YellowBelly Brewery Stay Where You’re At – American Pale Ale at 6% ABV (C$4.60 at NLC Stavanger, 500 ml, best before 24-Aug-2020, acquired 26-Jun-2020, reviewed 26-Jun-2020)
Appearance: slightly dirty pale gold with two fingers of rocky white head, good retention and moderate soapy lacing. (3/5) Aroma: melon, tropical fruit, citrus, pale malt. (7/10) Taste: moderate sweet, moderate bitter. (7/10) Palate: medium body, moderate carbonation, mild bitter finish. (4/5)
OK, I get that this is a COVID-related take-off of their Come From Away, brewed for and sold at the eponymous musical, but I can’t stand idly by and observe the degradation of language without saying something. I mean, really: “Stay where you’re at”??? What the hell do you call that?
Everybody knows it’s “Stay where you’re to”! (Optionally followed up by “‘till I comes where you’re at.)”
Ahem.
Anyway, beer. Yeah, it’s OK. Honestly, I think it’s pretty much identical to Come From Away, except a bit dirtier in appearance. I think I rated the other half a point higher overall, but I’m just not feeling that today. Decent, but hardly earth-shattering. (14/20)
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