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There are 63 Pale Ale - DDhs in the chart, accounting for 0.77% of all beers currently in the chart.
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Fabulous Secret Powers - Sureshot
Rated on 2025-12-10 by BeerDorkNik at That Beer Place, Chester
Quality: 57.5, Enjoyability: 60.5, Overall: 59
Hazy peach. Very good creamy head as poured, with thin halo and some surface retention, and semi-solid lacing. Savoury, almost ?garlic? notes (might be ambient - someone eating nearby), soft fruit hop aroma. Oaty, flapjack fruit taste and after. Oaty.
Secret Santa - Facer's
Rated on 2025-12-09 by BeerDorkNik at King's Head, Chester
Quality: 49, Enjoyability: 40, Overall: 44.5
Rich gold. Some head as poured, full surface retention and solid lacing. Light, slightly fruity, hop aroma. Similar, sweet, taste and after. Wet.
Tanuki - Tartarus Beers
Rated on 2025-12-08 by BeerDorkNik at The Cellar, Chester
Quality: 50.5, Enjoyability: 51, Overall: 50.75
Opaque peach-gold, with very little head as poured. Dry, stonefruit and hop aroma. Dry, tannic, fruitcake taste and after. Some juicy texture.
Roll With It - Vocation
Rated on 2025-12-05 by BeerDorkNik at Beer52 Advent Calendar 2025
Quality: 54.5, Enjoyability: 54.5, Overall: 54.5
Opaque lemon. OK foamy head on pour, good surface and ¾ halo retention, with good loose lacing. Powder-dry sherbet lemon aroma. Watery resin lemon taste, drier similar after. Creamy, with peppery effervescence. First Advent Calendar Beer of the year!
Oats & Mosiac - Fell
Rated on 2025-11-20 by BeerDorkNik at Handyman's Supermarket
Quality: 53.5, Enjoyability: 54.5, Overall: 54
Hazy pale tea. Some head as poured, very good retention with some layering and little lacing. Fruity flapjack aroma. Similar taste and after – syrup, fruit, oat – developing bitterness. Tiny bit syrup thick.
Castle Rock - Attic Brew Co.
Rated on 2025-09-26 by BeerDorkNik at Sainsury's Woolton
Quality: 51.5, Enjoyability: 51.5, Overall: 51.5
Murky, dirty pale orange. Very good head on pour, with very good retention and some solid lacing. Slightly emulsion / gummy grapefruit citrus aroma. Dry (as in, absence of liquid) in mouth, tropical / sun oil after. Creamy, with sharp bubbles.
Velvet Goldmine - Turning Point Brew Co.
Rated on 2025-08-29 by BeerDorkNik at Fossgate Tap, York
Quality: 55.5, Enjoyability: 53, Overall: 54.25
Lemon curd, extremely active pour. Good creamy head when settles, with good surface retention and some lacing. Melon sherbet aroma. Lemon curd / melon taste and after. Velvety smooth.
Crewe's Control - Tom's Tap
Rated on 2025-08-08 by BeerDorkNik at Tom's Tap and Brewhouse
Quality: 52, Enjoyability: 57, Overall: 54.5
Opaque lemon. Some head as poured, good halo and some surface retention with good loose lacing. Lemon meringue ice cream aroma. Lemon hop taste and after.
Radio Lovers (Citra, Talus, Nectaron) - Polly's Brew Co.
Rated on 2025-07-12 by BeerDorkNik at Londis Penny Lane, Liverpool
Quality: 55.5, Enjoyability: 59, Overall: 57.25
Cloudy pale orange-gold. Little head on pour, good surface and halo retention with loose lacing and some layers. Grapefruit (maybe clementine?) citrus pith aroma, bit baby oil. Similar, juicier, taste and after, minus the baby oil. Can feel the tang at the corners of my mouth. Wet.
Sabotage - Salopian
Rated on 2025-06-24 by BeerDorkNik at R & H Fine Wines
Quality: 60, Enjoyability: 58.5, Overall: 59.25
Hazy light gold, with an active open. Extra extremely large head on pour, dispersing, some actual retention and lacing. Bit gassy, light peachfuzz citrus aroma. Fruity, bit peach, bit citrus taste, waxier citrus after. Bit juicy thick.
Max Lupo - Polly's Brew Co.
Rated on 2025-06-05 by BeerDorkNik at Bent's Warrington
Quality: 52.5, Enjoyability: 51, Overall: 51.75
Very hazy yellow. Extra extra large head on pour, with OK retention and good lacing. Brine sour. fruit aroma. Tart, possibly lime?, taste and after. Some sharp effervescence.
Space Face [X WHC Lab, NBC with Muntons] - State of Kind Brew Co.
Rated on 2025-05-29 by BeerDorkNik at Bent's Warrington
Quality: 59.5, Enjoyability: 62, Overall: 60.75
Fizzy opaque orange. OK foam head on poor, dispersing, some halo and irregular surface retention with OK lacing. Sawdust citrus aroma. Pulpy, creamy, citrus pith taste and after. Creamy effervescence.
Burning the Midnight Oil [X Pipeline Brewing Co.] - State of Kind Brew Co.
Rated on 2025-05-23 by BeerDorkNik at Bent's Warrington
Quality: 62.5, Enjoyability: 62, Overall: 62.25
Opaque purple. Some pink head on pour, but very little retention or lacing. Sweet, bright, creamy fruit smoothie aroma. Similar taste and after – milkshake or smoothie berry. Creamy soft effervescence, some fruit bits.
Sticky the Stick Insect [X Pipeline Brewing Co.] - Sureshot Brewing
Rated on 2025-05-03 by BeerDorkNik at Bent's Warrington
Quality: 52.5, Enjoyability: 54, Overall: 53.25
Murky yellow gold. Very good head on pour, with very good retention, some layering and good lacing. Doughy, zesty fruit aroma. Similar taste, coppery similar after. Silky.
Through the Lens - Left Handed Giant
Rated on 2025-04-17 by BeerDorkNik at Unknown (Gift)
Quality: 55, Enjoyability: 63, Overall: 59
Opaque, murky orange. Large head on pour, halo and some surface scum retention with little lacing. Dank, bit juicy, tangy citrus aroma. Juice, flapjack taste, syrup citrus after. Hefty, with tiny effervescence.
meadows - Weekend Project
Rated on 2025-03-29 by BeerDorkNik at Bent's Warrington
Quality: 52, Enjoyability: 52, Overall: 52
Opaque dark lemon, with a very good head on pour. Soft, sherbet orange aroma. Similar taste and after. Bit juicy, but no real body.
Saxo Planetariel - Cloudwater Brew Co.
Rated on 2025-03-14 by BeerDorkNik at Londis Penny Lane, Liverpool
Quality: 57, Enjoyability: 58, Overall: 57.5
Hazy gold. Large foam head on pour, thin halo and OK surface retention with good lacing and some layering. Initial yeast, then orange cordial, wet, sweet citrus aroma. Similar orange cordial taste – bit Kia-Ora – and sweet orange blossom after. Tingly effervescence.
Hermes - Tartarus Beers
Rated on 2024-11-30 by BeerDorkNik at Bent's Warrington
Quality: 49, Enjoyability: 40, Overall: 44.5
Hazy pale straw. Very large head on pour, with good retention, Ok lacing and some layering. Dank, sawdust aroma. Dry, fruity dust, taste and after, hint of ?leather? (It’s an NBC with ‘The Old Shoe’ – did that put ‘leather’ in my head?) Disappointing beer from this brewer, or MOST disappointing beer from this brewer? (Later: Lowest scoring so far, at 7.5% and almost 1,000 chart positions below the next one up.)
Area Codes - Rivington Brewing Co.
Rated on 2024-11-09 by BeerDorkNik at Bent's Warrington
Quality: 58, Enjoyability: 57, Overall: 57.5
Opaque lemon. Extremely large head on pour, with OK retention and very good lacing. Powdery, lemon shernet aroma. Lemon drop taste, pithier citrus after.
The Closest Thing to Silence - Cloudwater Brew Co.
Rated on 2024-10-03 by BeerDorkNik at Londis Penny Lane, Liverpool
Quality: 69, Enjoyability: 57.5, Overall: 63.25
Murky lemon. Very good foam head on pour, OK surface retention, with good lacing and layering. Salty, startchy (crisps?) aroma. Creamy, fruit, bit mango (?) taste and after. There's something familiar there, but I can't quite place it.
Let's Become Cloud Holding Hands [X Gorilla] - Cloudwater Brew Co.
Rated on 2024-09-28 by BeerDorkNik at Londis Penny Lane, Liverpool
Quality: 70, Enjoyability: 62, Overall: 66
Murky-opaque purple, with OK pinkish head on pour. Sweet, pupy fruit, hibiscus aroma. Slightly fruit, floral hop aste and after.
Ello - Beak
Rated on 2024-09-10 by BeerDorkNik at House of Trembling Madness 2, York
Quality: 60.5, Enjoyability: 57.5, Overall: 59
Opaque lemon. OK head as poured, with OK retention and lumpy lacing. Pith, citrus, sandalwood aroma. Similar taste and after.
Uncontrollable Occurance - Wilde Child
Rated on 2024-09-09 by BeerDorkNik at Winning Post, York
Quality: 63, Enjoyability: 60, Overall: 61.5
Hazy brass. OK reamy head as poured, with good retention and solid lacing. Waxy citrus aroma. Juicier similar taste, waxy after.
Pale Rider DDH - Kelham Island
Rated on 2024-09-05 by BeerDorkNik at Market Cat, York
Quality: 69, Enjoyability: 60, Overall: 64.5
Hazy pale gold. Good creamy head as poured, with good retention and OK lacing (worst of the night so far!). Lively aroma - clementine, pith, grapefruit, zesty. Similar taste - lively is the word, liveliest of the night - but a watery after.
Plan a Pretty Picnic [X Rivington Brewing Co.] - Sureshot Brewing
Rated on 2023-11-16 by BeerDorkNik at Bent's Warrington
Quality: 66, Enjoyability: 54, Overall: 60
Hazy yellow. Extremely large head on pour, with good retention and some lacing. Woody, fruity, saliva aroma. Light, sweet, fruity taste, bit woody under.
Haast's Eagle 2023 - Brew York
Rated on 2023-09-02 by BeerDorkNik at Fossgate Tap, York
Quality: 58, Enjoyability: 59, Overall: 58.5
Opaque tangerine, with some head as poured. Orange pith hop aroma. Orange curd taste, bit sharper after.
Al Least You Landed It [X Brewster] - Rivington Brewing Co.
Rated on 2023-07-31 by BeerDorkNik at Bent's Warrington
Quality: 62, Enjoyability: 58.5, Overall: 60.25
Opaque lemon. Good foamy head on pour, with some retention and good lacing. Dry, oaty, pith aroma. Tangy, zesty citrus pith taste and after, lightly effervessent.
The Guy was an Interior decorator - Rivington Brewing Co.
Rated on 2023-07-25 by BeerDorkNik at Bent's Warrington
Quality: 63, Enjoyability: 61, Overall: 62
Cloudy yellow. Very large head on pour, good halo and OK surface retention, with OK lacing and layers. Initial bright citrus aroma, coconut (?) oily up close. Citrus pith taste, bit soapy after.
Whirly Dirly - Tiny Rebel
Rated on 2023-07-22 by BeerDorkNik at Bent's Warrington
Quality: 65, Enjoyability: 58.5, Overall: 61.75
Cloudy straw. Extremely large head on pour, with good surface retention and loose lacing. Juicy, fruity, light aroma. Slightly musty dried fruit taste, cake-spice after.
The Same Way You Showed Me - Rivington Brewing Co.
Rated on 2023-07-22 by BeerDorkNik at Bent's Warrington
Quality: 64, Enjoyability: 62, Overall: 63
Lemon curd. Good foam head on pour, halo and OK surface retention with good lacing. Slightly woody lemon curd
Unite at 10 (Cryo Pop, Mosiac) [X Brum Beer Babs] - Glasshouse
Rated on 2023-04-25 by BeerDorkNik at Londis Penny Lane, Liverpool
Quality: 63, Enjoyability: 58.5, Overall: 60.75
Hazy yellow, with an extremely large head on pour. Citrus sawdust aroma. Similar taste, more lemon curd after
Shaky Tail (Simcoe) - Polly's Brew Co.
Rated on 2023-03-18 by BeerDorkNik at Londis Penny Lane, Liverpool
Quality: 65, Enjoyability: 60.5, Overall: 62.75
Cloudy lemon. Large head on pour, fish-scale surface retention with OK lacing and layering. Juicy, lemon cird sweet, pithy aroma. Similar taste and drier after Woody, resin.
Sussex Haze - 360⁰ Brewing Co.
Rated on 2023-02-14 by BeerDorkNik at Oddbins
Quality: 61.5, Enjoyability: 60, Overall: 60.75
Hazy gold. Very large foamy head on pour, good surface retention and lacing. Tangy, citrus hop, bit soapy aroma. Juicy, tangy, bit chewing gum, papper-spice after.
Floom - Polly's Brew Co.
Rated on 2023-01-05 by BeerDorkNik at Unknown (Gift)
Quality: 67, Enjoyability: 63.5, Overall: 65.25
Opaque lemon. OK head on pour, halo and some surface retention with little to no lacing. Sandalwood, citrus, must aroma. Similar taste, peppery/spice after.
Heavy Operator (Sabro, Citra, Amarillo) - Howling Hops
Rated on 2022-12-06 by BeerDorkNik at Beer Heroes, Chester
Quality: 61, Enjoyability: 66, Overall: 63.5
Murky lemon, with some head on pour. Dry, pithy citrus aroma. Similar taste and after, sharp effervessance.
Satin Pattern - Polly's Brew Co.
Rated on 2022-11-05 by BeerDorkNik at Morrison's
Quality: 60, Enjoyability: 59.5, Overall: 59.75
Hazy gold. Large head on pour, with OK retention and some lacing. Pith, brine, bit urinal cake. Similar taste and after, without the toilet.
Trouble on Central - Polly's Brew Co.
Rated on 2022-09-03 by BeerDorkNik at Londis Penny Lane, Liverpool
Quality: 60, Enjoyability: 63, Overall: 61.5
Hazy orange, Good head as poured, but little retention and no lacing. Juicy, woody aroma. Juicy, lightly sparkling, citrus.
People Like You (Rakau, Citra, Idaho 7) - Howling Hops
Rated on 2022-07-27 by BeerDorkNik at Londis Penny Lane, Liverpool
Quality: 59, Enjoyability: 56, Overall: 57.5
Pineapple juice. Some fizz on pour, dispersing. Dank ?miso? Citrus, pine aroma. Effervesent but similar taste, ?grapefruit? Citrus in after.
Pocketbook (Enigma, Citra, Chinook) - Howling Hops
Rated on 2022-07-16 by BeerDorkNik at Londis Penny Lane, Liverpool
Quality: 58, Enjoyability: 53, Overall: 55.5
Hazy lemon. Good head on pour, halo retention with litle surface scum and spotty lacing. Wood, citrus, barley sugr aroma. Zesty, fruit, ?oat?, woody. Birthday Beers for 2022! 43 years old, how the fuck did that happen?
Time Gone By - Polly's Brew Co.
Rated on 2022-07-01 by BeerDorkNik at Unknown (Gift)
Quality: 64, Enjoyability: 62.5, Overall: 63.25
Opaque mango. Very large head as poured, goos surface retention and some lacing. Tangy, juicy aroma with pithy under. Dry, sawdust citrus.
Stolen Days - Twisted Barrel Ale
Rated on 2022-06-18 by BeerDorkNik at Londis Penny Lane, Liverpool
Quality: 57, Enjoyability: 56.5, Overall: 56.75
Dirty straw. Large head as poured, good retention with layering and some lacing. Strong fruity hop aroma, tannic under. Slightly fruity tea. Disappointingly vague, given strength of aroma. Bought as a batch of lower ABV beers, as the few I had in hand were all too strong to drink many of...
Humblest Pleasures - Polly's Brew Co.
Rated on 2022-06-18 by BeerDorkNik at Londis Penny Lane, Liverpool
Quality: 60.5, Enjoyability: 57.5, Overall: 59
Slightly orange lemon curd. Good head as poured, with some retention and very loose lacing. Pithy citrus, similar to lemon curd but too woody, aroma. Many small soft bubbles. Yeasty citrus. Like a lemonade sandwich on doughy bread, if that makes any sense.
Matthew McConoughaze - Brew York
Rated on 2021-11-17 by BeerDorkNik at Head of Steam, Liverpool
Quality: 54, Enjoyability: 50, Overall: 52
Opaque amber. Good creamy head as poured, good retention, layering and OK lacing. OK-good pale ale, but a bit unremarkable. (Might be position in session…)
Roll With It - Vocation
Rated on 2021-11-06 by BeerDorkNik at Tesco
Quality: 63, Enjoyability: 60, Overall: 61.5
Hazy pale gold. Large head on pour. Pine sawdust, pithy dry aroma. Tangerine pith hop taste, waxy after.
Reckoner - Whiplash
Rated on 2021-08-13 by BeerDorkNik at BrewDog, York
Quality: 69, Enjoyability: 68, Overall: 68.5
Pineapple juice. OK head as poured, halo retention solid layering. Juicy.
Shifty - Drop Project
Rated on 2021-07-19 by BeerDorkNik at Londis Penny Lane, Liverpool
Quality: 62.5, Enjoyability: 65, Overall: 63.75
Pineapple juice. Very large head on pour, halo and some surface retention, very loose lacing. Breakfast juice aroma. Many tiny sharp bubbles, pineapple citrus, bit musty.
Tr-hop-ical - Vocation
Rated on 2021-07-06 by BeerDorkNik at Tesco
Quality: 59, Enjoyability: 61, Overall: 60
Hazy peach-gold. Large foam head on pour, good retention, little lacing. Must, sawdust.
More Than Dreaming - Polly's Brew Co.
Rated on 2021-04-29 by BeerDorkNik at Londis Penny Lane, Liverpool
Quality: 70.5, Enjoyability: 72, Overall: 71.25
Nearly opaque pale gold. OK head on pour, dispersing, little surface scum retention, no lacing. Dry citrus aroma. Light tangy juicy citrus, bit barley sugar in the after.
In Violet - Polly's Brew Co.
Rated on 2021-04-24 by BeerDorkNik at Londis Penny Lane, Liverpool
Quality: 70.5, Enjoyability: 62.5, Overall: 66.5
Murky gold. Large head on pour, OK retention, some lacing. Floral honey sweet aroma, developing earthiness. Similar taste and after.
The Little Pump House at Kinder Reservoir - Cloudwater Brew Co.
Rated on 2020-12-15 by BeerDorkNik at Bent's Warrington
Quality: 52.5, Enjoyability: 57.5, Overall: 55
The Internal Life and The External World - Cloudwater Brew Co.
Rated on 2020-12-15 by BeerDorkNik at Bent's Warrington
Quality: 54, Enjoyability: 60.4, Overall: 57.2
DDH Pale (Autumn 2020) - Cloudwater Brew Co.
Rated on 2020-11-14 by BeerDorkNik at Londis Penny Lane, Liverpool
Quality: 55.3, Enjoyability: 58.3, Overall: 56.8
Fading Signal - Twisted Barrel Ale
Rated on 2020-09-14 by BeerDorkNik at Londis Penny Lane, Liverpool
Quality: 55.4, Enjoyability: 59.7, Overall: 57.55
Numbers Game - Fell
Rated on 2020-08-29 by BeerDorkNik at Head of Steam, Liverpool
Quality: 54.6, Enjoyability: 55.5, Overall: 55.05
Yellow Blaze - Polly's Brew Co.
Rated on 2020-07-24 by BeerDorkNik at Londis Penny Lane, Liverpool
Quality: 55.5, Enjoyability: 60.1, Overall: 57.8
Time Travelling Taxi - Brew York
Rated on 2020-06-05 by BeerDorkNik at Londis Penny Lane, Liverpool
Quality: 63.2, Enjoyability: 63.8, Overall: 63.5
Panda Eyes - Harbour Brewing Co.
Rated on 2020-05-02 by BeerDorkNik at Tesco
Quality: 59, Enjoyability: 59.9, Overall: 59.45
Think About It (Citra, Ekuanot) - Black Lodge
Rated on 2020-02-08 by BeerDorkNik at Black Lodge
Quality: 60, Enjoyability: 63.2, Overall: 61.6
A Wave in the Malborough Sounds - Cloudwater Brew Co.
Rated on 2020-01-20 by BeerDorkNik at Londis Penny Lane, Liverpool
Quality: 56.8, Enjoyability: 61.4, Overall: 59.1
Deep Dive Human - Cloudwater Brew Co.
Rated on 2019-12-31 by BeerDorkNik at Londis Penny Lane, Liverpool
Quality: 48.7, Enjoyability: 54.3, Overall: 51.5
The Interiors of Striving Organisms - Cloudwater Brew Co.
Rated on 2019-11-16 by BeerDorkNik at Bent's Warrington
Quality: 62.7, Enjoyability: 64.3, Overall: 63.5
Island Party - Neon Raptor Brewing Co.
Rated on 2019-10-26 by BeerDorkNik at Bent's Warrington
Quality: 56, Enjoyability: 59.4, Overall: 57.7
DDH Pale (Spring 2019) - Cloudwater Brew Co.
Rated on 2019-05-06 by BeerDorkNik at Bent's Warrington
Quality: 55.5, Enjoyability: 59.3, Overall: 57.4
Parachute - Pressure Drop
Rated on 2018-09-19 by BeerDorkNik at Oddbins
Quality: 59.7, Enjoyability: 61.4, Overall: 60.55