Small Beer's entire business is built around sub-2.8% ABV beer - not as an afterthought, but as the actual point. Their Pale Ale is brewed to this strength using a full-grain process, so the alcohol is low by recipe and fermentation rather than stripped out afterwards. It's a meaningful distinction: the beer tastes like it was always meant to be this way. Pours clear golden amber with a frothy white head. The aroma is more generous than the ABV would suggest - pineapple and mango up front, lemon zest underneath, and a faint biscuity note from the malt. On the palate it's citrus-forward: grapefruit pith, orange, and some softer stone fruit (peach, apricot) over a pale malt base. The bitterness is clean and present without being assertive. Finish is short and dry. The body is light and there's a slight thinness to it - that's just the reality of the strength. But hop character holds up well, and it's a genuinely easy-drinking pint for the ABV.