Desert Edge Utah Pale Ale

Brewed by Desert Edge Brewery
Style: American Pale Ale
Salt Lake City, Utah USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

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UPDATED: JUL 31, 2005 This is the same amber hue as their Munich lager, but with a great head that adhered to the glass. There’s a powerful grapefruity nose. This is a superbly balanced hoppy-malted beer. Very, very good!!

Tap at DE. Pine and citrus hops in the nose, toasty malt, some caramel. Pours amber, white head with decent retention and some lacing. Flavor: medium bitterness, pleasant citrus and pine hop flavors, biscuity malt notes and caramel, well balanced. Light-medium body, medium carbonation. Well done session brew.

Poured up on tap at the Desert Edge with clear copper body and white head. The aroma offers up a bit of roasted malts and a good dose of pine hops. The taste is pretty roasty with malts for the style but is balanced by bitter citrus hops and pine hop resin as well as a touch of caramel. Full bold flavored brew for the style.

on tap 7/22/10. orange tinted gold with a white head. pnw hops are all over the nose...pale caramel maltiness, pine, citrus, earth and spice. the flavor is the same... lots of pine-tastic hops but not overly piney. lots of citrus and malt yet it is dry and spicy. crisp mouth feel and prickly carbonation. 6/3/6/4/14/3.3

Cask at the brewpub. Almost clear brownish amber, small head. Resiny from nose to finish. Some caramel and grapefruit, light-medum bodied with clean, rounded mouthfeeel. Notes of chlorine in a resiny finish.

Pours a nice orangish color. Aroma is floral hops, some caramel, and a hint of vegtables. Flavor of a classic pale, nice hop flavor.

On tap at the brewpub
Appearance: Slightly hazy amber with a white head and some lacing
Aroma: Citrus, pine
Taste: Pine, sweet malts, citrus
A good beer, one of my favorites from Desert Edge.

Just came across these notes from last winter (draft at brewery): Cloudy. Rusty orange hue. Fluffy head with nice lace. Crisp and light on the tongue. Doughy, cakey, earthy malts with a burnt edge. Citrusy (orange and sugared lemon). Fair amount of bitterness, especially in the finish. A little rough around the edges, but definitely one of the best I had at Desert Edge.

On tap a few weeks back in SLC (bayou). Color was an orange-amber with an off white head. Aroma was earthy and yeasty, with a good dash of caramel and bread. Flavor was similar, and very nice as well for the style. Earthy, bready and yeasty. A bit dry. Solid beer.

on tap at the bayou at the bayou in salt lake city. decent but nothing special apa.

UPDATED: FEB 28, 2008 On tap at the Bayou. Pours a light gold with a decent white head. The aroma is strong hops-grapefruit and pine. The taste is mostly a nice bitter hops and a citrus element. Unbalanced, thin, and too weak. But overall, pretty darn good. One of Utah’s better beers.