Deschutes Mirror Pond Pale Ale

hazy orange-brown body with nice and quiet, lacy, off-white head; smooth drink with enough flavor--peanut, citrus, sweet then bitter, but always refreshing; tingly, bittersweet, refreshing... good brew!

poured into tall pilsner. pours a clear orange copper with white frothy head. smooth fresh citrus hops on aroma. smooth and mild to citrus finish. sweet front, fresh hoppy middle. full bodied and refreshing. good mild finish. very subtle complexity. very good quality pale, and fun to drink.

Pours a clear gold/orange with some head that leaves a good bit of lacing. Nose is hoppy and sweet. Taste is heavy with hops with a firm citric/sweet edge to it. Almost like a cross between a lemon and an orange. Feel is what you’d expect - has a little carbonation to it, and it feels good on the tongue. Extremely drinkable.

bottled. Not much going on here. Slightly bitter but otherwise lacking in taste. Seemed "soapy" to me.

Caramel honey colored pour with a lasting creamy head. Smell is of an almost berry like hoppiness at first, but it fades into a light hoppy, almost metallic smell as it opens up. Taste is mildish hoppiness, with a sweet finish at first, and then after a few sips a hoppy light bitterness lingers in the aftertaste. Maybe it was just my tummy today, but this seemed fairly acidic after it went down. Not a bad pale ale at all, either way. There are more I like better, but I could still have this again.

Bottle. Nice sweet hoppy smell. Decent bitterness with good head. Not too much flavor. A bit watery, good carbonation. Slightly bland bitterness.

Date: October 12, 1996
Source: Brewfest, Newport, OR
Appearance: light amber, whispy head
Aroma: mild cascade aroma
Flavor: solid flavor with medium cascade hoping, just a touch of bitterness

Date: June 07, 2007
Mode: bottle
Source: Ale Atlanta
Score: 2.5 to 2.7
Appearance: hazy dark yellow
Aroma: same mild cascade aroma
Flavor: sweet malt flavor with light hops, light bitter finish

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.7/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

Draft: Pours an orange copper color with a perfect 1 finger white head. Aroma of carmel and citrusy and floral hops. Flavor is malty and chewy carmel malts, mild hop bitterness with a floral and pithy orange rind like flavor. Nicely balanced and easy to drink but nothing spectacular.