Deschutes Mirror Pond Pale Ale

Draft - Poured a darkish amber in color with a foamy whitish head. Aroma was of floral hops and some sweet malt. Flavor was also medium hoppy with a decent malt balance. Not strongly flavored, but good. Mildly bitter on the finish. A decent beer, but not a great one... worth repeating.

This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a small sized head of foamy finely sized white colored bubbles that were and left behind a transparent softly carbonated golden brown colored body and a good lacing. The mild aroma was floral and malty. The crisp semi-thick mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish with a medium hoppy aftertaste. The flavor contained notes of floral malt and hops. A decent one that I would consider buying again.

Excellent beer, good balance of malts and hops. Nice appearance, another quality beer from Deschutes

Bottle. Medium hoppy nose with sweet grain and metallic aroma. Fresh hops aroma. Amber-orange clear with foamy off-white lacing head. Medium watery with medium-light carbonation. Starts with rounded maltiness, sweet biscuit. Balanced with fresh hops taste, not overly bitter. Nice dry end with rounded nutty dry after. Decent pale ale.

it’s alright, for now. but i have a feeling it might grow on me.

Rated 7/27/07. Bottle at Freakin Frog in Las Vegas, NV. Cloudy amber body with a thin film for a head that leaves behind a spotty lacing. The aroma was unexpectedly fruity, but appealing. I really picked up alot of banana, but there were also some citrus hops dancing around on top of a bready, yeasty background. The flavor was very sweet and fruity, which I again was not expecting. The hop bitterness is on the low side, which is disappointing because I think a hoppier profile could really make for an interesting brew here. Very smooth, almost creamy medium body. Not a bad brew but a bit too sweet for me. I would even dare to say that this could be interpreted as a fruit beer.

Sampled with friends after picking out a few winning beers during ABA’s annual beer swap in Portland, Oregon. Pours a semi-hazy orangish-amber brew with a spritzy white head that slowly dissolves to a white ring. Aroma of multi-grain malt, caramel, a touch of banana and roasted nuts. Taste is highly carbonated, medium bodied, with a light banana nut bread with a touch of citrus. Finish is light, some thin carbonation on the tongue with a faint bitter aftertaste.

Bottle. Pours sparkling orange with a spare fizzy off-white head, mostly diminishing, spare lacing. Aroma is average malt (bread, cereal), heavy hops (flowers, grapefruit), light yeast (dough) with notes of pear. Medium bodied, thin texture, soft carbonation and a bitter finish. Average duration, light sweetness, moderate acidity and bitterness.