Butte Creek Mt. Shasta Ale

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

Date: 08/11/2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Wild Wing Cafe, Marietta

light floral hop aroma, mild balanced hop flavor on a dry malt base, hint of carmel sweetness,

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Score: *4
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(12oz bottle) Lightly hazed amber body topped by a medium white head that rapidly diminishes. Aroma is moderately sweet, caramel, butterscotch, some orange, light grapefruit. Taste is medium sweet, caramel, grapefruit/orange, light lime. Light-medium body with some stickiness.

Bottle... Clear, deep golden ale with a mid-sized, creamy, white head. Good retention. The sweet, floral aroma offers wild flower and clover honeys and black tea with a hint of English biscuit malt. Medium-bodied with fizzy carbonation. Great balance provided by moderate, black tea bitterness alongside pale malt sweetness. Lengthy clover and straw finish. Underrated, I think.

A mediocre offering in the APA category, almost seeming more like a weak American golden ale in flavor. The aroma’s okay, a sweet malt, caramel with butterscotch, and an orange & orange blossom hopping. The body is thin, the flavor weak - a light malt with a suggestion of wheat, some orange overtones. Finishes on a watery, metallic note.

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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.

Aroma of malt and floral hop. Doesn’t get better than that? Slightly hazy apricot flesh color with a white head that filmed quickly. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. The flavor is slightly caramel, with nifty light stone fruit flavors. Very nice in the mouth. The finish is slightly malty, nicely hoppy - fruit/floral rather than citrus/resin. It’s very good to drink.

Light to medium copper colored pour. Light, quickly fading white head with thin lacing. The aroma is very faint, pick up muted notes of citrus and tea. Flavor is very plain, hops barely make a presence. Tastes like a watered down bitter and the mouthfeel is quite watery as well. Slight muted citrusy flavor is evident. Had much better from Butte Creek.