New Belgium Mighty Arrow

Brewed by New Belgium Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Fort Collins, Colorado USA

first impression: hoppy aroma with floor cleaner smell in there too...oh well, maybe it’ll have some nice hop bite to it. tastes medicinal at first, very soapy. ew!! as it warms up caramel malt shows up trying to salvage it. soapy flavor still there, nice amount of hops but they don’t fit in with the rest at all. wouldn’t have called this an APA but i don’t know wtf i would call it. all i know is it’s not very good at all. i was expecting a lot more. kind of tastes like my girlfriend’s hair smells!! geez, this isn’t good at all.

Deep golden body with a thick white head that leaves nice lacing. Aroma is mostly pine and citrus with just a touch of malty sweetness. Full-bodied with moderate carbonation. The flavor is very well-balanced. Sweet caramel up front gives way to a grapefruit bite. A very smooth and drinkable pale ale.

Bottle. Slight orange color. Medium head. Aroma was slight hops. Taste was citrus hops with decent amount of malt backing. Pretty good session beer.

This light amber ale poured with a fluffy off-white head and an intense floral aroma. The flavor is chock full of citrus floating upon a solid caramel malt base. Quite refreshing and fairly tasty.

On tap at Papago. Pours copper with a creamy off-white head and steady carbonation. Smells of floral hops. Tastes of balanced notes of grapefruit zest, crisp hops, yeast, salt, and slight caramel. Highly refreshing.

Powerful hop lineup witha great supportive malt backbone. Big citrus, pine and resin combined with the lightly sweet caramel malt backbone some woody notes an an appealing grainy component. The floral hops really shine.

Clear, golden to amber body with moderate carbonation. Has a powerful citrusy, piney hop aroma. It’s like a dunking your head in a bag of Cascade hops -- very fresh, very raw. The flavor is potent as tea. Some breadiness is apparent, though the malt presence is gentle and sweet. Has a wonderful fruitiness from the hops and yeast, much like freshly zested orange. Very clean and drinkable with a crisp finish; a good transition between the huge, hoppy ales of winter and the light, refreshing beers of summer. I prefer it to Fat Tire.

Copper with good, creamy white head / Light citrus and caramel nose / Medium body, some sweetness, balanced and although not hoppy, there is dryness on the good finish / Flavors of toasted grain and burnt sugar with notes of grapefruit and orange / Very good, not in the league with the best.