Peak Organic Pale Ale

Peak Organic Brewing Company
Brewed at Shipyard Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Portland, Maine USA

Pours clear amber into a shaker. Bright white head with excellent retention. Sour malt aromas. Sweet caramel upfront turning sour and bitter in the lasting finish.

Pours copper with a thin tan head. Smells of bubblegum and sweet citrus. Tastes of caramel and sweet with some tea on the finish.

12 oz. bottle from Total Wine Perimeter. I had never seen this before, so I thought I would give it a chance. Translucent copper/orange color. Head is fluffy at first, but then it slowly fades away to a nice thin layer of head that makes this brew look pretty good; nothing exceptional, just good. A slighty cheap juicy juice-type aroma. Not really picking up on the hops in the aroma, which is a big let down. Fruity aroma mellows out to a nice subtle malty aroma, but still no hops. The beer is pungent, but still is lacking that hop and malt balance one looks for in an American Pale Ale. Slight sweet malt flavor, with a hint of bitterness towards the end. Not a horrible brew, but not very well balanced. The bittering hop does stick around for some time, but it is not hitting my tastebuds as I would like it to. Not a bad brew, but not not that good either.

clear orange with a large fluffy white head. lemony aroma and not much else. thin malts, thin hops. lemony citrus flavors. no backbone. far from good.

HOLY HOPS BATMAN!!!! Color is a very nice amber, decent cloudiness. Aroma is true to the APA style, hops. Medium carbonation. HOPS! Lingering bitter aftertaste overpower the faint sweetness of medium sugars/ malts that are present. Not great at all, but not terrible.

Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy copper orange color with an off-white head. Mild, but pleasant aroma of hops and citrus. It has a nice flavor with a good balance between the hops and malt. For an organic beer this was a nice surprise!

Draught. Browny with medium head. Some hops and a kind of sickly sweetness. Not especially awesome.

Pours a lightly hazy, medium orange-golden color. A small, foamy, off-white head leaves thin, sheety lacing behind. The nose is all classic American pale, notes of mild citrus and floral hops showing alongside clean, fresh grain malt. Flavors are similarly well balanced, pale cereal grain and light toffee malt countered by mildly spicy floral hops and citrus notes. Medium bodied and balanced on the tongue, it’s a decent summertime brew, when served fresh of course.