Deschutes Green Lakes Organic Ale

Bottle, thanks Mark: Pours a dark amber here, with a very earthy quality. Sweet caramel malt, raisin, and toasted peanut in the nose. Flavor is a somewhat grassy hop, toasted malts, but the light bitterness here fades so gracefully off of the palate, this really stood out for me in this category.

This is now my favorite deschutes (outside of the special editions like the abyss and black butte XX) as mirror ponds a bit mild for me while the inversion IPAis a bit harsh in hop flavor. aromas of pink grapefruit, caramel & wood smoke. clear red amber with sprightly head. good summer beer, crisp, with the citurs bending hops and enough caramel malt to have a solid balance while avoiding extremes.

Pours a mostly clear, DARK red, with a small head. Aroma is oddly a bit smokey, and malty sweet. Flavor starts with caramel, and has a slightly bitter finish with a touch of alcohol as it warms. The sum of the flavors are better than any of the parts alone. Palate starts with some fizz on the lips, medium bodied with a watery/slick finish. Overall a good, but not great beer.

Hazy deep amber brown. Fruity hop aroma (grapefruit), a little resin too. Nicely balanced sweet malt with just enough fruity hop character to make this interesting and very drinkable. Finish is medium bitterness and quite long.

bomber by way of kenb and the mystery swap... pours a perfect copper color with an almond (the meat not the skin) white head. very light lacing. the aroma is caramel, fresh stone fruitiness, pine and grassy hops. the flavor is kinda bland... almost watered down... stale grain, orange, generic hops and iced tea/tea-like tannins. medium body feels a bit light and crisp.

Amber ales are like brown ales for me. Both don’t have enough malt, hop, body, or flavor. That said, this was a very nice ale. It has a crisp bubbliness. Slight apple taste, gentle hops, grasses and peat. Wouldn’t buy it again but would drink it.

Toured the brewery. At first I had no idea that this was an amber. I thought it was a pale ale and then realized the fruit and creaminess. Either way I like it a lot. Light, creamy, with green tea flavor. Bitter finish, nicely complex, yet easy to drink.

At first taste, I didn’t have a clue what I was drinking, then it hit me...Green Tea with a bit of cream in it. It was okay. not unpleasant but not great either.