Big Sky Crystal Ale

Brewed by Big Sky Brewing Company
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Missoula, Montana USA

On tap at Papago in Phoenix. My first Montana beer! Mild citrus hopped aroma with some grassy notes present. This is a soft, pleasant enough aroma. Transparent blonde/golden color with a small whitish head. Mildly citric and orange flavor to start with some biscuity maltiness in the middle. Finishes with a little hoppiness. Mild peppery notes to finish. A good session beer.

On tap @ Papago. Had a good fruity aroma. Golden color with white head. Fruit flavor along witha meium bitterness made this one refreshing. Good brew.

On-Tap @ Papago The beer fresh from the tap is a nice clear blond color with a big fluffy white head that dissipates slowly leaving a fine curtain of lace to cover the glass. Nose has a fresh crisp hint of hops, sweet malt, quite appetizing; start is somewhat sweet with a pleasant grain profile and the top light to moderate in feel. Finish has a stern acidity, hops potent and the aftertaste dry, a real nice drinking beer; I had three pints, just damn good.

Bottle: Light clear orange with a thin white head, lemon, light fruits and grains in the aroma, lightly bitter start and finish. Medium bodied with good carbonation, orange aftertaste.

It was a cloudy yellow in color with a small head. It had a fairly light and refreshing taste with a nice finish.

Pours a lightly golden yellow, hazy and bubbly in the head department with a very grassy herbal aroma. Has that lemon pastry aroma, would be tastier I believe in a different season.

[Bottle] A nice golden cor pour with a great head. This had a skunky aroma right off which says it had too much light affect. A good summer beer this brew sat too long on the shelf at the store in Montana where I bought it. Hope the next is better.

pours a clowdy gold with diminishing head and long lacing. lemon dough to the nose and light citrus with lemon hops ending to the mouth. would be better in summer than winter.