Mammoth Paranoid Pale Ale

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

I don't often buy Mammoth Brewing beers because they are so expensive. I want to help out the local brewery, but there is no reason for them to charge so much money for average beer. I gave these pale ales a second shot because I wanted to see if the brewery had finally fixed the carbonation problem in their bottles; indeed they have! The beer now foams and has bubbles in it! That still doesn't justify $10 sixers, but at least the beer is improving. A bit of a bitter tangy finish. Not too sweet, beautifual orange-copper color with a soft head of foam resting on top. Nothing otherwise interesting or exceptional, but highly drinkable and an excellent pairing with the heroes we had for dinner.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

lots of pleasing aroma and flavor from this beer. hoppy, but with a little more malt than i'm used to in a pale, which is nice. recomended...labeled paranoid pale ale. high three once or twice and a straight 3 a couple other times...hmmm.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

This pale ale pours a medium orange gold color from a 12oz bottle. Small to medium sized white foamy head. Aroma is citrusy and floral hops, with a touch of apricot and oranges. A medium bodied Pale Ale. The malts are fruity and sweet. The hops are grapefruity and citrusy. There is a lot of citrusy flavors in this beer. The hops are kind of forward, but they don’t overshadow the malts. Good carbonation. Milder flavored Pale Ale, but its interesting and very drinkable. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

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

Pours with an initially two-finger thick, lightly tanned, cream colored head that sits atop a clear, fully copper colored brew. The aroma is nicely hop focused with a good mix of citrus and herbal / pine notes. Aromatic notes of grapefruit, apricot and pineapple serve as the dominant hop character, but there is a nice layer of sharper pine & menthol like notes. A touch of biscuit like malt notes are just discernible in the finish. This has quite a bit more of a tropical fruit / citrus character than I was expecting; it is quite nice and appetizing.

Only lightly sweet, the hops compete with the malt character and actually are the dominant force here. Quite smooth feeling on the tongue, almost a touch watery feeling despite a certain malt driven heft & viscosity. The flavor is perhaps a bit more sharp than the aroma might suggest as a solid bitterness is noticeable from the first and a definite, crisp, pine flavor and menthol like hop turpene character is noticeable. Still, there is quite a bit of fruit to be found from the hops (in fact it might just edge out the sharper hop notes in terms of flavor dominance); flavors of candied orange peel, peach, sweet tropical fruit and lychee are all quite noticeable. The malt character, all though it may seem an after thought here, plays a nice supporting role. The touch of residual malt sugars perk up the fruity hop notes and in the finish is found a touch of biscuit-like / soda cracker type malt notes that provide some additional dryness to offset the fruit notes.

This is a really nice Pale Ale. I was not expecting much after the Double Nut Brown, but this is quite nice and I would happily quaff more of this.