Thurstons Un-American Pale Ale

Tasting Summary

These comments are the opinion of the individual reviewer and represent what they thought of the beer on a particular day in a particular pub. If a review is less favourable, it may be because the beer suffered somewhere in the supply chain between them and the brewery.

The Crown, Horsell, Surrey

Who	Score	When	Notes
Hogan Sampling	Not Tried	25 Apr 2026
Hogan Sampling		25 Apr 2026	1st beer of this visit: Very good head and lacing and sticking all the way on this next-door gold coloured ale from Horsell microbrewery, Thurstons. Known for its "Un-American" name because it is an American-style pale ale brewed using exclusively English-grown hops, it presented for me a moreishly hoppy bitter first hit. A dry hoppiness rising from its Chinook, Endeavour and Jester hops. A fruited note quietly rising with hints of grapefruit and pineapple. A maltiness winning over with its likely Pale Ale Malt and Biscuit Malt, the latter lending it a sweetness to do battle against its grapefruit and pineapple hop notes. Its English Heritage Malt likely containing English barleys like Maris Otter aiding a bready and nutty note or two emerging for me. A hoppy bitterness paddling out. Served in superb nick.
Magnus Greel		15 Jun 2023	Great taste from fruity hops, but with strong malty, bitter finish.