Deschutes Hop Trip

Brewed by Deschutes Brewery
Style: American Pale Ale
Bend, Oregon USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

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Coppery orange. Sticky white froth deposits abundant lace. Vibrant flowery hop aroma consists of anise and complementary notes of toasted biscuits. Clean airy esters stimulate the olfactory senses as well. Soft and fluffy natural carbonation condenses on the palate. Early stage of the flavor is slightly grainy but noticeably juicy with hops. Firm kiss of toasted biscuits and nutty malts enhances the hops. Despite the slightly earthy yeast character, which fills the center with flavor and depth while also bolstering the body, the level of attenuation is perfect. Light acidity prolongs the well-structured toasted malts, which last well into the balanced finish. Closes understatedly bitter with a gentle drop of tropical-fruit acidity which underscores the lingering nutty and strawlike malts. The hop aroma is relatively subdued, but there’s lots to love about this: It’s cleanly aromatic, has an understated but effective hop bitterness, is quite estery, and is very refined. Of course being bottle conditioned and fairly priced is also a plus. An ideal session brew.

Found an old tasting note: orange colour with a fairly carbonated head. very floral hoppy aroma and a bit of leafy/vegetal note as well. I marked down that it had a sort of yeasty/banana note. medium bodied brew with creamy feel and slightly hoppy finish.

From notes. This guy pours a nice Burnt orange with a one finger white head that leaves really nice lacing. Nice tropical fruit aroma, tangerine, pineapple, and apricots. There are plenty of nice malt notes backing up all of those hops. Very nice flavor, the tropical fruit holds pretty strong, lots of tangerine with some nice malt in the body, clean bitter finish. Very tasty. The body is on the light side of medium, nice full carbonation. Overall an awesome brew, really tasty.

orange amber with a nice off-white head that is well-retained. Lacing sticks. The smell is of tangerines and grapefruit with pine and some grainy malt/slightly caramel backing. The taste is citric, pine and a carmelish grainy malt backing.

Overall a great beer. I love the hop mythos of the field to kettle in 4 hours. It makes a good (true) story. Aroma is sweet with notes of pine and citrus. Front of the pallete is tangy with great hop character. After taste is slightly astringent with fruit characteristics.

Draft at MarCellars. Orange-amber with a lasting quarter inch of head. Nose is orange, caramel, fresh green herbs. Flavor is the same. Light-medium body is well balanced, has medium carbonation and is very drinkable.

Aroma of grapefruit. I like this okay for a pale ale, which is not my favourite style, but I’d drink this one.

Bottle. Copper colour with white head. Citrusy aroma. Not crazy bitter, but quite nice.

Refreshing new interpretation of a PA. Served a bit too cold, small off white head that settled to a light cover which lasts and lots of lace. Color is a clear amber. Aroma is a little mild and not much indication of the great itegrated flavors to come. Those flavors tend towards slightly bittersweet, wet hay, a little bit of weed, caramel and a crazy juxtaposition. Body is bang on. Finish has proof of greatness cause I want more. Excellent, drink the fuck out of it beer.

bomber, floral, citrus, golden, amber, clear, white foam, medium sweetness, lightly bitter, light body, average carbonation,

12 ounce bottle- Poured into a Sniffer glass..The Aroma is Hoppy with hints of lemons and field grass, The color is light copper, about the color of apple juice, With a 1 finger soapy color head, with a little lacing around the glass..The Taste is Fresh with nice Hop balance and hints of citrus and nice paleness..Lingering hops on the palate, This is a really good beer.Go out and get you one, I have not had a bad beer from the Deschutes brewery.