{"id":237634,"date":"2025-05-12T07:30:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T07:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/recipes\/category-a-b\/beer\/beer-there-drunk-that-pale-31-4-9\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T07:30:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T07:30:19","slug":"beer-there-drunk-that-pale-31-4-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=237634","title":{"rendered":"Beer There, Drunk That: Pale 31 (4.9%)"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nA beer blogger sipping beer without a notepad can be compared to an off-duty police officer – in both of these noble roles, your sense of duty never leaves you.\u00a0<\/span>
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\nI had an acute sense of this when I picked out Pale 31<\/i>\u00a0from my beer shelf with the sole intention of enjoying it for myself, only to find that after popping off the cap and being smacked in the nose by a bunch of blossoming flowers, I was utterly helpless in the face of such a seductive aroma. I had to share it with the beer-o-sphere.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/a>From the Golden State itself (the 31st state to join the union, if you were wondering about the name) it pours a perfect golden colour with a creamy-coloured head.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

\nOn the nose I got a waft of fresh and fragrant floral New World hop aromas along with juicy satsuma segments, complimented by the faintest hint of a herbal and earthy quality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\nA flurry of fruity flavours washed over my tongue, juicy pine perfectly balancing a grapefruit bitterness, ending with a clean, semi-dry and toasted biscuit finish.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>With this self-styled “bold but approachable” Californian pale ale, Firestone have produced something that represents everything a pale ale should be; easy to sip with bags of character.\u00a0<\/span>
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\nVery Californian it may be, but the five awards its won in the last eight years on both sides of the pond confirms one thing: this is a quality crowd-pleaser.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

\nAppearance <\/b>5\/5<\/span><\/p>\n

\nAroma <\/b>5\/5<\/span><\/p>\n

\nFlavour <\/b>4\/5<\/span><\/p>\n

\nMouthfeel <\/b>4\/5<\/span><\/p>\n

\nOverall 9\/10<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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