Upslope Pale Ale

Brewed by Upslope Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Boulder, Colorado USA

Pours pale yellow with a thin head. Nose is slightly floral and malty. Taste is floral, mild sweet, dry on the palate.

Can poured a clear golden yellow with a small lasting white head. Aromas of biscuit, straw, light citrus and a hint of earthiness. Palate was medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of straw, bread and light citrus with a smooth bready finish.

Copper with a flimsy white head. Nice floral and fruit hops and a sweet malt aroma. A little lacking in the flavor department. Fruity with light floral notes. Tastes a little green with a malty backbone. It’s a nice beer just a little run of the mill.

From a can at SBV. Tasted 7/11/09. Pours, literally, a thin head over a golden, clear (SRM 12) body....nose is mild graaa, greeness.....taste is similar of green grain and grass, hop are quite mild...mouth feel is light. The whole presentation is of lightness.

Can. Pours clear orange with an average, white head, somewhat lasting with good lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (husky grain, cereal, meal), average hop (grass), average yeast (earth, sweat) with notes of sugary creamed corn and wet paper. Medium bodied, thin texture, average carbonation, and a dry-spicy finish. Average duration, light sweetness, moderate acidity and bitterness.

Based on an article I read, I was expecting a rather weak pale ale, but this had more meat on its bones than I expected. Crisp up front but bigger bodied toward the middle, and then dryish in the finish. Malt flavors were toasty, bready and grainy. Some sugary caramel at its core, and unfortunately a bit of corn to boot. Hops were earthy, biting, wild, green and herbal, followed by a flowery sweetness. Bitterness was bold yet complementing. Aside from the bit of diacetyl, I thought it was a pretty decent pale. Seemed hoppier than the IPA.

12oz can. Filtered honey yellow body with a white head. Sweet nose of aspartame-coated pilsner malt, sugared celery and fusel corn. Wet, filmy texture up front, drying out somewhat across the middle. The sugared corn, cream and wheat flavor just really isnt what Im looking for in pale ale. Medium body, a bit oily and resinous, which is actually a good quality, but theres just too much wrong here to forgive. Extremely twangy.

Can. Head is initially small, fizzy, white, mostly diminishing. Body is clear dark yellow. Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain), lightly to moderately hoppy (flowers, herbs), lightly yeasty (dough), with a note of diacetyl, hint of vegetables. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Some rough spots in the aroma department, but otherwise passable.