Cascade Lakes Pine Marten Pale Ale

Pours a golden color with a thin layer of foam. Light aroma of peach and citrus hops. The taste is balanced with light malt and some fruity esters. It comes across as a bit too thin and lacking some flavor, even for 5.1% ABV. But, it’s a fine beer to crack after a hike up a mountain.

Sample taster at John’s Market Place. Nose of flowery hops with a touch of caramel and pine. Clear yellow with a small white head. Flavor has some bitterness with the caramel.

Straw gold body with a medium sized white head. Herbal and floral hops aroma with light lemongrass notes. Sweet caramel malt backbone . Hops are floral with considerable citrus and light resin. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth.

Draft @ 7th St Brewhouse, Redmond, OR. Pours a clear pale yellow color with a small white head. Has a malty pine hoppy aroma. Sweetish malty hoppy piny flavor. Has a slightly sweetish malty pine hoppy finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.

Pale gold pour with a middling head. Aroma is a mixture of malt and hop with a bit of a floral scent thrown in for good measure. Pretty decently hopped for an APA, but the flavor is a bit muddy and there is definite room for improvement.

Bottle. Pours hazy gold with a scant and fading white head from a fairly aggressive pour. Aroma if citrus and fruit. Light to medium body and carbonation. Taste of peach and cotton candy. Floral and piney hop finish.

Visited the Brew pub in Bend, OR. Pours light copper with white head. Flavor is fruity hops, some malt (apricot?), not very piney, but has a delicious bitter finish.

Bottle. Light aromas of pale malt, floral and resin hops. Golden color with a so-so white head. Medium plus body with a creamy carbonation. Flavor is floral hop over light malt. It is really balanced, and very pleasing. Refreshing. Good to drink.