Chancellor Pale Ale - Battlefield Brewing Co At The Pub

dragonWhale

New York

1.33/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

I wandered in to the newish brewery for the first time through a wall of cigarette smoke. I thought to myself "Isn't this illegal here?" Apparently not. So it goes. I read the board after peering through the tap handles unsuccessfully. A pale ale with Simcoe and Amarillo? Yes, please!
A pint arrives, glowing hazy orange with a wee ring of foam. It smells of a slight grassy hoppiness, some citrus but mostly of astringent infection. Not quite bandaid bad, but definitely infected. The taste is disgusting. I ask the bartender if she drinks the pale, to which she says no, but it's very popular. She takes a sip with a straw and say it's fine and that's the way it's supposed to taste. How do I tell her I know what hops are? Sigh. We find me a different beer instead and she whisks the glass away. Now I doubt that all of these are infected, but I've gotta review it based on this which they feel is an adequate enough interpretation to put on tap.

Serving type: on-tap

12-23-2010 04:17:57 | More by dragonWhale