Wasatch Pale Ale

Formerly brewed at Schirf Brewing Company/Wasatch Brew Pub
Style: English Pale Ale
Park City, Utah USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

UPDATED: MAY 25, 2009
Date: April 21, 2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, 50 More Beers on the Wall
Appearance: hazy light orange, wispy white head
Aroma: sweet citrus aroma
Body: robust body
Flavor: nice citrus hop flavor with sweet caramel malt, light lasting bitter finish
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

12oz bottle-pours a thin white head and copper/gold color. Aroma is slick, sweet/bitter, citrus, aromatic hops. Taste is the caramel medium malt is just as assertive as the hops, slick, sweet/bitter, earthy, spicy hops. Mild easy drinking, malty PA. Mild carbonation.

Bottle: Pale gold color, thick white head, awesome lacing. The nose is very clean and fresh and hoppy, light sweet malts and a nice herbal character. The flavor is good, lightly hoppy, clean malts. Solid body. Could use a bit more umph but overall it’s pretty good. Nice.

Poured a golden amber with a lmedium frothy off-white head. Dull caramel malt with a light fruitiness. Mix of earthy hops and caramel malt. Mildly bitter semi-dryfinish. Light to medium bodied.

Big time thanks to Mikey for the hook up. Thanks to Dave as well, this is retired part of Utah brewing history and I at least got to try it. Of course, we need to keep in mind old pale ales degrade and change. Nevertheless, it is a honor to try it. Pours a wonderful copper color with a large white foamy head. The aroma suggested hops were still there; fruity, with biscuit and caramel. The flavor is similar; the slow atrophy of father time has brought the hops to a tea-like herbal state, sweet, biscuit, some fruit. Quite drinkable and nice. I feel like a archeologist sometimes with beer, and this was quite a dig. Very smooth and not sour or off in any way.

Bottle.brought back from Utah. One of the big beers (over 3.2%) from Utah. The taste is sweet and malty balanced with a sweet sticky hoppiness. Medium body and taste leaves you wanting more.

Bottle from rkuhnel. Blech, this beer is a mess. First off, it was a gusher. Not expecting that out of a pale ale, I wasn’t prepared with a glass, or a sink nearby, so I did the old hand-on-top-of-the-bottle trick. That worked somewhat well, but hand could not keep up with the pressure, and I sprayed the occasional beer super-soaker across the apartment as I made a beeline to the sink. Good times.

Aroma is very biscuity and noodley. A touch of hops. The flavor is somewhat lactic, kind of thi, biscuity, and tastes slightly infected, which wouldn’t be a surprise considering the gusher. However, it is very easy drinking, so that’s a plus.

Pours a light orange color with a white head. Aroma is of aged malts. Flavor is malty with a slight bitter finish.