Skookum Woodys Oak

Brewed by Skookum Brewery
Style: American Pale Ale
Arlington, Washington USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

Draught at St. Augustine’s, Vancouver
Cloudy light amber color. Grapefruit and oranges aroma. Mild malt flavor, with low residual sweetness, bitter oranges, grapefruit, and light woody tartness; correct bitterness.

Soft citrus, floral and earthy hop notes. Fresh woody oak notes. Golden pour with a thin head and nice lace. The hop flavors are soft but crisp, they move to some wood dryness. Lingering floral and citrus notes. Crisp, light, super drinkable with a really nice dry finish.

draft at the brewery. pours a slightly hazy bright medium gold. nice thin but creamy white head. appealing mild tangerine nose. creamy medium body with lively carb. caramel, toast, and tangerine on the mid palate. mild tangy finish. crisp and refreshing.

Draught @ WABF 2008. Pours a pale orange color with small white head. Has a malty aroma with some hoppy hints. Sweetish malty caramel flavor with some hoppy hints. Slightly sweetish malty caramel finish.

On tap at WABL Fathers Day BrewFest 2008. Pours hazy copper with an off-white head. Medium body & light carbonation. There’s some oak in here? Really?! It didn’t have much other flavor to go up against, so where are they hiding it?

Opaque orange, small beige head. Light fresh hop nose.Very thin light hop profile. Didn’t notice any woodiness at all. Not much here.

Not as pale as most pale ales, which was alright with me. As the name implies, the tree takes a starring role in the aroma and flavor. It is well interwoven with the sweetness and medium bodied malt. Nice drink.

Preliminary notes (1st batch): Crisp, light oak aroma with a bit of fruitiness. Clean malts, sublte snappiness at the back. Brewer did not indicate any major changes for this, but I’ll revisit in the summer nonetheless.