Butte Creek Organic Pale Ale

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

Poured a hazey golden-orange colour with a fluffy, creamy off white head. Aroma was semi sweet, with honey, flowers, pine, hops and grapefruit notes. Taste was light, well carbonated and citrusy with well integrated hop flavor. Finishes very smooth.

Pours a beautiful reddish brown with a large soapy tan head. Aroma of hops and pine. Flavor of malt, citrus, hops, earthy bitter finish. Looks better than it tastes, but still not a bad IPA.

Bottle. Fruitful Cascade aroma, robust citrus with a warm, enveloping blanket of breadiness. Caramel. Orange-copper body with a tan, creamy head. Taste is strongly bitter, pine sans the resin with less citrus than expected and a nice, rounded woody finish. Dry and earthy with a mild grassy note. Papery hops. Light astringency takes her down a notch. Medium body with pervasive hoppiness but a good semblance of balance. Clean, refreshing rendition.

Bottle. Not much nose (a little fruity hops), off-white head, amber body. A tad grainy, with moderate hop presence. Drinkable, forgettable.

Bottle. Pours a bright orange/yellow, with a few floating bits. Head is full and fluffy and snow white, Lacing is nice and thick. Nose is a flowery hop with a bit bread. Taste is a bit thin, some hops, with a background of malt and hint of citrus. finish is fairly tame. an Okay pale ale.

355ml brown bottle. Pours an orange/amber shade with a well formed white head. Leaves creamy lacing in glass. Hazy. Soft citrusy hop aroma with light malts present. Flavour has decent malt flavour, toasty, citrus/grapefruit hop accents. Finish is dry, some lingering hops, mild citrusy bitterness. Body seemed a bit thin, carbonation was very soft. Quite drinkable.

4oz Taster - Spring Beer & Wine Festival - Portland, OR
Aroma – Light pale malts with a nice subtle hops aroma.
Appearance – Light golden pale in color, clear with a little head.
Flavor – A very nice easy drinking pale ale this was a great beer. Good flavor and had some nice subtle hops.
Palate – Nice Mouthfeel, good texture finished very dry.
Overall – A very nice organic beer this was one of the better beers for the day.

Bottle: Hazy copper, light gusher with a puffy white head and nice lacing. The nose is bright and grassy with a touch of orange peel and malt. The flavor is sunny with a bright floral hop note and a muted maltiness. The finish is clean and grassy. Good pale ale, right in the middle.