Beer review: Cascade First Harvest No 9 2010

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Cascade First Harvest No.9 2010
English Pale Ale 5.5%
C+ / 3.15  look: 4 smell: 2.5 taste: 3 feel: 3 drink: 3.5


Pours a brilliant pale amber/bay colour. Settles into a 1cm head, and leaves a good lace

Smells like a typical Aussie macro lager, in fact I think this beer would sit better under macro lager than English pale ale. Big metallic note that screams PoR, or clone thereof. A very Tasmanian lager smell, to me. But there are some subtleties. Maybe some green fruit and herbs, like papaya or nettle. Interesting, but not that appealing.

Flavour is along the lines of the smell, with a floral note underpinning. Slight, light honey/golden syrup note.

It's mouthfeel is fairly light, dry, and crisp.

A good beer-garden drink, but the subtleties in this beer would be lost in such a setting. And the price would make anyone baulk at buying a jug......