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Mishawaka Lake Effect Pale Ale 2.85 45

Mishawaka Lake Effect Pale Ale

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452.86/5.02.85/5.0-14.4Lager glass, Shaker
Commercial Description:
Brewed as an American Pale Ale with large quantities of Oregon Cascade hops and lesser amounts of other hops. A strong but pleasant hop flavor at the start with a smooth hoppy finish. Silver Medal 1995 World Beer Championships. Lake Effect Pale Ale gets its name from the winter storms that develop over Lake Michigan and then drop its moisture in the form of large and numerous snow flakes resulting in snow accumulations up to two feet near the lake and lessening to the east.
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 kp (8500), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/103/59/20
Sep 1, 2007  
Date: 08/19/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Ticker Tasting

clear pale yellow, pours with a huge creamy white head, fresh floral hop aroma, light crystal malt flavor, lots of lingering bitterness almost to the point of astrengency,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 9/20
Rating: 2.5/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4


 bu11zeye (5621), Frisco, Texas, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Mar 10, 2006  
(Bottle) Pours a clear yellow body with a small white head. Aroma of soapiness and pine. Flavor of bitter hops.


 CaptainCougar (5526), Rockville, Maryland, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Jan 8, 2004  
Draft: This rating is from a while ago. Pours a clear medium golden color with a puffy white head. Aroma is mostly filled with fresh western hops. Body is lightly sweet with a hint of fruitiness, but doesn't quite balance out the hops. A drinkable and clean APA, but not all that great.


 Cletus (5058), Connecticut, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Apr 8, 2008  
Bottle courtesy of stfun. Pours copper with a white head. Smells citrussy with some earthy malt. Tastes of dry malt, pepper, some spicy hints. Mouthfeel is full with a dry finish.


 Cornfield (4972), Oak Forest, Illinois, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Jul 2, 2007  
From the bottle this pours a yellow body with a tinge of gold and sports a large chunky head. The aroma is mainly grapefruit and zest of lemon with the sweetness of weak pale malts struggling to get out. The flavor seems a bit unbalanced for an APA, the hops in domination. It tastes liuke lemon juice with grapefruit and a touch of pine. The malt is almost absent. The finish is prolonged and bitter, which pleases me, but it is an unbalanced drink.

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 Tmoney99 (4783), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Sep 26, 2005  
Draft sampler at MBC. Clear amber color with a moderate white head that diminished slowly. Moderate hop and citrus aroma. Medium body. Moderate hoppy flavor with a small bitter finish. Good pale ale.


 BBB63 (4267), La Porte, Indiana, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/103/510/20
Jun 21, 2003    Updated: Jun 22, 2003
Golden hue with small white head, little lacing. Thin-bodied. Hoppy aroma with hints of pine, banana, and apple. Slighty unbalanced taste, bitter with no sweetness detected. Dry and crisp finish.


 Ughsmash (4074), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Aug 26, 2005  
Cloudy brighter-golden pour with a nice 1/4"-1/2" white head. Nice lacing as it went down. Very pleasant aroma of citrus and pine hops.. with a sweet malt component. Weak on the front of the palate, but the hops come through toward the middle. Nice light-medium caramel malt backbone. Bitter on the finish, but the flavors aren’t so clear.



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