Dale's Pale Ale

Dale's Pale Ale is the flagship beer of Oskar Blues brewery out of Boulder CO.   It's America's first hand canned craft beer.   It's widely regarded as one of the best canned beers you can buy as well as one of the best beers altogether.   It's helped to change the way that canned beer is perceived in the craft beer community.   Dale's Pale Ale is an American Pale Ale that weighs in at 6.5% ABV with 65 IBUs.  According to the can it says "A Huge Voluminously Hopped Mutha of a Pale Ale."   I'm expecting it to be super hoppy, which I normally don't like, but lately I've been diggin' every beer.  So I have high expectations for this brew.
Let's get this show on the road.

A:  Let me just start off by saying I love the look of this can.   Love the colors and overall appearance of the can.  It's just great packaging for what is regarding as such a great beer.  The beer itself has a burnt orange color with a fairly white one finger head.   The head dissipates rather quickly but leaves the glass colored in lacing which I'm sure will just accumulate with drinking.

S:  Citrus hops are dominating in presence.   Wow, extremely heavy on the grapefruit and orange peel in this one.  There are also some floral style hops present.   Can't forget about the sweet, smooth malts either.  Based on the scent, I can't wait to try this beer.

T:  Had to get a second mouthful of the beer before I had to even stop to think about how it tasted.   It's got quite the taste to it.  It's not as hoppy as the scent would allow you to believe.   The citrus hops are definitely present in the taste, don't get me wrong.   Heavy grapefruit and orange taste which gives away to a spicy flavor.  There are also some coffee/toffee flavored malts on the finish.  The aftertaste is citrus hops.  Definitely a great taste.  

M:  Medium bodied with low carbonation.   It's smooth and velvety.

D:  A beer you could have 3-4 of and not blink an eye.   Although not a true session beer due to the ABV being above 5%, but I could see drinking these one after another.

Grade:  Two thumbs up and no if ands or buts about it.