Peak Organic Pale Ale

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

Bottle. Poured a hazy orange body with thin head. aroma is malt, vegatable. Flavor is light citrus, sweet malt and an orange candy taste. Really nice mouthfeel and a pleasure to drink on a hot day. Quite impressive...

I remain unimpressed with the organically-produced beers I’ve rated. This "pale ale" was more reminiscent of a witbier to me than a hoppy-styled beer. This beer poured a slightly hazy orange color, with a Sprite-like head that faded to a puffy cloud-like head after a few minutes. Aroma was really strange for a pale ale - I got a lot of coriander and (not very pale ale-like) citrus-ness. In other words, its aroma was very much like a witbier rather than a pale ale. Flavor was similarly confusing - a bit hoppy but with some other witbier - like flavors. Mouthfeel was unremarkable. I can’t say I’d recommend this beer. I bought it as a single-serve bottle at Woodman’s in Oak Creek, WI.

Bottle - Poured a dark golden amber in color with a slightly foamy white head. Some nice lacing. Aroma is a nicely balanced mix of malts and floral hops. Flavor is medium hoppy with a mild amount of bitterness. A just OK pale ale, but easy drinking...

Semi-cloudy light orange with thin off-white head. Citrus, grapefruit and caramel aroma. Medium palate, kind of light on the hops for a pale ale, though it did leave a long bitter finish. Pretty bland too, but hey it’s organic so you pay more and get less.

Pretty average beer. Mostly hops in the aroma. A bit of hops along with some sweet maltiness in the taste. Dry finish.

Poured from bottle. Um, isn’t Peak the name of an anti-freeze? I’ll risk it anyway. Aroma of hops and lavender. Head resembles sea foam, dark amber look. Mellow hops dominate, with creamy feel and woody aftertaste. Falls a bit short of other APAs, but not bad just the same.

very light amber pour with very little head. subtle hoppy smell. tastes more like a german-style pilsner to me. call me crazy. this is not the taste i anticipate when i drink a domestic pale ale.

Copper color with no head. Dusty hop aroma. Very dusty hop taste, like a hop plant that got sand blasted in the dust bowl and they didn’t wash the residue off before throwing them into the boil. Solid bitterness.