Cottonwood Low Country Pale Ale

12 oz. bottle - pours clear pale orange with thin white head; boring aromas of caramel, lemon, stale malt; equally boring flavors with little to no bitterness; flat, thin texture; stale lemons and grain; good for a vacation beer, but not much else

This particular beer wasn’t my first idea for a milestone, but I’m on vacation in NC and it’ll have to do. Also, it’s a beer from NC, so I guess that makes it a little better. But the beer itself isn’t all that great. It pours a clear golden color with a decent white head. The head leaves a good amount of lacing around the glass, as well. The nose isn’t very inviting, with a little bit of a sour note, along with some flowery hops and bread. The flavors are little tart, sour and not very pleasing. The finish is best part of the pale ale, with some nice bitter hops and bready flavors. But unfortunately, the rest of the beer is pretty substandard. Nonetheless, it’s #1500.

Tap at Woods on South 2/1/08: Pours a transparent deep golden with a thin, clingy-lacing froth of white head. Has a fresh piny resiny hop nose and a light malty backbone. Starts effervescent and semi-sweet balanced with an earthy piny hop flavor before a blander grainy dry finish A decent APA but could use a little more body and sweetness.

Tap/ Pale in color with a nice sweet aroma. Hops don’t blow you away as in some American Pales. Not a bad beer but nothing to get excited about.

Bottle at the charlotte airport. Looks like pale lager. Fairly refreshing aroma. Good tingly carbonation, as with most all carolina beers I’ve tasted. Hoppy but not too hoppy. Acceptable bitterness for a lager lover. Leaves a mild bitterness on the back of the throat. More acceptable to me compared to most other APA, its lower on the hop bitterness scale.

Pours a clear pale yellow with foamy white head. Aroma floral hops. Flavor very overly carbonated. Plain dry corny taste with some flaovr dry hop finish. Overall, not too hot.

12oz bottle. pours clear golden yellow. aroma of a crisp hop on top of a light pale malt character. Flavor of a bright malt body, followed by a sharp American hop bitterness. Fun and pleasant to drink. Easy to enjoy.

5-14-08 bottle shared with lb4lb thanks to emacgee
Clera yellow with some white head. Smell is malt and dough. Burnt toast and yeast flavor. Super bubbly palate with high carbonation. Way too carbonated for me. It just tastes like soda water.