ice age to ice box

It's a comforting thing, to see better beers settling into the supermarkets.  Alcampo has had a fairly large selection for some time, of imports too, although those are pretty much macrobrews.  Now, of course, some of the nationals are craft.  The regulars of the area, Cibeles, Sagra, are there, but also Mammooth, from down south.  The Granada based brewery made a couple of appearances at the Beer Fairs of the past years, bringing a basic but tasty selection.  It wasn't so long ago that I was in the south, although not in Granada, so why not an Andalusian ale?  It's double fermented, though, so maybe not as bitter as regular ale.  Here goes a "special edition" Mammooth Pale Ale.

Stupid, shiny, barely visible label...

It's a thick looking, rusty color, kind of a burnt pumpkin orange.  Rather sweet smelling, but with a floral touch.  The taste is also sweet, a bit surprising for a pale ale, but it's also a light and flowered sweetness.  It seems kind of clovery to me at first sip.  Rather remarkably, I can't detect any hint of bitterness at all in this beer, although it is certainly refreshing.  As the cloudiness warns you, there is some sediment at the bottom, but if it gets out it doesn't stain the head at all.  Actually a little unruly at first, but after a good breather it's a fine beer, flavorful but not overpowering, sweet but not syrupy.  Very fine for a summer evening, needing no accompaniment to enhance it, although if I were to choose, something just a little salty would be good.

Ugh, I need a photographer's studio to deal with you, you shiny bastard

Supplier: Alcampo
Price: €2.29