Pikes Beer Company 'Merica American Pale Ale

Style
American Pale Ale
ABV
5.5%

Pikes Beer Company set off for the States for their 2017 spring seasonal, a 5.5 percent ABV American pale ale aptly named ‘Merica. Loaded to the brim with US hops Cascade, Chinook, Mosaic and – one of the Pikes brewing team's personal favourites – Eureka, with Munich, wheat and a little roasted malt joining the pale malt to add texture, colour and some biscuity flavour.

The hops create a citrus bouquet – lemon, orange and grapefruit – mixed with a dash of pine and resin in a beer that pours a clear burnt orange colour with a persistent, solid white foamy head and a sprightly carbonation that's light on the palate. While hops dominate the aroma, flavour wise the distinct grapefruit flavours are accompanied by a slight bready, biscuit character. Bitterness has been wound back, leaving ‘Merica – a beer that delivers the hop forward experience you'd expect from an APA – to finish on the sweeter side.

Matt King

Published October 20, 2017

Name
Pikes Beer Company
Address

233 Polish Hill River Road
Polish Hill River
SA 5453

Phone
(08) 8843 4370
Open Hours

10am to 4pm

Tours

Tours by appointment only

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