Back Forty Naked Pig Pale Ale

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Woohoo! First beer from Alabama. Was priced towards the upper end for 6-packs, so wanted to try a single first. About what I was hoping for. A little heavy on the carbonation which maybe gives a heavy feel. Smooth though, and has some good balanced malty/hop flavor....sorta like an Extra Pale Ale. Cloudy medium yellow/light orange appearance. Lots of beers out there now, so not sure I would get a 6-pack of this here. But in that part of the country, I'd definitely try again....especially on tap.

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 5

Comes out of the bottle a clear solar yellow with a thick and rather persistent ivory head - not impressive, but never judge a book by its cover. Aroma is malty with a fruity overtone, mainly pear with a snip or two of banana, and some yeast. Malty flavor has a surprisingly strong tone of hoppy bitterness, as well as some yeasty and fruity notes. Smooth texture has average fizz and body. If not a great beer, at least drinkable, good for a party. I believe in supporting microbreweries, especially new ones!

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

A dirty yellow-orange colored beer with a big light bibbled textured white head. There's good hang time settling into fluffy-soaped film and fluffs atop the body. There's sweet citric fruitiness in the nose. The sweetness is balanced by a biscuit malt and acidic sharp earthy hoppiness. Light, effervescent and crisp.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Picked this out of Lou's cooler after the hootenanny was finished and so glad I did! What's with the low scores people? I had this yesterday as my first brew and was damn impressed. Pours a cloudy orange, with a nice frothy white head. Aroma is moderately hoppy, floral and pine resin. Taste fulfills the hop side, rounding off nicely with a crisp, finish.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

This was the last place finisher in a recent APA tasting held by the BJCP friend recently. At 44 IBUs, it's a bit light for an American Pale Ale and this showed in both the flavour and the body. Not a beer I would try again.

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

Very surprised to see this so highly rated here, and so lowly rated on the other two sites. I have to agree with the other two sites that this is a below average pale ale. A hazy copper pour with a thin white head. Aroma is primarily grainy malt, with some citrusy hops. Flavour is extremely unbalanced for an APA with too much malt, and not enough malt.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

Thanks goes out to the guy who looked at the label and thought " i wanna bbq that fuckin naked pig (and not bbq that pig fuckin naked)..", Lou!! .. . Pours a deep tan, with fantastic foam features.. . has a complex mouth for a pale ale- biscuit, light resin, light hoppy syrup, and pig dreams .. .man, i wish i had actually gotten naked for this beer- be one with the pig, oh well- next time .. . I really dig this, a great session and a great beer to come out and give alabama a push into the craft beer scene! .. .
He’s not gonna pork her, Russ.

He may pork her, finish your breakfast.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

This is a damn good pale ale! No wonder Fargingbastige6 was so eager to trade these. Sharp hoppy citrus bite on a smoothly drinkable ale. Medium-bodied cloudy orange copper color. So good...I wish I had more! Many thanks Curtis!

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Go 'Bama! What a well crafted apa! manages to be clean and crisp, yet hoppier than usual and with a unique malt profile and higher levels of complexity than expected. from a style where few stand out, this one is pretty high. Grassy, citrus hops and a slightly biscuity malt character make for a nice combo. i'm having this after a cold weather run, but it would be a very nice summer/hot weather brew. thanks Lou for the trade, and for my 40th state. 93rd percentile in style seems about right.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

From in-person trade with fargingbastige6: pours a nice clear light golden amber with a fluffy white head nice lacing throughout. Aromas of grassy earthy hops, lemongrass, slight sweet malts. Taste is slightly hoppier than expected - a bonus! - with the lemongrass flavor, nice earthy citrus hops bitter offset with a slight sweet maltiness. Fine first effort from a deep South upstart brewery. Well done! Many thanks Curtis; BeerPals should trade fargingbastige for some of this one. The South is representing... War Eagle