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Mendocino Blue Heron Pale Ale 2.97 458

Mendocino Blue Heron Pale Ale

Percentile
43
overall

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
4582.98/5.02.97/5.06.1%25.6Lager glass, Shaker
Commercial Description:
Blue Heron Pale Ale is a delightful, medium bodied smooth ale, with a distinctive crisp mouth-feel and a fresh hoppy finish. It is brewed using premium two-row Pale malted barley, generous amounts of both Cluster bittering hops and Cascade finishing hops and our own special proprietary yeast strain. Blue Heron Pale Ale is "Bottle Conditioned."
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 GreatLibations (1447), Last Supper, Arizona, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/515/20
Jun 6, 2006  
Pours golden w/ a shallow froth. Aroma is slight consisting of malt and hops. Medium nectar w/ residual effers. Flavors are bright and clean w/ a slight fruity character. A nice hoppy bitterness to finish. Overall: I like it. Very refreshing. Highly recommended. This brew is under rated.


 bubbleflubber (896), Collinsville, Virginia, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
May 29, 2006  
Interesting look... very small head with a hazy orange straw look... some spider lace. The nose contains a bit of caramel and brown sugar. Extremely light body on this one. Definitive hop character, with small notes of brown sugar interlaced in there somewhere. Lingering Cascade finish that seems not to "fit" exactly with the rest of the brew. The feel of it doesn’t match the finish.... a bit off-balance. It’s definitely not as bad as some of the reviews I’ve read, but that may be because we are all in the midst of different batches. This one definitely wasn’t swill. I must admit, even the look of mine was a bit different than some of the other reviewers here. Dunno... I’d have another, but I’m certainly not overtaken by it.


 anaheim1983 (111), Anaheim, California, USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/54/103/55/20
May 18, 2006  
Yellow very pale, extremely grainy and corn flavors. Had a rough time getting down, but could be because I had an ESB prior. Nothing much except wierd corn


 Eyedrinkale (3209), Astoria, New York, USA
1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/53/102/55/20
May 13, 2006  
Draft at HDG. Yellow with a lasting head. Aroma isn’t much more than corn though. Taste is more hoppy than sour but there is a sour lemon flavor also. Sucks ballz.


 JoeMcPhee (5010), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/102/510/20
May 13, 2006  
12 oz bottle. Hazy pale golden beer. Thin white head. Slight caramel malt aroma, very faint and light. Some honey and light brown sugar. Light woody/earthy hops. A hint of orange peel. Flavour is lightly earthy and fruity. A kiss of citrus. Pretty bland and completely underwhelming.


 hayduke (1659), Eureka, California, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/514/20
May 13, 2006  
Golden with small white head. Crisp nose of hops and citrus. Decent mouth-feel. I am rating this compared to other American Pales, and in the regard it is pretty good.


 KSS (102), Plymouth, Minnesota, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/514/20
May 10, 2006  
Crisp hops flavor dominated mainly by a grapefruit taste. Aroma vegetable quality with an influence of yeast that diminishes it’s appeal. I would prefer a little more balance in the hops and malt. Average at best.


 adrian910ss (1425), philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/514/20
May 8, 2006  
Pours a light yellowish golden color with a small white head. Aroma is of faint floral hops. Flavor is crisp and hoppy with hints of faint floral and barley overtones. Pretty good ale overall.



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