Indian Wells Death Valley Pale Ale

Brewed by Indian Wells Brewing
Style: American Pale Ale
Inyokern, California USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

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(12oz bottle) golden with few bubbles. Nose of hairspray, old fruit, gold raisins, just smells gross. Taste of old grain mash, a bit of orange, and bready. Oily body. Nothing super offensive, just not good.

Draft. Amber beer with a cream colored head. Malt and light dust aroma with pine and light grain. Malt and light grain flavor with light pine and light citrus. Medium bodied. Malt and light grain lingers with light pine.

Bottle. Light amber, small and fully diminishing head. Moderate, malty and sweet aroma, caramel and light fruitiness, faint citrus hoppyness. Body is medium, malty and sweet flavor, caramel and light fruitiness with faint citrus hoppyness. Finish is short to average, malty and sweetish, caramel, light citrus hoppyness. Caramel sweet "IPA".

Copper-tinged amber with a thin white head. Funky off-aroma faded as it warmed up a bit. Taste is heavy on grapefruit. Not much else going on.

Poured into a pint glass. Two finger of white head on top of transparent golden ale. The head was solid. Great lacing. Faint smell of lemon. Mild taste of bitterness, faint malt sweetness. Soft texture, moderate carbonation, light to medium body. It looked really great. For a pale ale it’s just too mild all around. It’s a step about the standard BMC lagers but as an ale it should have a bit more to it.

12oz bottle pours a dull deep copper with gold hues and thin white head. The modest aroma offers up some tangy tart grapefruit and orange peel. It is on the timid side for the style. The taste has that easy drinkin’ nearly fresh quality with some tart grapefruit and tangelo peel mixing with faint sweet fruity esters. Into the finish it dries out some as a bit of roasted malts seems to be noticed.

Caramel and some citrus in th aroma, very thin body for a pale ale, caramel and citrus in the flavor, some metallic notes in the finish, this tastes like a macro brewed american pale ale.

12oz bottle while in Vegas. Pours a clear, copper colored body with a thin, frothy, off-white head that dissipates quickly and leaves a moderate lacing. Aroma is fairly floral with some citrus and a moderate caramel sweetness that is somewhat bready. Flavor is similar. Medium sweet, bready caramels with some floral citruses and a light earth. Finishes dry with a light-medium bitterness and a bit of a bready caramel. Fairly lengthy aftertaste following a medium body and moderate carbonation. Overall, a decent pale ale. Fairly well balanced with some bready caramels and decent hopping. Not bad.

12 oz. bottle from Total Wine (Tucson) - Pours a clear copper color with a one finger thick off white head. Very light lacing. Has a light floral perfume aroma. Flavor is lightly sweetened toasted malt, esters, and floral hops. Has a lingering aftertaste. Medium body. Worth a try.

Bottle; not much expectations for this one. Poured a copper-amber color with a smallish off white head. Aroma of caramel and earth; not too much here. Flavor had a strong earthy presence with a bit of bread and caramel. Some offputting fruit. Not very good.