Little Creatures Pale Ale - What Has Happened To It!?

[benny_bjc]

Hi,

I knew that little creatures pale ale was not as good as it orignially was, but I still went and bought a 6 pack the other day.

OH MY.... what has happened!?

The Aroma is almost non-existent!

Taste is a little bitter but almost no flavour hops to speak of!

Body is fairly bland.

Everything that made LCPA so great seems to be missing!

Has anyone else noticed how bad its got lately? What is happening?

 

[Tony]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :super:

 

[KingPython]

Could be old stock, your tastes have changed or LCPA really ins't as good as it has been anything really.

 

[paul]

Yep, it certainly isnt what it used to be.

The last few that i bought werent any where near as malty and didnt have the hop aroma that they used to.

 

[bradsbrew]

Yep it is not as good as it used to be. It can be hit and miss. One good thing is that it makes my LCPA brew better. :chug:
Murrays Nirvana is better anyway.

Cheers Brad

 

[Katherine]

Tony.... think we have being here before! your so anti AMERICA.. LOL!

Sometimes the bottles arent right. Maybe Im lucky as I live down the road from Creatures lovely from a pint glass.

 

[dig]

As Alex has mentioned here recently, the pale ale has not changed. At least not how it is brewed and what goes into it. Palates change, seasons change and beers change in the bottle from starting points that change subtly from brew to brew. That's one of the attractions of a hand crafted ale and one of the great joys of drinking it.

 

[Tony]

Katie.......... thats why i didnt comment.......... just laughed!

im not going there again

cheers

B)

 

[fergi]

yes well i sort of agree with katie, sometimes from the bottles its a different taste ,same as with coopers pale ale from the bottle it can taste different but generally from a pint glass is the way to go. cheers

fergi

 

[Back Yard Brewer]

Hi,

I knew that little creatures pale ale was not as good as it orignially was, but I still went and bought a 6 pack the other day.

OH MY.... what has happened!?

The Aroma is almost non-existent!

Taste is a little bitter but almost no flavour hops to speak of!

Body is fairly bland.

Everything that made LCPA so great seems to be missing!

Has anyone else noticed how bad its got lately? What is happening?

I am a LCPA but am also a JSGA fan as well. What I have noticed since going AG that all the beers I liked previously don't seem to taste like they used to. Reason being? I make beer to a style like APA but I go that lit bit further with hops and malt and know beer such as the before mentioned just seem like every day ordinary beer. That is if they were'nt already before. Brewing ones own can be a bit of a trap.

BYB

 

[reVoxAHB]

We had a keg of LCPA on tap at ANHC, available at one of the break-outs. Simply put, it was amazing. Aroma and freshness just big and bold, citrusy, delicious. The pour line reflected the same with 25+ queuing for a pot. The general conversation with those drinking it around me, confirmed it was something special.

Hard to compare a fresh keg from the brewery to a bottled product. Portability, storage issues, etc. Not sure what you got but my last sampling of the product rated A+

reVox

 

[dig]

We had a keg of LCPA on tap at ANHC, available at one of the break-outs. Simply put, it was amazing. Aroma and freshness just big and bold, citrusy, delicious. The pour line reflected the same with 25+ queuing for a pot. The general conversation with those drinking it around me, confirmed it was something special.

Hard to compare a fresh keg from the brewery to a bottled product. Portability, storage issues, etc. Not sure what you got but my last sampling of the product rated A+

reVox

That keg was delicious. Alpha pale ale was on tap at the same time in the other room... no queue there.

The kegs of LCPA we served up over the weekend at the Bitter and Twisted festival were also outstanding and the punters soon zoned in on them. We got a lot of "Tried everything, one ticket left, I'm having a Pale".

 

[white.grant]

I had a six pack of LCPA over the weekend and found it fresh and flavoursome with a pleasing hop aroma and flavour. It was much better than my last experience with it.

cheers

grant

 

[peas_and_corn]

I've found it to be somewhat variable, but always quite nice :icon_cheers: :icon_drunk:

 

[Duff]

As Alex has mentioned here recently, the pale ale has not changed. At least not how it is brewed and what goes into it. Palates change, seasons change and beers change in the bottle from starting points that change subtly from brew to brew. That's one of the attractions of a hand crafted ale and one of the great joys of drinking it.

Bravo.

 

[Goat]

I certainly accept what Katie and Dig are saying. BUT: my own maladjusted taste buds have been going to LC in Freo since it opened on a farily regular basis and still think there is a difference between what is on tap now and what was there a few years ago.

In a small gathering a little while back, in the end pretty much everyone moved onto the Rogers (which IMO is a great beer), rather than persist with the underwhelming Pale. I'm not suggesting that this is a deliberate dumbing down by LCs, and suspect its all about the hops that are being used / are available. But I still reckon there is a difference.

Having said all that, I'd not say no to a pint right now...

I reckon its a bit like advertising execs saying that the adds on TV aren't louder that the programming either side and use sound pressure readings to prove it - I accept the measurement, but subjectively, the adds still feel louder.

 

[devo]

Nothing probably happened, you just may have picked up a 6 pack that has been sitting in a less than desirable storage environment well past it's used by date.

 

[Weizguy]

That keg was delicious. Alpha pale ale was on tap at the same time in the other room... no queue there.

The kegs of LCPA we served up over the weekend at the Bitter and Twisted festival were also outstanding and the punters soon zoned in on them. We got a lot of "Tried everything, one ticket left, I'm having a Pale".

I'm quite sad to say that I didn't have much of the LCPA on the weekend at B&T.
I wasted one of my last tickets on Coopers Dark, which had fond memories. Bland sh!te now.

I have a great recollection of that keg at the ANHC, and the bloody line-up. Should have sold tickets :lol:

 

[Snowdog]

I've found it to be somewhat variable, but always quite nice :icon_cheers: :icon_drunk:

LCPA has become my go-to beer as I seem to pick up cartons of it and compliment it with a 6-pack on occasion when I'm waiting for the wife to get off work (thank you Cellerbrations Campbell Street Brisbane). I find it is variable, and I note certain dates seem hoppier than others. I usually go for these dates even if they're getting on. There probably isn't anything different per-se except seasonal variance maybe, but I rarely have had a bad lot.... a 6-pack I got in Tamworth in 2007 notwithstanding.

 

[Fents]

my brother and i brought a six pack of LCPA and LCBA last night. is still a great beer aroma and flavour wise but each bottle i tasted had a slight metallic twang about 3 secs after you swalloed. its hard to describe but its there in both types of beer.