Butte Creek Mt. Shasta Ale

Brewed by Butte Creek Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Chico, California USA

Bottle. Pours golden copper with dissipating off-white head. The aroma of bread and mild hops is detectable before I bring it to my nose. Upon closer smelling, I also pick up some berries and a touch of sugary sweetness. It is a bit tart at first with some hop bitterness. That fades into the flavor of toast, and that then fades to berries in the finish. For a fraction of a second the aftertaste is like mixed-berry juice, then mellows to a mild malt sweetness. Through the glass there is an increasing apple character, too. Pretty smooth, but seems just a little off to me.

Another fridge stocker. This is one of the most easy to drink APAs I have had in ages. Nice amber coloring, with a decent sticky little head. Big piney aroma, nice hop levels, some toffee and caramel maltiness, and some nice fruitiness as well. Enjoyable.

Pure amber color with a quickly diminished off-white head. Grainy malt and a touch of floor cleaner in the aromas. Caramel and mild pale malt flavors that are balanced by a harsh and woody hops presence. Little balance and too astringent for my liking.

Amber color, light head. Nose of light dusty hops, pine and bubblegum. Sweet caramel and fizzy mouthfeel. Nice pale ale with no poor qualities. Tasty.

12oz bottle via Beer on the Wall. Light copper/amber color. Small white head, and a ton of bubbles coming up in the glass. Very sweet caramel aroma with flowers on top of that. Does’t feel as fizzy as it looks. Some orange with herbal caramel in the taste. Not too bad, but a very tiny stale edge to it.

Way overcarbonated. had to pour it in stages and it still built a huge bubbly head that took half the glass. Aroma is overripe fruit mash..I get bannanas and pineapple, but there are intense herbal and floral notes too. Light orange in color with a humngous fluffy white head. Flavor is a mix of custard/flan and floral notes..in the fore. The middle and finish are all citrusy hops and bitter orange rind. Definitely different than any other APA I’ve ever had.

Bottle. Orange in color with a small, fizzy, white head that quickly dissipated. Light aroma but malts mixed with citrus and flowers were picked out. Even lighter flavor with orange, spices, and some malt thrown in. Light and watery. Nothing special.

Pours dark golden and orangish with a fully receding off-white head. Aroma is caramel and flowery hops. Taste is mild, lightly spicy hops with a small handfull of chewy malts. Thin bodied and slightly resinous, with lush carbonation. Quite easy to drink, but not too exciting. Consider this a Pale Ale Light.