Eel River Certified Organic Extra Pale Ale

Brewed by Eel River Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Fortuna, California USA

Bottle: Cloudy gold with a fuzzy white head. A seemingly hop/malt balanced aroma, leaning more toward the hops though. Apricots, flowers. . . moderately bitter taste of soap, citrus cardboard. The feel is full and has a lot of carbonation. I liked it. Sure, it wasn’t the best, but it was better than 11% for it’s style.

12oz bottle via trade with cbkschubert! - Thanks Craig! - Pours golden with an enormous rocky offwhite head that stays well. Aromas of lemon, and light grapefruit over grains. Flavor is grainy with biscuit malts, blended with citrus grapefruit and lemon finish. Highly carbonated. Fizzy mouthfeel. Crisp and clean finish. Fairly bitter as well on the finish. A pretty drinkable pale.

Tasted like a lighter version of an IPA, pleasant taste overall. Malts, hops, and citrus are present, as well as the hint of nuttiness. The hints of nutty tones are present in the aroma with a light hop scent. Very drinkable pale ale.

Upon the pour from the stubby 12-ounce brown bottle, the beer sets in the glass a slightly hazy gold with a personable creamy bright white head that slowly erodes leaving a thin but concealing sheet of lace. Nose is sweet malt, nutty, hints of lemons, also has that musty tone, found in many organic beers, start is somewhat sweet, the grain presence delightful, top is middling in feel. Finish has a kindly acidity, the hops delectable in their spiciness, quite dry aftertaste, and a very drinkable beer.

On tap. Orange with white head. Nice floral nose, and nicely balanced hops. Overall a nice ale to drink. Re-rate. I tried this again and feel they have improved this since the last rating. I feel it is one of the better APAs around, I have tried it both on tap and in the bottle. The tap version is really fresh and clean. Maybe because it is organic, the bottle version does not seem quite as good. The rating above is for draft.

Bottle. Almost overly formed head with a bit of beer beneath... Once this strong head settles you have a surprize of flavor in this organic pale ale. Slightly sweet open and a mild bitter finish. Ok, I admit I was pleased with this one.

Bright orange body with a tall white head. Overall this was a nice pale, crisp floral hops, light citrus tones, with a mild caramel malt start, good refershing qualities. Once again i get a dry dusty flavor out of their malts, but the hops at least muted it in this one, even more so then the ipa managed to.

Bottled. Golden colour, mediumsized white head. Strong fruitish hoppy aroma with some bitterish notes. Sweet malts as well as fruity hops in flavour. Pleasant bitter fruitish aftertaste.