Clipper City Brewing – Pale Ale
New beer of the day today, this time being from a local Baltimore brewery, Clipper City Brewing. Got their Pale Ale from the store across the street and I have to say I am pleased with my purchase. It’s a quite good budget Ale, with a price of only $6.50, and worth every penny. Granted it is not as good as some previous beers of the day, but it is quite good and could be worth a revisit now and again or possibly lead to trying their Gold Ale which was a Bronze Medal Winner at the 2000 Great American Beer Festival. The Pale Ale is quite nice, and has almost no aftertaste. I’d rate the smoothness at about an 8, while overall flavor ranks in at a 6.5 maybe 7. Maybe it’s just me, but I really can’t get any distinctive flavor out of the beer, hence the rather low flavor rating. This seems like it would be a good Sunday football beer or some other sports event drink. If you are ever in Baltimore and want to try out some local stuff, give the Clipper City brand a chance, it just might surprise you.