Subtle cherry ripeness and caramelized apple tartness come to fruition before advertised ‘butterscotch, honey, and lingered banana’ midst reaches biscuit-y wheat finish. Candied lemony grapefruit snippet blankets tongue at lightened aftertaste, adding to its mild complexity.

Notwithstanding explosive carbonation and uncertain Southwestern motif-moniker, cloudy pearly-headed light-bodied pale ale retains sunshiny citric-hopped nature. Prolonged fizz hides cotton-candied banana bubblegum sweetness and appeasing orange-apricot mildness.

Highly influential pale ale changed the course of American beer industry with its robust fruited hop nature. Aromatic citric ebullition, serene caramel malt timbre and piney floral hop perk distinguish iconic medium-bodied pale ale. Label claims ‘kraeusening process which produces carbonation naturally in the bottle’ offers unique character. Touche’. Ripe apricot, apple and tangerine tang sits pretty above creamy caramel malt sweetness countering lingered orange peel bittering. On tap, thick maple assertion makes it perfect.

Lively lemony hop spritz awakens mild earthen grain bitterness as orange peel tang provides boost to expressive tart citrus flow.

Complex coppery annual ale counters lively fruited hop frontage with herbal white-peppered ginger-clove-eucalyptus respite and leathery grape tannin dryness. Swirled peach-orange-grapefruit-berry medley stimulates piney menthol freshness.

Frisky amber-hued organic fruit and grain-styled ale so typical of Northwest brewers. Initial hop bitterness, beckoning toasted barley sweetness, and distant burnt wood sensation give way to lively spiced malt finish.

Fair golden-hazed medium-bodied Canadian fare. Fire-roasted barley surge depletes marginal dry-hopped spicing and latent grapefruit-pineapple fruiting reminiscent of less efficient India Pale Ale. In need of crisper bitterness.

Pastoral golden-hued pale ale loses creamy luster as head fades. Bittersweet Cascade-hopped apricot-tangerine-grapefruit tang stays above honeyed cereal oats base, fading at clean metallic finish. Fair lawnmower fodder.

Musty grassy-hopped wheat graining and faded grapefruit-apricot fruiting reach thin bread-crusted spine. Closer to flaccid light-bodied pilsner or wavering Kolsch, as its mundane diacetyl splurge sabotages muted citric finish.

Strangely reliant on doughy sourness rather than fruity briskness most pale ales offer. Complacent barleymalt toasting casually sweetens orange pith bitterness up-front. Ripe vegetal waft and pumpernickel-rye wisp nicely counter burnt sugar sweetness consuming dry spiced-hop finish mellower palates will enjoy.

Mild dry-hopped bittering secures nutty grain palate to tangy fruit finish of clean, smooth ale. Buttery toasted malts leave slightest creamy residue atop citrus luster. Distinction lacks but fine with any dish.

Lightly textured artesian-filtered pale ale with tiny foam bubbles consuming large blossoming head. Clay-hopped barley-wheat conflux and caramelized cereal graining encroach dry white wine silkiness. Snazzy fruit swirl dissipates as soapy, solvent-like finish disappointingly ascends.