Hopworks Organic Crosstown Pale Ale

Brewed by Hopworks Urban Brewery
Style: American Pale Ale
Portland, Oregon USA

Name: Crosstown Pale
Date: September 21, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: hazy gold, fine off white head, drippy lace
Aroma: sweet malt aroma, nice citrus
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, well balanced with light citrus hops, just enough bitterness to round it out
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+ /4

Draft @ HUB, Portland.OR. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a malty hoppy aroma with some weak hints of citrus. Sweetish malty hoppy caramel flavor. Has a sweetish malty hoppy finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.

Bomber from Liquid Solutions. Pours orange gold with a frothy off-white head. Floral/citrus aromas. Medium body with frothy carbonation. Pretty fair amount of hop bitter, with some backing caramel. Quite pleasant. Floral notes stick into the finish. A good bitter beer. Not harsh, but not wimpy.

Appearance: Pours a clear, darkened gold body topped with a medium-large, white, reasonably long-lasting head. Smell: Nicely pungent, aromatic hop nose smelling of fine floral, citrus fruit peelings, and dank herbaceousness with a minimal malt backing in the, er... back. Taste: Fairly soft pale malt base with only a snippet of ill-defined sweetness, then it’s hop time: fresh floral tones, fresh-picked herbs, citrus pith, and, of course, the medium-high bitterness. If the malts started mild, you can’t expect them to crash through the window like a SWAT team this late in the game. Finishes dry with a lingering bitterness. Mouthfeel: Medium-light body. Medium-low carbonation. Drinkability: Thankfully, this isn’t one of those mealy-mouthed, cinnamon-chapped ass pale ales you occasionally run it. While it is true I’d normally prefer just a skosh more maltiness, it’s only because many brewers, in the name of perceived haute brewing, skip the whole aroma and flavoring hop thing in lieu of focusing entirely on the bittering hops, leaving up with a caustic pint of bitterness, bile, and vengeance. Not so with Crosstown! While the malts are mild, at least the hops and subsequent bitterness aren’t ghastly and gack-inducing and you get a nice range of hop flavors.

22oz bottle. Aroma of honey caramels. a bit of citrus hops. flavor is a sharp, crisp bitterness alongside a caramel malt. Light citrus. So sessionable. Very worthy of my belly.

Taster - Hopworks Urban Brewery - Portland, OR
Aroma – Nice malt and hops balance in the aroma.
Appearance – Golden in color, Nice head and clear.
Flavor – A nice well balanced beer with great malts and the hops where very subtle.
Palate – Nice Mouthfeel, great texture with a good dry finish.
Overall – Very nice beer good recipe this was a great beer for a warm day. Nice light beer for the masses.

Poured a thin copper-amber body with a small white head. Bready, bitter nose with a creamy feel to it. Pretty thin and uneventful in the finish, but well built.

GABF 2009, Light to medium yellow/orange pour, Medium bitterness, nice bitterness. Caramel malt flavor, nice sessionable pale