Cold Trail Ale

Mountain State Brewing Co. in Thomas, West Virginia, United States 🇺🇸

Golden / Blonde Ale Regular

Score

5.78

ABV: 5.5%

IBU: -

Ticks: 27

An easy-drinking American Blonde beer, the grist bill includes a healthy dose of oats and wheat. Light in body, this beer is the perfect finish to any day’s activity. 5.5% ABV. Hare hunting is a popular activity in West Virginia. While hare hunting, one could be lucky to stumble on a lot of ’hot tracks’, or unlucky with only ’cold tracks’ - tracks in the snow made by rabbits who passed through a few days earlier. There’s not much to do when there are only ’cold tracks’ being found, except drink a delicious American Blonde ale, hence the name Cold Trail Ale. The picture on the tap handle is of a bear claw hunted by one of Brian and Willie’s friend.

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6.5

Taboada (8803) reviewed Cold Trail Ale from Mountain State Brewing Co. 1 year ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Draught, half pint. @The Rabbit Hole, Harpers Ferry (WV). 06/09/2024 [#7.791 Global - #1.642 United States of America - #1 Mountain State Brewing Co. (My Brewery #382 from the States)] Pours light hazed pale yellow with a lacing white head. Aroma: lemony malts, spices and yeast. Taste: yeasty spiced palate. Clean lemony aftertaste Next one, please!

Tried on 19 Oct 2024 at 07:17

6.6

stevoj (18327) reviewed Cold Trail Ale from Mountain State Brewing Co. 2 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Taster at Mountain State Thomas. Pale yellow pour light white head. Light grainy aroma. Taste is bready, cereal with a lght crisp finish.

Tried on 13 Aug 2023 at 19:55

5.2

Mansquito (19100) reviewed Cold Trail Ale from Mountain State Brewing Co. 6 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Poured from a can which was sent by weihenweizen, thanks. It is a golden beer with a white head. Aroma is dirty grain for most part. Taste is sort of industrial grain. Some off notes. Not great.

Tried from Can on 25 Jul 2019 at 23:09

5.2

Douglas88 (7987) reviewed Cold Trail Ale from Mountain State Brewing Co. 6 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

12 ounce can. Pours a clear golden hue with a large white head. A light fruity toast nose. Sweet, big metallic notes, soft peaches. Pretty bad. Basically a light dirty pale lager like beer.

Tried from Can on 18 Jul 2019 at 04:52

6.5

kappldav123 (9211) reviewed Cold Trail Ale from Mountain State Brewing Co. 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Huge thanks to Erzengel for sharing! Looks really good. Nice hoppy and fruity aroma. Starts malty-spicy, light sourish. More and more moldy notes, some apple, some pear. Finish could be more balanced. Okay.

Tried on 16 Dec 2018 at 14:01

5.1

wombat23 (6032) reviewed Cold Trail Ale from Mountain State Brewing Co. 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Can. Hazy pale gold, minuscule white head. Aroma of grains, floral notes, citrus. Taste follows nose with a bit of pale malts trying to balance but failing....

Tried from Can on 27 Nov 2018 at 10:08

6.8

Erzengel (18514) reviewed Cold Trail Ale from Mountain State Brewing Co. 7 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5

Many thanks to weihenweizen for bringing this can to Europe. Mild fruity watery beginning. Hints of bitterness, round and refreshing with lots of water and hints of grain in the aftertaste.

Tried from Can on 16 Nov 2018 at 20:37

beerhunter111 (50581) reviewed Cold Trail Ale from Mountain State Brewing Co. 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Can shared with Erzengel. A clear golden beer with a small white head. Aroma of herbal pale malt, spices. Taste of herbs, pale malt, bread. Nothing special.

Tried from Can on 16 Nov 2018 at 20:30

4.5

solidfunk (21946) reviewed Cold Trail Ale from Mountain State Brewing Co. 10 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Some barley and a crisp finish. Easy drinking but not much here. Hazy blond pour with ok head. Can from harpers ferry.

Tried from Can on 21 Nov 2015 at 19:33

6.5

yngwie (24278) reviewed Cold Trail Ale from Mountain State Brewing Co. 10 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Can. A hazy, golden beer with a small, white head. The aroma is quite grainy, with resiny notes and a touch of pale malts. Resin notes. It’s medium bodied, soft and with a nice carbonation level. It’s fruitty and lightly malty on the palate, with a nice fruityness. Medium body, soft carbonation. Nice carbonation. Fruty, faintly malty finish. A decent beer, although a bit warming and sweetish. 150621

Tried from Can on 21 Jun 2015 at 22:55