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Mendocino Blue Heron Pale Ale

Mendocino Blue Heron Pale Ale

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An American Pale Ale brewed by
Mendocino Brewing Company

Hopland, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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4032.99/5.02.99/5.06.1%25.5Lager glass, Shaker P  Stats

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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 omhper (10728), Stockholm, Sweden
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/54/102/59/20
Jun 28, 2006  
[Bottled at East End Brewery, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong] Cloudy amber. Evident peachy hop aroma. Medium sweet with clean mouthfeel and overly simplistic crystal malt character. Low-medium bitterness. Hop aromatic, but extremely shallow. All surface, no contents.


 Papsoe (10532), Frederiksberg, Denmark
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/511/20
Apr 15, 2006  
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Clear pilsener golden with a creamy, off-white head. Rather neutral aroma with only a small whiff of hops. Medium body, some pale ale maltiness and a marked bitterness in the finish. I miss some refinement in the aroma hops. A bit disappointing. 270306


 kp (6300), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/516/20
Sep 1, 2007  
Date: 11/08/1996
Mode: Bottle
Source: Taco Mac, Sandy Springs

cloudy light amber, thick frothy head, sweet malt plus spicy hop aroma, good malt body, tart spicy hop flavor with lots of tasty grapefruit essence, lingering hoppy finish with a slight bitterness
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Date: 02/09/2005

no grapefruit and the hop flavor is not as aparent being repllaced by bitterness, nice sweetness to balance the hops and bitterness, could be a nice session beer

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Score: ***/4
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The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.


 argo0 (6231), Washington DC, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/517/20
Feb 7, 2002  
Hoppy, hoppy, hoppy, but amazingly enough, not one-dimensional. Good finish


 fiulijn (5880), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/55/103/510/20
Apr 14, 2006  
Golden color. Aroma of vegetables. Medium body strength, a bit oily, some sweetness, high bitterness.



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