Napa Smith Albion Ale
Napa Smith Albion Ale
Rated 3.080 by BeerPals
Brewed by Napa Smith Brewery
Napa, CA, United States Style: American Pale Ale
6% Alcohol by Volume
31 International Bittering Units
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Don Barkley Master Brewer of Napa Smith Brewery and the original brewer for the New Albion Brewing Co., has brewed for SF Beer Week the original New Albion Pale Ale. “Using recipes from New Albion we have reproduced a great ‘straight forward’ pale ale that helped shape America’s brewing history”. Although this ale dims in the stark glare of today’s extreme beers, it holds high the unique character of true craft brewing. New Albion Brewery yeast was used for fermentation thanks to the generosity of the Mendocino Brewing Company, who still uses this yeast in their ales. Pale malt used at New Albion was sourced from San Francisco’s last producing Malt House (Bauer & Schweitzer) in this beer we used a blend of 50 % Great Western 2-row and 50% Gambrinus Pale Ale Malt. The Napa water was hardened with the addition of Gypsum to a level of 350PPM hardness. Hops used as in the New Albion recipe are Cluster for bittering and Cascade for aroma (This was the Cascades first introduction into the craft brewing industry).
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| Overall Rank | 68155 |
| Overall Percentile | 37.4 |
| Style Rank | 2989 of 4742 |
| Style Percentile | 37 |
| Lowest Score | 2.8 |
| Highest Score | 3.6 |
| Average Score | 3.200 |
| Weighted Score | 3.080 |
| Standard Deviation | 0.000 |
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Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 6
(02/20) On draft at Toronado-SF. Pours extremely clear and clean. Darkish yellow color. Slight head. Light in hops. Wasn’t the most flavorable, but perhaps it was partially impacted by the barleywines I’d just consumed, though I did rinse my mouth out with water before partaking. Back in the 1980s/90s this was probably a very great beer, but it’s really average at this point.
Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8
Tasted on tap at the Bistro Double IPA Festival on 2/7/2009. This American Pale Ale pours a light gold color from the tap. Medium sized white foamy head. The aroma is fruity and sweet with a touch of floral hops. A medium bodied American Pale Ale. The malts are fruity and sweet. The hops are crisp and floral. Nice balance. Good carbonation. Light crisp and clean tasting APA. A touch sweet at the finish. It is interesting to taste this beer, somewhat for nostalgia sake, but also to just remind ourselves how much the APA style has evolved over the years. I remember when this was a very flavorful , very hoppy beer, now it would be more in the “English Style” of Pale Ales. Still a nice beer, but the world has changed much since it was last brewed. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and crisp. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.
