3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20 BeerAndPonies (119) - Medicine Hat, Alberta, CANADA - JAN 25, 2015
341 ml bottle from a six-pack from Liquor Depot, served in my tall dual-level flute glass. Pours a lightly hazy, medium straw yellow, medium carbonation, with a meringue-puffy, milky head with irregular peaks and smears of lace. Aroma is bright and fresh citrusy hops, a little flowery as well. Flavor is more fresh hops, along with a bitter/sour presence. In both aroma ands flavor, malt hides itself on the down-low. Easy bitter bite on the finish, followed by a nice cleanliness. Body and mouthfeel lies between "cheap lager" thinness and somewhere in the middle. A good IPA from north of my homestead, in Edmonton: Id like to sample their other products.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 Masterkush7 (580) - Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA - FEB 8, 2014
Clear, golden pour with a white head, that dissipates rather slowly. Aroma is light malts, orange and lemon, hazelnut/almond. Taste is hint of toffee, and quite nutty and sweet. Moderately hopped, but not strong in the flavour, and very pleasant on the finish. Smooth, crisp and refreshing.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 TheRatKing (122) - Alberta, CANADA - OCT 6, 2013
Pour a slight murky amber, faint head fading quickly to a mild lacing. Nice resin on the nose; not too powerful, just enough to get one interested. Flavour echoes that nice bitterness, backed up by orange rind and mild sweet hops that balanced the offering out quite nicely. A very good lawnmower beer, and one that I would happily buy for a day out in the sun.
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20 Reimer96 (1601) - Alberta, CANADA - DEC 24, 2012
Pours a deep gold with half a small white ring and some lacing. Aroma of sweet cereal and 2-row pale malts and then a slight hint of citrus on the finish. Taste is very light and easy drinking due to a really low carbonation. Taste is basically a watery sweet wort with some bitterness on the finish. Pretty sure this bottle is old but it tastes as I remember it, easy drinking and uninteresting.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20 reebtogi (4970) - Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA - AUG 21, 2011
341mL bottle poured a deep golden color with small white head and little to no lacing. Aromas of malts and hops. Taste is lightly sweet with some moderate hops in the finish. Overall, slightly below average pale ale.
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20 thb (765) - Alberta, CANADA - MAY 23, 2011
Its not the most interesting style, granted. But judged against its own class it still falls short. Pours fairly deep amber. Aromas - mostly sweet malts - some complexity giving it some interest. Generally too sweet/malt-heavy for me.
1.5 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 5/20 TheHulk (486) - Lethbridge, Alberta, CANADA - FEB 21, 2011
Smells like golden grams, only less intense. This had no head as the bottle was filled too full. It tastes like water hat jas toched gOlden grams and had some hops added. Its pretty light and watery, the sort of thing you could have 3 of at lunch and stay for four more. Its too light, really.
2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 7/20 Cole (967) - , Alberta, CANADA - FEB 21, 2011
Pours clear amber. with no head,. Smells like golden grams cereal. thin over sweet and unbalanced. notes of toffee and candy. malty with some nice hops . but the palate is all over the map and every flavour you encounter is very watered down. Interesting but pretty weak.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20 gramity (1581) - Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA - FEB 15, 2011
Bubs Lunch Pail Ale pours a clear golden orange with absolutely no head to speak of. There was so little head I thought I poured it poorly and held off posting this review until I could drink another and try for a better picture. No luck - this beer is just devoid of head. I am not sure if I have got a bad batch because other reviewers claim a creamy white head developed. Who knows?
The aroma is somewhat resinous and fruity with some citrus notes. You can smell the malts which are giving a bit of a caramel feel to the aroma. There is something a little unpleasant in the aroma although I wouldnt call it offensive. I cant identify what it is.
The taste is of medium malts with a slight toasted bread taste. There is also nutty, fruity, and hoppy characteristics.
The body was thin and the carbonation and mouthfeel were flat. It finished with a short lived bitterness that I found one of the standout positive characteristics of the beer.
In closing, I am glad I tried this beer and I have no issues with finishing the six pack but I dont think I would search this out again. If it was between this and macro swill you better believe I would have no issues drinking this. This is just not a comparison a brewer should be shooting for.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20 Powertrip (1000) - Calgary, Alberta, CANADA - MAY 22, 2010
Poured a honey brown colour with low head. Lots of nose fruits....raisins, cranberries, tangerine and watermelon. When I give this one a swirl, something pungent and feces like comes out in the nose. Too bad because all the delicious fruits make it so inviting. This one must be slightly skunky because it is mostly sour through the front of hte palate. The back of the palate shows some nice vanilla and the finish is loaded with toffee. This palate.
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