46'er Pale Ale - Lake Placid Craft Brewing Company

Ralphus

Ontario (Canada)

3.03/5  rDev -15.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

I was hoping to make it to the brewery while in Lake Placid a few weeks ago but didn't have time. So instead I found a six pack of the Pale Ale and gave it a shot.

It looks fairly good. The golden amber colour is nice but it lost marks for a fairly thin head.

The smell is light, slightly fruity and buttery.

It's taste is slightly sweet with decent hop bitterness. Not much flavour coming through unfortunately. It's ok but nothing to write home about.

Mouthfeel is smooth and lightly creamy.

Drinkability is just ok. I had two in a row but a third wasn't in the cards.

Serving type: bottle

09-07-2009 23:13:18 | More by Ralphus

nzerbe

New York

3.75/5  rDev +5%

04-28-2013 20:14:31 | More by nzerbe

kylemckinnis

Oregon

3.75/5  rDev +5%

03-07-2013 20:31:31 | More by kylemckinnis

tbeckett

Ontario (Canada)

3.5/5  rDev -2%

01-18-2013 10:00:08 | More by tbeckett

SLeffler27

New York

3.25/5  rDev -9%

11-18-2012 05:54:47 | More by SLeffler27

cbord459

New York

3.75/5  rDev +5%

10-08-2012 15:22:04 | More by cbord459

micromaniac129

Pennsylvania

3.98/5  rDev +11.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A rich burnt orange amber color with a slight head and moderate carbonation.
Aroma has a slight hint of citrus and floral hints. Malts seems to get in line behind an English style. A heavy malt presence.
Taste is citrusy hops and sweet bready malts .
Taste is smooth and has a bitter finish.
A good beer easy drinking .

Serving type: bottle

09-08-2012 10:18:24 | More by micromaniac129

bassbase

3.5/5  rDev -2%

07-21-2012 22:31:47 | More by bassbase

BucannonXC5

California

3.3/5  rDev -7.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Lake Placid Brewery in Lake Placid, N.Y., on June 28, 2012. Draft into pint glass. Two fingers of head when I got it. Caramel copper color. Soft frothy lacing with good retention.

Smelled lemon citrus, grain, biscuit and caramel.

Tasted English style pale ale malts. Bread, biscuit, light citrus, iced tea, rye.

Medium-to-light body. Oily texture. Average carbonation. Long, bitter finish.

Nothing too special, nothing too bad. A good beer to start my trip in Lake Placid.

Serving type: on-tap

07-10-2012 05:08:06 | More by BucannonXC5

mitch3114

New York

3.25/5  rDev -9%

06-21-2012 04:08:40 | More by mitch3114

chrisdexter

4/5  rDev +12%

05-13-2012 02:38:27 | More by chrisdexter

Ivanhoes_Backpack

New Brunswick (Canada)

3.25/5  rDev -9%

05-06-2012 16:42:51 | More by Ivanhoes_Backpack

mikerems

New Jersey

4.5/5  rDev +26.1%

03-07-2012 06:06:22 | More by mikerems

BugTownPub

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +12%

03-06-2012 23:44:46 | More by BugTownPub

BDB

4/5  rDev +12%

03-06-2012 21:36:44 | More by BDB

ububru

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -2%

02-02-2012 15:30:02 | More by ububru

Knapp85

Pennsylvania

3.23/5  rDev -9.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

This poured out as a nice looking copper color with a decent foamy white head on it. The smell of this beer to me was a little on the gross side. I don't know if it was starting to skunk or what but it wasn't a good aroma at all. The taste had a good caramel sweetness that was balanced with the hippy bitterness. The mouthfeel was decent, good carbonation to it and drinkable medium bodied brew. Overall this would have been much better if I didn't hold my breath on every sip I took. Who knows...

Serving type: bottle

01-20-2012 00:27:37 | More by Knapp85

animal69

Louisiana

3.5/5  rDev -2%

01-02-2012 08:04:33 | More by animal69

fizzyted

British Columbia (Canada)

4/5  rDev +12%

12-16-2011 23:08:56 | More by fizzyted

nh2032

New York

4/5  rDev +12%

11-25-2011 14:26:34 | More by nh2032

tclapper

North Carolina

4/5  rDev +12%

11-18-2011 00:33:13 | More by tclapper

mjtiernan

New York

4/5  rDev +12%

11-15-2011 16:49:34 | More by mjtiernan

SickGnar

Pennsylvania

3.73/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

A: A nice warm & bright copper color – leaning just a bit dark and red. Clear with plentiful bubbles rising to the golden, off-white adequate size cap of foam that leaves a good fair bit of lace.

S: Fruity esters, pale & light crystal malts, herbal & grassy hops (not in your face, but present), and a hint of diacetyl. Nice inviting, approachable aromatics.

T: Nicely rounded pale malt with doughy, grainy, and biscuity notes. Some light crystal / caramel notes, a bit of malt sweetness, and faint bread crust round things out with a ghost hint of roast at the very end. Estery fruit notes show through as well, though softer than in the nose – just some muted apple / pear notes. Balancing hops out middle to end. Though mostly grassy and herbal, they also have a hint of muted & muddled citrus and an earthy touch in the finish. Diacetyl is noticeable at the margins.

M: Medium body with carbonation more to US level than English level. A bit of texture, but hops and possibly the hint of roast take the finish drying.

D: Overall a quite good English style pale. A bit much carbonation and a tad large at 6.0 percent, but the aroma and flavor are spot on. It is very rounded and balanced while being appropriately more muddied than a US version with lots of esters and some diacetyl.

Serving type: bottle

09-22-2011 00:02:05 | More by SickGnar

nezelrac

New York

3.75/5  rDev +5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

poured from a 12oz bottle into a tulip

A - slightly hazy orange/amber; finger and a half of light tan foam that quickly fades to a dense ring and scant surface covering of small bead

S - lots of pine and citrus up front backed by caramel and gently bready malt notes

T - follows the nose - pine and citrus hops woven through a caramel malt body; a little simple and a little too much malt (without the depth of flavor) for the style; hops don't have much punch with all the malt

M - CO2 is high for the malty body - makes it disjointed; once the CO2 settles down there is a very appealing smoothness; the hops don't give much bitter edge

O - a good beer, and quite drinkable; falls a little short as a pale ale, though

Serving type: bottle

04-01-2011 00:21:32 | More by nezelrac

dogfishandi

New York

3.78/5  rDev +5.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

12oz bottle out of the fridge poured into a SA perfect pint glass. no freshness date.

pours out slightly hazy, golden, copper, orange color with a one finger of soapy head that fell to a patchy ring within minutes. small spots of lace.

fairly hoppy aroma. dank, floral, pine resiny hops with just a hint of biscuity malt detectable.

lots of grassy hops with some sharp bitterness. a touch floral and a bit of pine as well. metallic, biscuity malts just fall short of balancing. just a hint of alcohol detectable.

light body, but kind of a muddy feel, slightly overcarbonated.

good drinkability. wont buy again.

Serving type: bottle

01-20-2011 00:40:46 | More by dogfishandi