Green Mill Grand Marais Pale Ale

Formerly brewed at Green Mill Restaurant & Bar
Style: American Pale Ale
St. Paul, Minnesota USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

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Pours a lightly hazed golden color, served with an inch of white foam. Good head retention, solid lacing. Mild light sweet malt in the aroma. On the light side, but with a tasty and quite dry toasted malt flavor. Floral hops throughout, providing just a hint of residual bitterness. Good carbonation, easy to drink.

On tap. Apparently this is the last batch of Green Mill beer that will ever be brewed...Although the beers were never good, I find that a little bit sad. Pours a nice copper gold color with a thin head. Decent hop in the aroma, but I’m getting mostly caramel malts. The flavor is really sweet and malty in kind of a pleasant way, tastes almost like caramel, but the hops keep it from being to much. A bit thin bodied, as others have noted, but a pretty decent beer overall.

Pretty well done. Fairly light in color, pretty good lacing. Pretty good, yet light hop presence in the nose. Malt character was not so great all the way through. Hops were more present in the taste (citrusy & a little sprucy). A touch of malt sweetness comes through in the finish, but still remains slightly dry. This beer is a bit restrained and watered down, but still pretty good.

Draft @ Brewpub: Copper color, light white head and nice lacing. Nose of citrusy hop and light husky malt, decent cascade note. Dry flavor, ok pale ale, a bit lacking in body, but it’s refreshing to have a drinkable beer in the lineup.

On tap at the St Paul brewpub (sampler). Pale copper colour. There is a hint of hop here but it is very restrained. Also a dab of sweet malt. Light body. Drinkable but distinctly underpowered. Third beer of the sampler and a pattern was beginning to emerge.

Crystal clear amber body topped by beige head. Aroma is medium sweet, butterscotch, some orange, caramel. Taste is medium sweet, orange/earthy, light butterscotch. Light-medium body, low carbonation.

From tap. Pours clear orange with a little white head. Aroma is hops fruity and floral. Flavour is caramellic and fruity/peach hops blend. Finish is peachy bitter without being dry.

Amber color with no head. Just a bit of malt in the aroma. There seemed to be a respectfully solid malt base for a pale ale. On top of that was some hops and a general dried flower taste. Pretty good!

Super solid coppery color with a thin white head, faded fast, no real lace qualities. Smell is soft and faint of malt and floral hops. Taste is very nice, pleasantly mild hoppy bite with great malt backing, a touch of sweetness, very smooth tone and easily bittered lending through to a nice smooth dry finish. One nice, very relaxing and refreshing brew, yummy. Has a good solid medium body and light sweetish bittering dry ending. Highly drinkable and easy on senses. A solid offering regularly available year round.

No bad for a pizza joint! I had her in St. Paul at Winterfest 2/8/03. She gave solid head was auburn in color and had a box that bites back..i like that!