A hazy blonde ale with a thin white head. A sweet biscuitty malt with light apple puree notes, In mouth, a fresh grain mash with light hops. Medium bodied. Not bad. Tasted in August 2007.

Bottle from GBBF 08. I’ve always thought that Deschutes were under-rated and a little over looked. It’s a little hazy straw coloured with a thickish ivory head. Smells like a sweaty sox hop UK golden ale. You know what? It’s a bit like a souped up Woodforde’s Wherry. Crazy but it does. A little stronger, a little less malty and yeasty, but the hops are very reminiscent of Wherry. It’s great. I’m sat here in Ashford, drinking beer from Oregon. Does life get much better?

Bottled. Golden colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is peach, tropical fruits and sweet wood. Flavour is the same with a big grassy finish.

12 oz bottle purchased at the Safeway in Sequim, Washington. Best before 10/18/08 on the bottle. Pour is a cloudy orange ruby with a nice off-white head. Aroma of fresh citrus and floral hops. There is alse a strong malt backbone. Taste is more of the hops and malt, nicely in balance. Nice medium palate. Nice beer.

Clear golden with medium beige head. Sweet fruity aroma with hops and pine. Sweet flavor with hopy and caramel notes. Ends bitter.

A hazy pale golden beer tih a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet malty with light notes of citrus, while the flavor is sweet malty with strong notes of citrus, leading to a dry wheaty finish. The body is thin.

Draught pint at Redbones on 10/11/07
Peachy-copper, with a slight chill-haze and foamy, large white head that shows moderate retention, light lacing.
Sweet honeyish malts combine with soft hop notes of peach, apricot and tangerine. Strong apricot, slightly mushy but with some straw-like streaks on the end that grant moderate dryness. The hops are pleasant, the malt as well, but as in every hoppy offering from Deschutes, I get just a severely plasticy, celery-like yeastiness that cuts through on the finish and is quite disconcerting.
Nothing different in the flavor, unfortunately, and it’s a shame, because the malts are soft, fluffy and well-attenuated, while the hops are moderately bitter and quite flavorul, not throwing off too much bitterness. Vanilla creeps in and there is some graininess that cuts at the palate, but it’s otherwise very drinkable, especially on account of the dryness. Some gobs of sugar dot the way to the end, but aren’t overbearing. Just wish it didnt have that really strong yeastiness.....

Bottle. Pale orange tangerine. Thin white head. Not much aroma, increases in strength as the beer warms. Mild bitterness n the flavour. Slight lingering finish. This is a drinkable hot weather beer, well balanced, but nothing to rave about.

Slightly hazy golden amber. Light aroma with grassy (Willamette?) boring hop. Same on the palate - painfully boring and a real buzzkill. It’s well made - you can’t fault the balance or any of that stuff - but it is pretty far from inspirational.

Bottle from Safeway, Port Angeles, WA; Nose of caramel and vanilla with some graininess; gold with a big, short-lived, off white head; flavor has some caramel, hop bitterness, and even some tartness and peppery spices.