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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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3912.99/5.02.99/5.06.1%25.9 Lager 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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 RblWthACoz (959), Brooklyn, New York, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/513/20

Feb 13, 2008  
Pours a hazed gold with a small white head that falls to nothing by the time I sit down basically. Nose is thickly sweet and it reminds me of cooking sugar slowly. Flavor is bitter. Kind of a roasted edge to it as well. Pretty well bodied and not too bad at all. Smooth feel. Very easy to drink. Not a mind blower, but it’s fairly nice.

 Hank1980 (324), Athens, Georgia, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Jul 17, 2008  
Bottle. Pours gold with white head. Nose of citrus hops, yeast, fruit. Taste is citrus with a nice sweet malt backing. Finish is hoppy bitter. Body is medium and smooth.


benwa420 (31), Aspen, Colorado, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/59/20
Jul 14, 2008  
Had this beer many times. Was always a fan of this Pale Ale. Nice clearer stle beer. Nice flavors of just a bit of hops and some grassy taste also.


 J_DUB (167), Beautiful Pasadena, California, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/512/20
Jul 13, 2008  
Citrus hops and doughy yeast in the nose. Clean yellow appearance. crisp clean palate, flavor leans to the hop side of things. Has American lager-like aftertaste, unfortunately.


shanepardue (64), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/56/20
Jul 12, 2008  
An attempt an IPA, but is a little weak with a bitter aftertaste. Bitterness strikes me as sour. Not disgusting, but not very good either.


 Gypsy19 (157), AMERICA RISING, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/103/512/20
Jul 6, 2008  
This is a fine example of Californian pale ale in my opinion. While I’m not the biggest fan of this style, this one’s good. Very hoppy and bitter with a flavor frighteningly of grapefruit. Leaves a pleasant, tart aftertaste. I dig it.




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