R.J. King Wingwalker Pale Ale
World Brews

R.J. King Wingwalker Pale AleR.J. King Wingwalker Pale Ale
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From:
World Brews
 
California, United States
Style:
American Pale Ale
ABV:
5.4%
Score:
73
Avg:
3.08 | pDev: 21.43%
Reviews:
62
Ratings:
86
Status:
Active
Rated:
Oct 11, 2017
Added:
Jul 08, 2006
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Gots:
  6
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Rated: 1.5 by zaraspook from Illinois

Oct 11, 2017
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

2.35/5  rDev -23.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.75
Copper colour beer, almost an inch of head, lacing and retention are somewhat inconsistent throughout. Aroma lacked hops.

Taste was mostly bitter. Almost exclusively. Excessively carbonated. Just a long hop boil and not much else for the hopping. Bitterness destroys describing the malt character.
Dec 22, 2015
 
Rated: 2.79 by GAMB1T

Feb 28, 2015
 
Rated: 1 by cubsfan913 from Georgia

Nov 05, 2014
 
Rated: 2.79 by Torreon10 from Illinois

Oct 26, 2014
 
Rated: 2.5 by RBCBrams17 from Illinois

Sep 22, 2014
 
Rated: 2.75 by Slongie from Canada (AB)

May 29, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by Noelito76 from New York

Jan 25, 2014
 
Rated: 2.5 by sparx1100 from Minnesota

Oct 23, 2013
 
Rated: 3.25 by Sweffin from Wisconsin

Jun 27, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by magpieken from Australia

May 11, 2013
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Reviewed by mfnmbvp from Illinois

2.41/5  rDev -21.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
12 oz. bottle, no apparent bottled on date present. Acquired at the local Jewel Osco, $12.00 for a 12 pack. I should probably note that my bottle is different than the one pictured, with a blue label and claiming a 5.30% abv rather than 5.4% as BeerAdvocate says.

Poured into a Firestone Walker pint glass.

A - After it finished overflowing from the bottle, it poured me a nice two fingers of fluffy white head with decent retention, on top of a somewhat cloudy yellow-orange body.

S - Muted hops and pale dusty malts. Vague sweet tea leaf type smell.

T - Light fruity lemon hops, dry pale malt, and copper. Metallic copper taste is a bit dominant. Finishes with a bit of green apple skin sweetness.

M - Mouthfeel is neutral, nothing really to speak of. Not bitter, not hoppy. Finishes itself off pretty quickly. Thin and watery, with a bit of dry malts and copper being the only tastes that linger around.

Overall, a very boring mediocre beer, much like many of it's companions apparently. The only friend of this beer that I have drank was the R.J. King Wingwalker India Pale Ale, which was by far a better choice. Light bodied and lightly carbonated, yet the two bottles of this sh*t that I've uncapped both exploded foam, so needless to say this beer is pissing me off. Moderate abv, but I would spring for the IPA if you're ever in a pinch and need to get your quick buzz because it's tastier and has a higher abv. Not a beer I will be trying again after I kill this 12 pack.

R.J. King Wingwalker Pale Ale ---2.5/5
Mar 02, 2013
 
Rated: 3 by rorjets from Connecticut

Feb 10, 2013
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

3.19/5  rDev +3.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
12oz bottle. No answer to my simple queries from anyone even remotely related to the production, delivery, or retail side of this beer leads me to make rash assertions as to the origins of the offering, or rather the incestuous nature thereof.

This beer pours a clear, medium golden amber colour, with two fingers of foamy, mildly bubbly dirty white head, which leaves a few thin streaks of bridge-like lace around the glass as it quickly bleeds into the ether.

It smells of musty caramel malt, semi-sweet orchard fruit, a bit of overripe black berries, and some mildly funky earthy, leafy hops. The taste is grainy caramel malt, a touch of sour breadiness, bland earthy fruitiness - peaches and apples, mostly - and dead-eyed (anthropomorphized, apparently) leafy hops.

The carbonation is quite neutered, and barely noticeable, the body a so-so medium weight, and too pithy and cloying to be deemed all that smooth. It finishes on the sweet side, the grainy caramel malt still buoyed by a stale fruitiness, as the hops seem to be truly absent by this point, replaced by a small, finally evolved plastic twinge.

I'm not getting that unpleasant from the get-go impression that its colleagues seem to engender, so colour me surprised, I suppose, but its overall essence still gives me the minor willies, only if there's really nothing else on offer to make me change my mind.
Feb 08, 2013
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Reviewed by TMoney2591 from Illinois

2.7/5  rDev -12.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.5
Served in a Lagunitas mason jar.

Sounds dangerous... Anyway, this stuff pours a clear brass topped by a finger of lightly off-white foam. The nose comprises funky orange peel, mild greens, cilantro, and dry biscuit. The taste brings in more of the same, along with a vein of what I can only describe as flat, old Squirt. The body is a light medium, with a light moderate carbonation and a dry finish. Overall, a fairly sad little pale ale, one that lacks all sorts of character.
Feb 07, 2013
 
Rated: 2.75 by matjack85 from Illinois

Feb 03, 2013
 
Rated: 2 by naturallight1 from Nevada

Jan 21, 2013
 
Rated: 3.25 by lilsmizzul1225 from Indiana

Jan 14, 2013
 
Rated: 2.75 by Mattyb79 from Virginia

Jan 10, 2013
 
Rated: 3.25 by t0rin0 from California

Nov 19, 2012
R.J. King Wingwalker Pale Ale from World Brews
Beer rating: 73 out of 100 with 86 ratings