Hopworks Belgian-Style Pale Ale

Brewed by Hopworks Urban Brewery
Style: Belgian Ale
Portland, Oregon USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Pours golden clear amber with low white head. Aroma is yeasty and fruity, light citrus, light toffee. Taste is light fruity sweet. Body is light and fresh with low carbonation. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle - Grassy hops, yeast and a bit of horse blanket. Hazy yellow thin white head. Orange very dry and grassy hops. Finish is not too great. Ok for a BPA. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Serving: from bottle--purchased at Made in Oregon. Aroma: moderate citrus aroma with horse blanket overtones. Appearance: very small, fizzy, off-white, initial head that quickly disappeared. No lacing. Hazy, light amber body with tiny body particles. Taste: light-to-moderately sweet and citrusy initial flavor and lightly bitter, finish with average duration. Palate: light body, dry texture and lively-to-fizzy carbonation. Overall: excellent beer. Complex and easy to drink.

Pale and cloudy yellow/gold pour, white head. Belgian yeast, mango, unripe stone fruit, mild hops. Fluffy on the tongue and pretty good stuff.

Bomber from Made in Oregon. Pours hazy gold with a frothy, but slight, white head. Aroma is typical Belgian yeast esters - oddly more suggestive of pineapple than banana. Med minus body. Flavor is lightly Belgian yeast/spice, but strongly hoppy. Comes out as earthy and fruity. Quite dry. Peppery aspects show up. Quite an excellent flavor.

I think this is my first "Wow" beer of 2013. Pours a lovely orange color. A big and bold Belgian yeast aroma followed by that typical barnyard funk which then melts into a pale ale. I’m getting spice notes and a subtle bitterness. Just super drinkable. I had to force myself to slow down and enjoy it.

Name: Belgian Pale
Date: November 30, 2012
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: clear gold, fine white head, streaks of lace
Aroma: floral aroma, slightly sweet pale malt, light mustyness, floral hops well integrated with phenolic spicyness
Flavor: dry pale malt flavor, lots of phenolic spicyness enhanced by floral hops, balancing bitterness, long bitter finish
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4

Bottle, lighter golden pour. Great aroma, mentholyptic, fruity, floral and big herbal notes. Floral, herbal followed up by a tobacco flavor. Touches of medicinal mouth numbing notes. Decent

Bottle:   Straw colored, hazy, moderate frothy white head, clumpy lacing.   Bright bready/doughy aroma.   Soft floral and tropical fruit notes.   Pale breadiness on the tongue, very yeasty and doughy.   The soft floral and tropical fruit also presides towards the back.   Moderate to full body and mouthfeel.   Finishes with a bright yeasty breadiness with underlying notes of tropical fruit and flora.   Nothing out of the ordinary, but well made for an American brewer.

Sample @ SBWF 12. Pale golden colour with an off-white head. Sweet fruity aroma. Falvour is sweet, malty with some fruits.