McLaren Vale Ale

Ok - now that it's not a lager, can Vale pull something out?

Hmm. Fancy packaging, yes. But even after drinking two of these on separate occasions I still had to look up to find out what this was even supposed to be. American Pale Ale, I'm told. I couldn't really get past "Um. Ale?" personally.

If you analyse this forensically you can find a little bit of apple, light malt, caramel, and sugar. But I suppose the best you could say is that it's inoffensive, insofar as it's utterly forgettable.

After a bit of thought, I had come to think this would be reasonable as a sort of gateway craft conversion beer. But then I'm not sure it has the punch to do that even. Disappointing. 4.0