Deschutes Hop Trip

Brewed by Deschutes Brewery
Style: American Pale Ale
Bend, Oregon USA

Poured straw yellow with a sudsy white head. Nose was very weak on hops, some graininess, not much else. Taste is extremely bland, little hop flavor, just bitterness, body lacks sweet stability, just lacks distinguishing flavor. First Deschutes beer I have every poured down the drain.

22oz bottle picked up from my secret spot $5.39,my first bottle was a little off lost alot of its hoppy goodness, smells of fresh hops, has a very light feel very drinkable but not light on flavor. one of those beers i cant wait to come into season

New release bomber from Beverages 4 Less ($5.99). Pours a dark honey amber with thin layer of white-ish head. Earthy aroma of fresh hops -- flowers, pine, mowed grass, melon, leather. Nice light flavor of very fresh hops -- pine, flowers, melon/apricot, mint with a light maltiness as well. Light mouthfeel and lightly bitter oily finish.

Early Fall 2009 22 oz. bottle. Appearance: Pours a clear bright amber with almost no head, but just a small gathering of suds. Aroma: Earth, grass, pine needles and melon rind. Taste: Earthy bitter hops, slight citrus (orange perhaps?), spiciness, and a moderate level of brown sugar sweetness. All flavors mentioned balance out well. Mouthfeel: Medium and very slick. Overall: I enjoyed this beer, it is very balanced.

Vegas - passed up the opportunity to drink this fresh on tap but I’d just drank a bottle the day before and the other taps at the Freakin Frog had to be sampled first (this ended up being the legendary flemish sour / sake / Ardbeg night with 4 beers sitting in front of me).
The aroma absolutely blew me away. The best. Period. Incredible fruit that made me drool and is making me drool thinking about it, nectarines, ripe apricots, maybe raspberries (more so than any other berry). So fragrant it’s unreal. Flowers as well. Oranges when warmer and still lots of leafy hops, sweet mild caramel. Damn, this is fine. The taste is pretty good as well but not in the same league as the aroma. Loads of fruit with nectarines, apricots and raspberries, leafy hops, some bitterness. After awhile it gets a bit empty. Good soft malts to accompany the killer hops (blends in very well), weak weak peppermint???, slight spice. Good carbonation, medium bodied, nice "just-before-finish" spice, leafy bitter finish with fruit (apricots) and caramel. Great colour! The aroma was just too good to even mention what this looked like prior. Deep orange beer with some off white to tan head, ropy lacing throughout. Excellent and so damn enjoyable.

Fairly clear, dark orange with a tall, lasting off-white head. Fragrant citrus hop aroma, not too strong but very nice. Excellent!

Big Cascade hop nose, clear pale amber color, clingy head. Honey malt, fizzy carbo, tasty complex hop blend that fills mouth with a dull. Bitter but well balanced. Light and tasty.

Pours slightly hazed amber with light tan head, although it is a very thick head - dense and laces well as the pint goes down. Nose is very fresh fruit-like with some less common fruits like tangerine, peach, and the usual grapefruit. On the palate this is a tropical fruit ale all the way. Modest hop bitterness, modest malt, but very tropical overall.