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Cedric's Pale Ale
Cedric's Tavern / Biltmore Brewing Co.
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- From:
- Cedric's Tavern / Biltmore Brewing Co.
- North Carolina, United States
- Style:
- English Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 80
- Avg:
- 3.47 | pDev: 11.53%
- Reviews:
- 12
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 01, 2022
- Added:
- Jun 02, 2012
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 9
This ale is as frisky as its namesake Cedric, patriarch of the St. Bernards who shared Biltmore House with the Vanderbilts. High quality grain and English variety hops give our full-bodied ale a delicate straw color with malt and fruit aromas. Less bitter than most pale ales, yet it still retains the characteristic lingering hop finish.
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Reviewed by chitoryu12 from Florida
4.36/5 rDev +25.6%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.36/5 rDev +25.6%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Look: Clear, dark gold with rising bubbles. Two fingers of precisely cut-off thick foamy head with endless retention.
Smell: Bright and grassy English hops.
Taste: Slightly sweet and biscuity, with a light hop flavor on the finish.
Mouthfeel: Creamy smooth with moderate carbonation.
Overall: A smooth, balanced, highly drinkable classic style.
Mar 01, 2022Smell: Bright and grassy English hops.
Taste: Slightly sweet and biscuity, with a light hop flavor on the finish.
Mouthfeel: Creamy smooth with moderate carbonation.
Overall: A smooth, balanced, highly drinkable classic style.
Reviewed by nickjansen0813 from Pennsylvania
4.58/5 rDev +32%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.58/5 rDev +32%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Biltmore have their own brewers who use Highland Brewing Co In Asheville to make their Pale Ale and Brown Ale. The pale was fabulous. Nice malty backbone with mild hop flavors and aromas. Had a nice clean and crisp finish. A little in the darker side of a pale ale but had all characteristics of a pale ale. Definitely worth having. Hope to get some more here in central Pennsylvania.
Jun 13, 2021Reviewed by patre_tim from Thailand
3.59/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.59/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Enjoyed this June 22nd at Biltmore estates with the wife and brother in law, and his partner. Copper with a slight haze and a half finger of fast dissipating head. A little malt and hint of citrus, generally a watery, lightly carbonated body.
Jun 23, 2020Reviewed by travolta from California
3.91/5 rDev +12.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4
3.91/5 rDev +12.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4
App: peachy gold color. Lightly cloudy. No head retention, nice thin lacing.
Nose: fruity and malty, but light.
Taste: very malty and biscuity. Some dry bright straw in the finish. Crisp carbonation with an excellent finish.
Notes: tasted at the Biltmore winery. A beautiful day of baby sheep and dairy barns turned into a winery.
May 30, 2017Nose: fruity and malty, but light.
Taste: very malty and biscuity. Some dry bright straw in the finish. Crisp carbonation with an excellent finish.
Notes: tasted at the Biltmore winery. A beautiful day of baby sheep and dairy barns turned into a winery.
Reviewed by KTCamm from New Jersey
3.48/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.48/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
12/31/15 from notes....pours light amber with almost no foam. Light fruity nose. Smooth mouthfeel full of fruity open, and then close. Soft in the mouth, very smooth. Some bitter sticks through. Easy drinking pale.
Dec 28, 2016Reviewed by egrapplesberg
3.29/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.29/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
I live in Ga. close to my parents and every time they visit my grandparents, who live in north Carolina, they pick this and the brown up. They love it! Here's my opinion. Bottle filled on 6/1/15. Poured into my Budweiser pint glass (don't judge me, I hate Budweiser). Clear golden color with carb bubbles rising. Quarter inch head that leaves scattered spots of foam to the glass. Smell pilsner malt, almost no hops. Medium carbonation with a slick watery finish. Im not picking up much hops but the pale ale I'm used to is 420 lol. Very light easy drinking beer, not much going on but not bad. Cheers!
Sep 13, 2015
Cedric's Pale Ale from Cedric's Tavern / Biltmore Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
80 out of
100 with
55 ratings
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