Bottle/Tap: Bottle
Not all pale ales are created equal and there is proof in this bottle. I have had many different pale ales: some good, some bad and each a little different than the last. Which brings me to this week’s beer. Oh, it looks like a normal pale ale, but don’t be fooled, there is something different about the taste of this brew.
For starters, this had a good copper color in the glass after it had been sitting in the fridge for a while. Before I took a drink, I noticed the aroma of the beer was kind of strange. I thought for a while and couldn’t place it, so I had a drink and found that it was bitter like a regular pale ale but there was that aroma lingering around. The beer had a good dry taste and smoothed out over time and then I finally figured out the smell of the beer: green olives. I don’t know how I came up with that, and that is the only thing I could smell and taste while I drank this beer.
After a while the bitter kept up and that seemed to overpower the bizarre olive notion I had, however the beer still smelled like olives. This was not at all what I had expected to taste or smell from a pale ale, but since it comes from Maine I’ll cut them some slack. Maine is also the same place where I had lobster ice cream last summer, so you know they are doing something right, but when it comes to some of their beers never expect the run-of-the-mill.
Maybe I got a funny bottle, or maybe this is how it should taste. Either way, if you are looking for a pale ale that is unique, then I suggest you give this one a try. Just hold the pimento.
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