Big sale item, but this is the only one of their major discount items I have had a problem with.

Serving type: bottle

05-20-2012 04:42:29 | More by mactrail

countchunkula

3.5/5  rDev +6.7%

04-26-2012 20:57:39 | More by countchunkula

rarbring

Sweden

3.98/5  rDev +21.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

The brew is foggy light amber, an off-white head leaving little lacing and rather small curtains.

Very malt dominated smells, porridge, bread, nuts, grain, honey and apricots.

Sweet honey, brown hard bread, apricots and some grape peel.

Medium high carbonation, a good body, soft and smooth, a light dry long finish.

A very good APA that nicely uses the malt.

Serving type: bottle

04-22-2012 16:12:24 | More by rarbring

DocJitsu

California

3.25/5  rDev -0.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours a clear golden wheat color. No head, but that's the way the waitress poured it. Very grainy and butterscotch aroma. Very nice mouthfeel--slick and wet. Butterscotch flavor that is balanced with a barely noticeable hop. In fact, without making a special effort to look for the hop, you'll miss it. A little under-hopped for an APA. IBUs might be at the APA level, but the aggressive grain bill disallows the hops to express themselves.

Serving type: bottle

04-03-2012 02:21:28 | More by DocJitsu

Samp01

New Jersey

3/5  rDev -8.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Pours a hazy golden amber with a small short lived white head. Aroma and Taste of biscuit malt, yeast, some fruity notes with some citrusy hops. Palate is a medium body with moderate carbonation. Finish is sweet caramel and biscuit malt. Yeast, some fruity notes ending with some citrus hops for balance. Overall an average pale ale.

Serving type: bottle

03-24-2012 23:46:53 | More by Samp01

Beerandraiderfan

Nevada

2.33/5  rDev -29%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

Pours out looking pretty much like BMC with a tan and thinner head. Aroma was just totally devoid of dry hopping. These dudes brag on being traditional, not over the top or whatnot, but they just seem to make that old guy homebrew mild shit. To their credit, I've never encountered any off flavors, but the aroma for a CA pale ale being "grainy" is disappointing.

A light graininess with mild bitterness. A mild ride, like walking down a .5% grade hill. But sometimes you just wanna walk with the wind at your back and not put much, if anything into your experience that day, might as well just chill and let the day take you where it may, thats kind of this beer. Carbonation seems on the high side. Something has to have life in this beer am I right? Doesn't have that wet heavy wood malt bill at least that many traditional English styles do, so that has me even further confused if they were going for traditional, why is this so highly carbonated and light bodied?

And why is this beer so expensive relatively speaking?

Serving type: bottle

03-21-2012 02:31:54 | More by Beerandraiderfan

soju6

Missouri

3.6/5  rDev +9.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

A: Pours a copper color with a decent head that fades slowly with nice lacing.

S: Aroma of some citrus, mild caramel sweetness with a hint of spice.

T: Taste of mild caramel msweetness,some fruit and bit of spice. mild bitterness and a dry finish.

F: fairly medium body, mild crispness and smooth.

O: nothing fancy just a nice easy drinker.

Serving type: bottle

03-21-2012 02:23:12 | More by soju6

damngoode

Indiana

3.25/5  rDev -0.9%

03-17-2012 02:44:30 | More by damngoode

Rocketman8911

California

3/5  rDev -8.5%

03-05-2012 07:52:35 | More by Rocketman8911

buckyp

South Carolina

3.5/5  rDev +6.7%

02-02-2012 23:47:32 | More by buckyp

Amp

Oklahoma

2.5/5  rDev -23.8%

01-20-2012 03:06:04 | More by Amp

GilGarp

Colorado

2.83/5  rDev -13.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

12 oz bottle served cold into a pint glass.

Napa Smith's Pale Ale is a light golden color with good clarity and creamy head. Sme lacing is left behind as it settles.

Aroma is mild and more sweet than hoppy.

Flavor is a strange combination of vegetables, honey, and pine. It's not at all what I was expecting and is not very good for that matter.

Mouthfeel is light in body and well carbonated. Too sweet for a pale ale.

Overall a really disappointing pale ale. I'm glad I only bought one.

Serving type: bottle

01-15-2012 01:36:19 | More by GilGarp

Grebdioz

Texas

3/5  rDev -8.5%

12-27-2011 10:28:48 | More by Grebdioz

dowen44

Georgia

3.5/5  rDev +6.7%

12-19-2011 01:44:19 | More by dowen44

ROGUE16

Delaware

3/5  rDev -8.5%

12-07-2011 21:53:24 | More by ROGUE16

MammothBrew

Illinois

3.68/5  rDev +12.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

Poured into my trusty tulip.

A: Pours a clear light orange color with an eggshell white head that measures one finger. It quickly subsides into spotty bubbly patches.

S: Seems faint to me. I pretty much get notes of citrus, grassy hops, and light malt.

T: Better than I had expected, yet somewhat subtle. Citrusy and grassy with light malt.

M: Light body with low carbonation, pretty watery. VERY light resin coats the mouth. That's the best thing about the mouthfeel and still pretty weak.

O: This isn't wonderful or exceptional but I don't think this is a drainpour like someone had stated. I'd have no problem drinking this on a hot summer day or at a cookout. It's actually somewhat quenching. Also, I have no regrets paying $1 for this bottle.

Serving type: bottle

10-24-2011 21:14:47 | More by MammothBrew

Offa

California

3.2/5  rDev -2.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

This is a fairly basic but solid, easy-drinking beer and definitely better than Napa Smith's Amber and Red Ales.

Pale amber, it has a medium off-white head soon thinning to a ring and a few wisps.

Aroma is the weakest point, being mostly old metal pipes with hints of canned tuna and old grain at first, before developing hints of cracker and apples that then dominate even though very light.

Taste is simple but much better, being light grain and apple, light grassy-peppery hop bitterness with balancing grain-apple sweetness. It is well balanced and solid, stays enjoyable, but it is a simple, light, basic, and fairly one-dimensional beer. Feel is good, solid with nice liveliness.

Serving type: bottle

10-17-2011 21:08:13 | More by Offa