North Peak Pale Ale

On tap at the brewery. Poured a hazed copper with a white fizzy head. Fruity citrus hops in the nose. Sweet and tropical. Caramel malt flavors with citrus, tropical fruits, and hops. Touch of floral bitterness and spice in the finish. Surprisingly refreshing and tasty.

Draft sampler at North Peak. Poured an amber color with a moderate fizzy white head that diminished slowly with good lacing. Light sour citrus hop aroma. Medium body with soft carbonation. Medium bitter flavor with a medium bitter of moderate duration duration. Good drinkable brew.

Pours a hazy orange color with a thin white head. Aroma of resinous hops. Flavor of resinous and piney hops, interesting but lacks a solid presence of malt to give some sense of balance, it finishes with bitterness. The body is light with an oily texture and lively carbonation. The best beer I had at this brewpub, which doesn’t say much.

12 Oz Bottle. Aroma of dying plant material and crushed seeds. Pour of an almost opalsecent tawny green-gold. Rim of white. Flavor is disgusting, a real disagreeing bite of sourness and dry tannins. There’s not much malt or hop character, just a disconcerting pain of sour and dry fighting. It’s ugly.

Tap at brewery. Nice orange copper color with no head. Nice fresh hop aroma and taste, that settles into the malt. Very refreshing. Pine and some grapefrut.