Deschutes Mirror Pond Pale Ale

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

A somewhat lighter version of Sierra Nevada Pale to my taste. The finishing hops are a little more prominent in this brew, mostly due to lack of underlying complexity. Nice golden/copper color, but quite unexceptional activity and head. Very good nonetheless! All of the Deschutes’ brews that I’ve tried (Twilight and IPA) have offered a very interesting and satisfying change of pace. Not mainstream, but very good.

I enjoyed the cascade hops in this beer. It is not a beer a drink often, but whenever I do it is a pleasure. It is a well balance beer, maybe a bit more hoppy that might be expected.

tap. dark yellow/light brown pour with a good size head. aroma was definitely cascade hops and honey. sweet flavor with quite apparent hop levels. grapefruit and orange were there along with thier pal floral taste. not a bad beer, a bit burnt in the finish and didn’t leave a great taste. but a nice mouthfeel that was a bit sticky, but enjoyable.

I was lucky enough to have this on tap as a cast aged brew. Dark golden color with a citrus aroma. Thought this would be like an IPA, but was pleasantly surprised at it’s smooth well balance taste. If in Portland, try this at Horse Brass. You won’t be disappointed.

Color goes from bright gold on the edges to burnt orange in the center of the glass. Lots of visable carbonation. Thin white head, though it lasted through the entire beer. Pretty hazy. Typical grapefruit aroma. Buscuit and cara malts are also evident. Quite bitter with lots of grapefruit hop flavor. Sweet. Pretty thin. Lots of bubbles across the tounge. Run of the mill.

Bottled. Pours golden with a big white head. Aroma is sweet malts and hops. Taste is sweet and bitter

Bottled, unfortunately close to best by date. Sweet, lightly fruity aroma, some honey and flowers with the lighter scents of grapefruit and tangerine. Light-medium golden amber color, a bit hazy, with a subsiding, thin head. Flavor is geared primarily towards the hoppiness, which is present in varying quantities from beginning to end, supported marginally by the toasty, sweetish malts, the finish yielding juicy, citric, piney hop flavors, but only to a mderate degree. The mouthfeel seems somewhat thin here, the body light-medium. Probably hurt by its lack of freshness, although it is still within the assumed 3 month period of its sojourn from the brewery to points elsewhere.

On tap near Portland airport. flavorful throughout, lasting lacing, good representation of the area.