Blowing Rock High Country Ale

Boone Brewing Company
Brewed at Lion Brewery, Inc.
Style: American Pale Ale
Blowing Rock, North Carolina USA

I agree with some of the others that this beer simply hasn’t enogh strength to compete with the traditional American ale, but when considered on it’s own without comparison, I found it quite good. It has a mild but pleasant aroma and the flavor, though mild, is quite good. I found it very refreshing and was moved to have more than one. I have bought it again and will continure to do so on occasion

Crystal clear light amber pour thin white head and no lace. Caramel malts on the nose. Watery thin mouth-feel. Bland flavor mostly malts needs some more hop flavor/bitterness to balance it out.

12 oz screw-top bottle, pours a crystal clear light pale amber color with a persistent thin head across the entire surface. Very effervescent. Nose is sweet crystal malt with no detectable hop aroma. Disappointing considering this is an American pale. The flavor is only a tad better with hints of hop bitterness to offset the sweet malt, plus ample carbonation (almost too much for this style), but still no distinct citrusy American hop flavor. As others have made clear, this is an unremarkable beer.

Bottle, #431. Light copper pour with small head. Light APA aroma and flavor, but not too much of it. Somewhat disappointing.

[November 9, 2008]
Bottle. Pours a light, see-through copper with no head. The nose is of typical American pale sweetness, but virtually no hops are present, just the sweet, honeyish, clean malts. Predictably light palate on this one with hints at honey, bread, and still no real hops. Perhaps the finish is slightly husky and a trace of citrus is buried in there somewhere, but this is certainly malt heavy. This is very clean and very easy to drink.

Pour is golden/light copper. First whiff: Caramelly toast with a faint, earthy hop background. Flavor is toffee sweetness against a malty back drop with just a hint of hop. Not getting the ’’citrus’’ that others are getting, just noble/spicy hops. Body is medium, carbonation is just right with a dry finish. The beer is a little thin for the style. Not bad. Supposedly Boone Brewing is rolling out with another beer soon. Hopefully these guys have a brewery up and running sooner than expected. We need one up here.

12 oz. bottle on 9/29/2008. Very pale clear amber with a white head that is fleeting. Aroma of some light honey and faintly floral and citrus hops. Flavor is lightly sweet, one dimensional, hops don’t seem to bring the necessary balance, as the finish seems washed out to me. Light to medium body and carbonation, mouthfeel just seems thin. This is just bland. Nothing that is really objectionable, it’s just unremarkable.

Clear dark orange color with a quickly disappearing off white head. Little bit of caramel malt flavor with a tinge of sweetness. Finish is metallic and hoppy. Slight toasted grain aroma. OK session beer and nothing incredibly memorable.