Beer Review Flat Earth Brewing Angry Planet Organic Pale Ale

Angry Planet

Brewery: Flat Earth Brewing

Location: St. Paul, MN

Beer Name: Angry Planet Organic Pale Ale

Style: Pale Ale

ABV: 6.0%

IBU: 48

The beer was poured from a 22oz bottle into a pint glass. Pours an orange hue with amber edges, thick fluffy light tan head with decent lacing. The aroma is sweet malts with slight fruity esters and some floral hops. The taste is similar to the nose, caramel, bread notes, with some yeasty fruit esters, followed up with some citrus and pine bitterness from the hops. The body is medium with a generous amount of carbonation.

Overall a good Pale Ale. Nice, humorous label. I like the cartoony earth, but I’m sort of lost on the angry planet title. Is the planet angry because of the way people abuse it, hence the organic theme, or is angry because it’s a slightly bigger and hoppier version of an American Pale Ale? Both? The nose seemed to be a tad subdued. The taste is nicely balanced for a pale ale. Good sweet malt base that carries the beer into a generous hop bitterness at the end. That being said I tend to enjoy my APA somewhat more hopped forward. Yeah I suppos for it being organic, but it doesn’t seem to step out amongst others.

Score

Label/Cap	6/10
Appearance	6/10
Aroma	4/10
Flavor	6/10
Overall	5/10
Total	27/50

Judgment Scale
  0-9 Not worth your $
10-19 A OK Beer
20-29 A Good Beer
30-39 A Great Beer
40-44 A All-star Beer
45-50 A Hall of Fame Beer