Renaissance Discovery American Pale Ale
3.2
164 reviews
Blenheim, New Zealand
Community reviews
330 ml bottle. Almost clear golden body with a medium sized, nice off-white head. Very nice and refreshing aroma with fruity hops and smooth malt. Flavor is smooth malt, citric fruit, some citric zest and medium bitterness. Medium body and average aftertaste. Very fresh and nice aroma, more average otherwise.
Lukt: Citrus og karamell.
Utseende: Gyllen.
Skum/kullsyre: Tynt dekkende skum.
Smak: Citrus og karamell.
Hvor: WhatsBryne tasting hos Untapd Jostein.
Medium: Flaske@330ml, ABV@4,5%, Når@21.10.2016
BOTTLE. (old stock). Hazy gold with no head.. Salt, malt & caramel nose.. Thin malt base, caramel & biscuit through out, beach sand as well.. Age hasn’t helped this beer, but I didn’t like it that much fresh.. Sourced Cellarbrations @ Capel
04.08.2016, 0,33l bottle @ home:
Nice creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet grassy, leafs, wet grass, cereal, moss, caramel malts, hay, minerals, flowers, hops. Taste is slightly harsh mineraly, weeds, metal tank, harsh hops, paper, minerals, grass, weeds, bark, hay. Medium bitterness, harsh mineraly mouthfeel. Boring.
Amberfarvet klar med to fingre høyt beige skum. Lukter moden fersken, plommer og tung fudge. Middels fylde. Søtlig smak, noe kandis, sydhavsfrukt og en lett kort bitterhet mot slutten.
On bottle from Gulating Ølutsalg, Strømmen. Slightly hazy deep golden color, good foam. Medium aroma intensity; hops, malt, caramel, fruitiness and some citrus. Medium body & complexity. SOme immediate sweetness, ok bitterness. Enjoyable
Sample at sundbytunet festival. Pours clear copper. Aroma is slightly citrusy hop. Taste is balanced, but a little weak. Nice enough.
Fra flaske på Mi2, Cardinal (Asko Rogaland ølmesse): klar gylden, ok skum. Noe ufrisk urtearoma og -smak. Jordaktig, uinteressant. Bør antakelig kanskje igjen.
Small sample from bottle at ASKO-messe. Golden colour, white head. Very moderate aroma of fruity hops. The hops are more distinct in the flavour, fruity notes first, ends in a sharpish, very bitter and medicinal aftertaste.
Shared bottle at Cardinal. Pours almost clear golden, small white head. Aroma is weak and neutral, fruity. Taste is light sweet malty, decent dry herbal finish
Bottle@Merimakasiini. Golden color, white head. Fruity hop aroma. Bitter hops and red berries. Medium-full body, medium carbonation. Not bad.
500ml bottle (K-Supermarket Sello, Espoo). Clear golden amber color. Medium size, white head, stays. Malty, sweet, fruity, papery in aroma. Paper, corn flakes, raw hop pellets, salt in taste. Acidic raw hops in aftertaste. Bites my mouth. So acidic. Nope.
500ml bottle (K Sello, Leppavaara)
Pleasant fruity hoppy aroma, husky grainy malts. Scary soapy taste. Rough and a bit chemical. Acidic. Harsh. Rough. Almost lagery. No thanks.
Bottle (shared by fatphil, thanks). Aroma is malt, cornflakes, fruits, grass. Flavor is sweet, sushi, fruits, citrus, acidic notes. Finish is citric bitter. Overall: not good, but drinkable.
Semi-clear golden amber beer, small quickly diminishing off-white head. Nose is hoppy, citrus, grainy and malty sweetness, mango. Flavor is hoppy, citric, malty, fruit notes, but it’s flat and lifeless, also thin. Finishes with malt, fruit and thin metallic notes. Not great.
Bottle. Red golden color, hazy liquid. Without smell. Hoppy, medium bitter, a bit of iron in aroma. Average.
NYE Extravaganza 2. 500ml bottle into shaker. Gusher! Scent of orange peel and lavender. Hazy golden beer with thin film on top. Crisp flat mouthfeel leading to a dry grainy bitter finish, a little fruit present. As APA’s go, quite mellow. Good quaffer.
Bottle@opusk. Cascadian citrus, bit doughy homebrewy nose. Light bodied, bit watery. Quite watery actually. Green citrus, slme oine. Weak.
-- bb
From old notes. 500ml bottle from Costco.
Pours a slightly hazy light amber, finger of white head, bubbly. Smells nice, tastes good. A malty feel with some nice piney hop notes coming through. A little floral or tropical toward the finish, gentle bitterness. Just a bit aqueous and light-bodied over a whole bottle, needed a little more punch with both malt and hop body.
A slightly orange beer, a head is small and almost white. Aroma has biscuits, some caramell, citrusfruits and wood. Taste has wood and biscuits, the bitterness is quite mild but still it’s drying enough the mouth. Quite light bodied, easy to drink. Wooden vision, nevertheless, quite fresh.
Bottle. Light golden, hazy, average and mostly diminishing head. Light to moderate, malty and lightly sweetish aroma, faint floral fruitiness, light - some herbal/vegetable hoppyness. Body is light to medium, malty and lightly sweetish flavor, faint caramel and light floral fruitiness, light - some herbal hoppyness. Finish is short to average, malty and lightly sweetish, faint caramel and light floral fruitiness with light - some herbal - faint vegetable hoppyness. Bit thin APa with notes of vegetable hoppyness.
0.5 l bottle from local supermarket. Dark orange (not amber) colour with decent head. Smell has hops. Taste has some malts but mainly hops with a bittering end. I found this more like a English pale ale with European bittering hops. Nice in its own way.
500 ml bottle. BB 25/03/2016. (K-Supermarket) Helsinki, Finland.
Clear golden color with a small white head.
Dry hops, mild bitterness, dryness, cookies, malt and some sawdust in the aroma.
The flavor is dry resiny and piney hops, moderate bitterness, dryness, cookies and malt. Rather English style hop profile than American. Drinkable.
Pours light and pale straw., bit of white foam. Aroma is greasy, refreshing, bit of malts shining through from beneath. Tastes also quite light and easygoing, malt body supporting it’s hop flavours. Simple and sessionable if anything. Not bad.
Bottle from local Yamaya. Rough piney hop nose, very earthy, grass, some tropical fruit. Lightly hazy copper color, fluffy white head, and constant streams of fast-rising carbonation. Moderate caramel, topped with a pine/citrus mix, good tropical fruit in mid palate, and trickles of bitterness in finish. Medium body. Very nice nose. Not exactly "American," but it has generous malty flavors.
Ordered from Braedon. Crisp but cloudy amber-tan, thin white head with big bubbles. Smells of quite a lot of apple juice; malt and some herbal resin hop too. Tastes of malt and resin, but flavour quickly dissipates into watery nothing. Body is medium, some gentle fizz, bitter watery finish. Not bad, more malty than expected, but taste is quite empty.
Bottle from Braedon at home. Hazy amber orange pour. Aroma is predominantly malt, some spice, some slight resin hops. Taste is surprisingly malty but also with crisp clean hoppy bitterness. Hope are a bit floral but mostly just crisp. Not bad for an APA but not much going on.
Lovely balance pale ale. Not sure I’d call it too American as the bitterness of the hops was not over pronounced. Somewhere between English and American. Sweet orange notes with some floral balanced against a biscuity malt. Close to perfect.
Keg at spitfire. Pours clear pale amber, nose is sweet toffee, pine, floral, taste is dry, toffee.
[5727-20130821] Bottle. Mild grassy hops aroma. Clear, orange body with a quick foamy white head. Bitter grassy hops flavour. Medium body. Good. (7/3/7/3/13) 3.3