Aspen Meadow Pale Ale

Brewed by Cold Spring Brewery
Style: American Pale Ale
Cold Spring, Minnesota USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

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Had on 8/2/200. Aroma is a light malt scent. Color is bright clear gold with good carbonation and head. Taste is light and crisp. Starting with a light body it goes down crisp and clean. Finish is a very light malt flavor and very mild bitterness. Overall I think it would have been better as a Pilsner, it’s light crisp and refreshing.

Name: Pale Ale
Date: 02/18/1996
Mode: Bottle
Source: Jax

cloudy light amber, whispy head, sweet aroma with a touch of hops, lots of hops with a slight bitter aftertaste

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Score: *4
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Light gold with no head. Aroma is sweet and caramely. Pale ale? The only bite in this beer is from carbonation, not hops. I now see these Aspen Meadow beers are from the infamous Gluek. Utter crap.

12 oz. bottle. Pours hazy copper with minimal head. Malty, sweet nose. Flavor is sweet and malty as well. Pretty damn bad. Pale ale my ass. Drainpour.

only sllightly darker than a lager. it has a no flavor "flavor". it tastes like a fucking aspen edge or michelob ultra. stay far away

Thanks to Tom, for sharing this- my first beer from the great Gluek Brewing Company! Pours a very light golden color and a thin fizzy white head. Aroma is loaded with DMS (cooked corn moslty with slight cabbage notes), very light bready pils malt, and some herbal hops. No crystal malt found in the aroma or flavor, or hops for that matter. Just some bland malt, and lots of DMS found throughout. If you want to know what DMS is like in a beer, this is a good example. Metallic aftertaste and cabbage-like.

12oz bottle shared courtesy of TomDecapolis. Poured a medium and clear golden color with a small sized white head. Aromas of corn, grain, and light citrus. Tastes of caramel and light citrus. Thin and watery body. Thanks Tom.

Pours a translucent golden with a small white head. Aroma of corn, sweet and malty. Flavor was sweet and malty, but not much else. Hops...don’t think so. What the heck is this?

Another one for the bad brew books,Decent golden color,small white head that faded quickly leaving little behind.The aroma was forgettable,light malt sort of sweet with a faint attempt at hops.There is a bit of fruit coming through but just barely.The flavor was weak for a PA,malty and sweet with very nearly no hops at all.slight sweet malt after taste with just a faint hint of hops coming through.I have to wonder if these guys really know how to brew or do they just throw grains and hops together and hope for a brew that is semi drinkable.Just plain nasty and i wouldn’t recommend this even if you just want a rateing.

UPDATED: APR 25, 2004 First its not a pale ale. Overly malty and sweet. Bad. Had a hard time getting through one. The ingredients seemed very low quality, which in turns makes a very low quality beer. Yuck, touch of terrible hops at the end. Don't Buy.