Stoudt’s Brewing Company, a very local craft brewery to my hometown, serves up their American Pale Ale at a modest 5% ABV. Based in Adamstown, PA – I always have a soft-spot for my local craft breweries. I purchased a 12 oz bottle of their APA in hopes to find yet another delicious beer from them.

I poured the bottle into one of my pint glasses and marveled at the very golden color. It was a very nice pour, not only in the color, but also in the very frothy and bubbly head. There were a small amount of carbonation bubbles to keep a nice cap after the majority of the head had dissipated. The smell was a great balance between malt and hops. I picked up on some grassy/piney hop notes as well as some light caramel malt.

The taste for me was rather ordinary but good nonetheless. The color and pour would have led me to believe I’d be getting a rather light body in the mouth, but it was definitely a solid medium body. I liked that, actually. I definitely was hit up-front by a nice grassy hop taste with a touch of the caramel malt. I didn’t get any bitterness until the finish which left me with a lingering bitter taste. Almost waxy and metallic at the end. It wasn’t anything overly pleasant but nothing to tarnish my judgment on the beer.

I’ve always been pleased with the beer Stoudt’s produces; they’re quality made and taste great. Their APA is no exception. While there wasn’t really anything extraordinary about this, there wasn’t much of anything hindering it either. If this is the taste they were going for, they’ve got it. I would have liked to seen something set it apart from other APAs. Despite the lack of complexity in this beer, it definitely is sessionable and quite delicious. Pour yourself a pint, you’ll enjoy it.

Overall: 7.5/10