Berghoff Pale Ale

Brewed by Minhas Craft Brewery
Style: American Pale Ale
Monroe, Wisconsin USA

Medium copper, clear, with a small, creamy, white head. Aromas in moderation reveal mild nuttiness, light citrus and slight roast. Mild flavor touches on citric hops with a grainy background. Thin and a little sour with bitters to finish. In a word, "Mild".

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Had this one bottled. Hmm, a somewhat dissapointing pale. Clear dark orange color, not too much nose of note, taste is uninspired, with hops and apples quicky dissipating to nothingness. Skip it for the multitude of other better pales.

Dark Gold Coloring with White Skin. Light Aroma. Big Hop Hit Making for a Dry Mouthfeel.. Watery Overall. Not One of Their Better Ones.

pretty pour. gold hued amber body with a nice white head that laces. aroma, hmmm... i held this to my nose while watching a survivor rerun on OLN(i wanted hockey, oh how i wanted hockey) and i was not sure which brought a worse warning, the beer aroma or the shitty tv show. sour honey smell with something like a septic quality, but with cinnamon. sweet leathery flavor with some industrial cleaner. a lemony finish with some licorice. a lot of unpl;easant chemicals in this beast of a brew.

Nice copper body with a skimpy off-white head. Aroma of mild caramel malt with some orange zest and earthy bitterness. The flavor is a very light sweet malt with a dash of citric hop bitterness. A fine example of the taming of a style.

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Bottle. Not much aroma. Light colored head. Nice color for a pale ale, lets you know it isn’t lacking in flavor. Mild bitterness and not much hop for a pale ale. It’s good, but not on the top of it’s style.

Clear amber color, not much of a fizzy white head. Oddly, I can’t smell much from this beer. Slight citrus rind and what I can only call pencil lead. Taste good enough. A bit fizzy to me, but it has a citrus and grassy hop character nicely balanced with some caramel malts. Not overly complex, but a decent drink that has good flavor.

While living in Wisconsin, this was the best drinking beer for $4.99 a six, and still I find few examples of a decent beer for a decent price.