Smuttynose Shoals Pale Ale Review #49

Smuttynose Shoals Pale Ale
Style: English Pale Ale
Core Beer
ABV: 9%
"Jenny's House"- The Label's House Looks From The Forrest Gump Movie
12oz Bottle Poured Into A Dogfish Head Pint Glass

Copper-colored ale is medium-bodied and highly hopped. Its flavor is delightfully complex: tangy fruit at the start, with an assertive hop crispness and a long malty palate that one well-known beer writer has compared to the flavor of freshly-baked bread.

Smuttynose Brewing Company
Microbrewery
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Peter Egelston
1994


Appearance:
Translucent Coppery Depth With Glints Of Amber And Garnet, When Light Fractures The Body
Fizzy Three-Fingered Head
Lite Sheet Of Paper-Thin Sudsy Film Retention
Ring Lacing
Unfiltered Clarity
Soft Carbonation
Small Bubbles

Aroma:
Cedar
Caramel Notes
Walnuts
Red Berries
Mustard Pretzels
Cardboard
Touch Of Cinnamon
Aromatically Enticing

Mouth Feel:
Tangy/Bitter Balance
Light To Medium Frothy Body
Creamy Mouth Feel
Chalky Mineral Finish
Super Drinkability
Really Refreshing
Nice Dry Texture

The flavor is up front slight dry and hoppy with flavors of citrus and pine. In the middle you get some notes of peach and grapefruit in the middle. As the beer warms up it grows more intimate, a hint of maple is added with crunchy apple and succulent orange pops out. Then you get some pleasant meatiness of malt notes and caramel, toffee with some breadiness on the finish. A decent brew, but not my cup of tea and there are better options out there.

2 1/2 Out Of 6
Don't Want A Sixer