Alpine Beer Company Alpine Ale

Brewed by Alpine Beer Company (CA)
Style: American Pale Ale
Alpine, California USA

Brew pour a beautiful golden color w/ a medium sized, semi creamy froth. Residual lacing is full, thick as a down comforter, and lasting. Nice! Aroma is a perfect balance of malt and sweet hops. Medium nectar w/ ample yet soft residual effers creating a very creamy texture. So far this brew is classic. Right out of the bull pin this ale is balanced. Malts and fresh hops meet half way like long distant lovers. Nuances of biscuits, sea salt, and fresh hay. Mild caramel and petite citrus rind rally round my palate. This brew is perfect. The finish is bittered w/ velvet hops and has a lingering malt component. Overall: This pale ale is so drinkable. It’s a great session brew, the best. Even as the brew warms, the overall integrity stays intact, always fresh. If you are in CA, look this brewery up and grab a bottle, or 6.

Big chill hazed hue of pale gold with a moderate capping of sticky white froth. Great lacing all over the place with thickly set cob webbing sheets. Aroma is set in a simple balanced tone of toasted citrus. One part orange peel, one part grapefruit peel, two and one half parts toasted grain, a dash of dry grass, a pinch of pine, and half part hop cone. Delightfully clean with a smidgeon of resin always underneath the main recipe. Taste is quite nice. First thing to notice is it’ll make for one fantastic drinkin’ pale. Supurb balance of hops and toasted malt all throughout each sip and/or gulp. Flavors aren’t overly intense but definately encourageable within the style of an APA. Great perks of citric toned hops bring in a slight parching front of grapefruit. Quickly balanced by one finely set toasty backing of malts and firmly fluffy grainyness. Clean styled bitterness with a wonderful light drying toasty edge and grassy spice ends the fun after each sip and/or gulp for a long, long stay on the palate and memory. Feel is wonderfully clean and balanced within a solid medium body, if not more. Finishes with fluff and toasty parched citric hops and grasses that never leave the palate. Bitterness is pleasantly easy but always there within its own balance and respectful tone. Drinkability is bar none, awesome! So clean and balanced with the perfect bitterness and tones to its character. Wow, this stuff is the shit. I absolutely loved this beer. I could drink it all day. Alpine rocks dudes! One of the best Pales I’ve had. Yum! Seek and drink!

What a nice beer. Completely flying under beer geek USA’s radar, this beer is a really great example of an America pale ale. It’s got just the right combo of maltyness and hoppyness to be near perfect in balance. Excellent condition gives this a beautiful color and head. This baby is worth every penny if/when you find it.

Draft at O’briens. Alpine kicks butt with another pale ale. Awesome smells of hops and citrus. Flavors are smooth but hoppy. Interesting interpretation of a pale ale. Reminded me of an east coast iipa.

On tap at the brewery. Nice 1 finger foamy head with varying sized bubbles. Amber color . A pale ale, but I would call it an amber ale or IPA. Probably one of the best pale ales.

22 oz. bottle from ALPINE BC - Pours a very clear golden color with a light, white head. Light stringy lacing. Has nice piney, citrus hop aroma. Very little malt flavoring. Lots of hops. Who cares? Taste pretty good. Light to medium body. No unpleasant aftertaste. Very underrated. Good beer.

On tap at O’Brien’s. Clear golden color with a nice white head. Citrus-hop aromas. A little more malt in the flavor than in the aromas, but still strong hops. Not surprised that Alpine’s APA was more IPA since their IPA is more DIPA and their DIPA is .... well... Exponential!. Pretty good stuff.

Draught @ Alpine Brewery and O’Brien’s San Diego

The beer appears a golden amber color with the head small to moderate in size, the consistency creamy with the lace forming a nice curtain to conceal the glass. Nose has a brisk citrus like crispness with a pleasing light hop floral tone, start is sweet and pleasantly malt laden, top is middling in feel. Finis has a purposeful acidity, the hops upfront and spicy, the aftertaste dry and a fine drinking beer.