Thursday, 12 September 2019

Metropolitan Pale Ale

At a quirky and gaudy little oceanside restaurant called the Museu da Cerveja in Lisbon, I ordered a 330mL bottle of Metropolitan Pale Ale from Dois Corvos Cervejeira in Lisbon. Billed as an American-style pale ale, the beer contains 5.6%. It’s a bronze-gold ale; clear, with very little head.

Extremely fresh (the bottle says it was brewed on August 20 and I drank it on September 1), Metropolitan had a subtle bitter grapefruit nose. The flavour had candied grapefruit up front and an understated citrus hop at the rear.

The first Portuguese craft beer that I really enjoyed, Metropolitan Pale Ale was a treat to cool off on a hot afternoon. When in Lisbon, I’d recommend this as a reliable go-to brew.

Rating: 8.5 out of 10.

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