Deschutes Mirror Pond Pale Ale

Copper colored and clear in look with a beige colored head. Smell is hops, malts, flowers, and sweet. Taste is hops, grass, flowers, light bitterness, and some malts. Not bad.

ours acopper orange with a tan headaroma of cascade and full malt nicely balanced slight bitterness on the tongue almost no real hop bite more like a copper ale than a pale in that regard good beer but not as strong in the flavor department as I prefer, possibly the lack ABV% results in less hop flavor to maintain the superior balance.

A decent pale ale, but by no means life-changing. Has a good alcohol burn, suprisingly, despite its tame 5.3%. Sweet on the nose and hearty in the mouth with the usual suspects present in an American pale ale along with an almost salty/beefy flavor in the background. Overall, good. I can dig it.

<b>Bottle 355ml.</b>
Unclear medium orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, moderate hoppy, grapefruity. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (050808)

Pours with a large, fluffy, off-white head. Clear honey orange body. Head diminishes but leaves good lacing. Aroma is nice and piney with a bit of citrus, some soap and and caramel. Taste is soapy and malty with bitter hops at the finish. Creamyish mouthfeel, light bubbles.

bottle from Mar...thanks! copper color, off white head. aroma has some nice hops, mostly citrus maybe a hint of pine. Flavor is quite hoppy to my surprise. Pretty damn bitter for a pale. Winner.

Pours a light clear copper with off white head, no lacing with this beer. Smells fresh and piney. Tastes slightly of citrus, but smooth with a light creaminess. Not a lot of hops, more of an aftertaste. I would probably opt for another pale ale over this one.

Pours orange with almost no head, and little lacing to follow. Bitter hops in the nose that stays til the finish and well after its gone. Minutes after finishing the glass, I could still taste bitter in my mouth. A man’s beer. Not for the timid, despite only being 5.0% alcohol as listed on the label.