Deschutes Green Lakes Organic Ale

Brewed by Deschutes Brewery
Style: Amber Ale
Bend, Oregon USA

Appearance: Pours a hazy, reddish-amber body with a small, bubbly white head. Smell: Mild toasted toffee aroma with some herbal hop scents with a slice or two of lemon. Taste: Toffee-tasting maltiness with a mild sweetness. Herbal, grassy hop flavor with a cup of fresh-brewed green tea. Medium bitterness. Light acidity. Finishes dry with a light, lingering bitterness. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Sadly, it’s kinda watery. Drinkability: A decent, mild organic amber.

Bottle. Aroma of grain and somewhat watery. Amber body color, held to light a copper color with good carbination bubble action. Good off white head left good lacing on glass. Texture was think for an organic from other that I’ve had. Had good hop bittering balanced out by some sugary stickyness and some grains detectable. Palate was surprized this was organic and not a regular Amber Ale.

Looks great. Not much aroma. This is nice- a pretty even balance of malts and hops in this. A dry finish. Good stuff.

12oz bottle, purchased from Booze Bros. Pours a slightly hazy, bright orange-amber color; off-white head with good retention and fine-bubbled lacing; nice pour. Solidly bitter aroma of citrus and earthiness, with a nicely balancing, juicy mixed-fruit core; I’m getting a bit of maraschino cherry note as well. Beautiful presence in the mouth: this is very crisp, very refreshing, very balanced, with expressive carbonation, generous citrus and earthy hoppiness; just a perfect mouthfeel, pleasant bitterness, and a malty fruitiness underneath that’s just enough; really impressed by this beer. Medium finish: toasty, dry, and a bit of lasting mineral bitterness.

Pours with a frothy, three-finger thick, tan colored head that sits on top of a brilliantly clear, ruby-hued, red colored beer. When held up to the light some copper notes are mixed in with this red beer. This has a nice hop aromatic note to it that is noticeable as I pour this beer, it leans towards light spice, some berry-citrus aromas and a touch of herbal notes. A closer inspection of the nose reveals aromas of candied citrus, toasty grain, sweet berry aromas and a backdrop of herbal pine and green hemp oil that is subtly noticed only at times. I like the vibrant fruit character that the mix of sweet malt and hop character brings to this brew.

Dry up front, but it picks up a soft sweetness that becomes fairly fruity in focus as one moves to the finish where it actually lingers on the tongue for quite some time. Toasty, bread-like and browned cracker flavors are found from beginning to end providing a counterpoint to the sweetness. The hop character is quite present as well; it mixes in with the grain sweetness providing fruit flavors of currants, wild berries, and sweet citrus, but it also tempers the sweetness with sharp herbal notes that have grassy, pine-like with some astringent hemp oil notes as well as providing a light, persistent bitterness towards the late middle and finish of this brew. This beer has a nice heft to it, light enough to be quite drinkable, yet with enough body to carry the hop and malt character quite well. As the beer warms a bit it becomes a bit minty in its hop character and the overall effect of the malt is softened, with the toasty, darker grain notes becoming less noticeable and the sweet, caramelized notes coming a bit more to the fore.

This is a really tasty brew. I really like the mix of hop and malt character here; the hops provide both sharp herbal notes and accenting fruit flavors as well as the typical bitterness, while the malt plays a slightly secondary role, but provides lots of interest and flavor to this quaffable brew. There is nothing over the top or loud about this beer, the characterful malt and hop character just play well here; the flavors and aroma both meld as well as contrast and compete with each other all at about the right time, such that they create a really tasty brew, that is most definitely enjoyed while this is nice and fresh.

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22oz bottle. pours clear, ruby color. Aroma of citrus. Flavor is citrus hop and malt. Light - medium bodied. it’s ok.

Sparkling amber,lasting beige head,small bead.Rich malt nose. Good malt start, medium strength lasting hop bitterness in finish

Tap – Eastside Club Tavern – Olympia, WA
Had the bartender recommend this one and I was surprised to here they had a new beer I never heard of.
Aroma – Light malt aroma with a tad of smokiness
Appearance - Very clear Amber in color with a thin head
Flavor – Crisp and nicely malted with a light hops flavor. Can taste cascades I think.
Palate – Refreshing easy to drink beer this is going to be come a great amber for Deschutes.
Overall – A nice Amber ale has a nice smokey flavor to it. The malts might have a slight peat added in the boil. This was a great beer. Good Job Deschutes.