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Millstream Iowa Pale Ale 3.27 86

Millstream Iowa Pale Ale

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863.31/5.03.27/5.0Summer5.7%41.8Shaker, Tulip
Commercial Description:
Pale Ale's on the coasts of this country are turning into hoppy monsters, but our beer is more mild, and about balance. It has enough bitterness to match the maltiness provided by the pale malt base. It gets its citrus zing from extensive dry-hopping with Cascade hops. This beer was first made in a few small test batches in 2003. The response was so incredibly positive, that it has worked it’s way into a year round beer. A hoppy IPA in the central plains... how exciting!

O.G. 15.2° Plato F.G. 4.8° Plato
43 IBU
9 SRM
100% Briess Malt
Pale Ale Base Malt, Munich 20, Caramel 40L, Wheat, Carapils, and Victory Northern Brewer, Cascade, and Hallertau Hersbrucker Hops
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 Lagunitasfan (461), San Diego, California, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Sep 30, 2009  
22 oz bottle. Orange with a huge strone merenge head. Sweet cream nose. Malty. Taste fruity sweet and malt. Bitterness in back.


 travita (1952), Frisco, Texas, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Sep 11, 2009  
Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. The look is clear, golden orange in color, with a white head. The smell is caramel, malts, light hops, and sweet. The taste is caramel, malts, sweet.


 iowaherkeye (1873), Los Angeles, California, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/511/20
Aug 31, 2009  
12oz bottle, notched August--hopefully the bottled on month. . . Aroma of sweaty Cascades with some earth and light spice behind. There are also some biscuit and light caramel notes. Clear medium orange with a one finger off-white head, good retention. Flavor mirrors the aroma. Semi-dry with bitterness at a 4. Light prickly carbonation with a medium body. So-so.


roborb (60), Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Aug 30, 2009  
12 oz bottle poured into my trusty dogfish snifter. This produced a dark copper colored beer with a small, quickly dissipating 2 finger head. There was good lacing throughout the sampling. Aroma consisted of light citrus hops and a very strong malt. The taste was dominated by malts up front and then a very slight hop bitterness. This was an above average beer and great for sessions.


 fidelis83 (729), Clinton, Iowa, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 24, 2009  
Pours dark, very slightly hazed copper with a tall, yellowish off white head that has great retention and leaves nice lacing. Aroma is grass, citrus, some pine, herbal, caramel, biscuit and melon. Flavor is grainy, sweet malts, citrus, a little pine, biscuit, honeydew, a little grainy funk, wet limestone and a little breadiness. Palate is light to medium body, creamy, slightly chalky and neutral right up till the end where it dries out a bit, it has just the right amount of a really pillowy but slightly sharp carbonation. I really don’t think this stuff fits the IPA style very well as it really lacks the overall strength of an IPA. That being said, I really don’t care if it fits the category, this is a damn fine (India?) pale ale. Easily the best brew that I have had from my home state of Iowa... Now to convince my local store to carry it.


 jkwalking05 (1485), Arlington, Texas, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/57/103/59/20
Aug 22, 2009  
Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Amber in color with a small off-white head. Aroma is of light hops and wet dog. Taste is of hops, grass, and caramel.


 drowland (1429), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 18, 2009  
Have had from bottle and draft, both into a pint glass. One of their more solid and delicious brews.


 bu11zeye (5621), Frisco, Texas, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Aug 17, 2009  
(12oz bottle) Pours a clear amber body with a small off-white head. Aroma of toasted grain, grass, nuts, florals, and citrus. Flavor of citrus, grass, caramel, and toasted nuts with a bitter finish.



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