Wingwalker American Pale Ale

After completing the challenge I took a break from tirelessly searching for strange beers, and spent some time just drinking whatever I felt like drinking at the time. Recently though after a trip to Dan Murphy's to pick up some bottles of liquor, I wandered past the beer aisle to see if there was a not-too-expensive six pack of something interesting. I saw a label that I'd never seen before (with a tempting $17 price tag), depicting a dude hanging upside down from an old school plane on some next level aeronautical acrobatics. Somewhat reminiscent of a scene from a Michael Bay movie, had he been born in 1875. It turned out to be a New York brewery called Wingwalker, there were a couple of varieties but I picked up the American Pale Ale. The beer pours as an APA does... but does have a bit of a 'watered down' appearance to it. Without casting too strong a judgement, as some soft looking ales still conceal a weapon in the belt. The appearance is a light copper colour, deep in tone but clear through. The body is also fairly light and spritely, but thirst quenchingly refreshing. The initial flavours are bready and biscuity, with a moderately sweet caramel tone trailed by a soft, but not insignificant, hopped finish. It's all there. All the stock standard elements are present for a run of the mill American Pale Ale. The execution... is not bad, but it's just not at all that exciting. It just doesn't feel sturdy. It's almost like the grade A tools were given to the unlicensed builder. That being said, for an imported $17 Pale Ale six pack it's not that bad of a purchase. American style Pale Ales are right up there amongst my favourite beers, and while this far from being earth shattering, it was a refreshing and affordable drop. 6/10