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Mendocino Blue Heron Pale Ale

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44
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bottled
common

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unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
4562.98/5.02.98/5.06.1%26.5Lager 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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 biz82 (1328), austin, Texas, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/57/103/513/20
Jun 4, 2005  
Off yellow and hazy with many little floaters. Not much head. Vegetable aroma with grass and citrus. Well balanced with a pleasant bitter bite. Not bad. Has an interesting agressiveness that doesn’t come together but is at least assertive.


 ontario102 (794), Boise, Idaho, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
May 27, 2005  
Simple brew, citrusy nose and not very smooth, quite apparent bitterness; somewhat sweet and watery; this was pretty good, though


 FoolishMortal (965), San Diego, California, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/104/514/20
May 18, 2005  
Straw colored, small white head. Muted hop aromatics with thin malt undertone. Cluster type slightly spicy bitterness dominates the flavor, some grainy malt notes underneath. Finish is slightly bitter. Mouthfeel is smooth and ends crisp.


 thedm (3836), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/513/20
May 18, 2005  
This bottled brew poured a large sized head of frothy fine to large sized white colored mostly lasting bubbles that left behind a carbonated transparent yet slightly hazy yellow orange colored body. Its aroma was mildly hoppy and its mouth feel was tingly with a strong hop content that is very typical of an American IPA but was missing the caramel of an APA. Its good hoppy flavor lasts well into its finish.


beerguzzler (31), Louisiana, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/517/20
May 13, 2005    Updated: May 26, 2005
very good pale ale..if you like hoppy beer...this is a good one... has a citrus aroma to it and a nice malted hop taste that has a good bitter finish that stays with you. would definitly buy this one again


 Dickinsonbeer (3451), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
May 4, 2005  
Very light slightly hazy pale golden with a slight white head. Mostly light bready malt with slight citrus and earthy hops. Good balance in the flavor. Good crisp clean finish.


robpet (98), Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/58/104/516/20
May 4, 2005  
My favorite of the Mendocinos (thus far). Aroma is a little lacking. Appearance is just fine, but great hoppy flavor with a great bitter finish. I will buy this again. Did I say it had a great bitter finish and aftertaste?


 BeerandBlues2 (3216), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/513/20
Apr 25, 2005  
Bottled. Pours hazy pale orange with a foamy white head. Sour malt aroma greets you and then a citrus hop aroma lingers around pushing away the maltiness. Bitter hoppiness is huge near the front end and the malt is faintly evident as the taste fades. A fair amount of thin lacing clings to the glass. A tad fizzy and carbonated with a medium to light body and dry fininsh.



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