Butte Creek Gold Ale

Formerly brewed at Butte Creek Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Ukiah, California USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

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A deep yellow color. Wouldn't think this was a pale ale. Not much of an aroma and ho hops from the taste. Kind of boring actually. Don't expect much from this beer.

A overly bitter ale that held little appeal for me. Less hops is better really. It makes your tongue tingle less.

Draft. Clear yellow with a frothy white head. Fruity malt aroma. Fruity flavor with some malt and fusial alcohols.

Hazy gold. Light white head. Aroma of hay and apple cider. Light body. Tastes of apple cider (I shit you not) grass and some butterscotch. Lightly bitter hops with a noticeable organic quality to the brew.

Had this blonde ale from a keg at Chico State and it was fairly good, but under real sampling conditions from the bottle, it can’t even measure up to the low standard set by the other rank and file masses of blonde ales. Butte Creek for worst micro in California?

Not an APA, just a golden ale , since its focus is on the malts. Which are very nice with apple and honeyish flavours. Good palate. A nice balanced west-coast beer.

Bottle. Very light for a Pale ale. This beer lacks Hops and malts to be a good pale. However it does drink crisp and clean. A good alternative to american lagers. It's got more flavor than lagers but drinks light for a pale.

Initial malty aroma, not overly hoppy for an APA. Later, a grapefruit nose comes through from "lots" of American hops. Grapefruit comes through in the flavor as well but with pretty low astringency. Malt flavors are subdued but still present. I disagree with some of the raters that its too bitter but I do think it's got too many flavor hops. The grapefruit extends even to the aftertaste.

It seemed really bitter and had to much of an after taste for me/