12 oz can shared at the November DC RateBeer tasting. Dark brown with beige to light tan head. Aromas of malt, floral notes, pine. Tastes of floral notes, pine, roast, malt. Medium body with a dry finish.

Dark black bod sml off wht head. Coffee roast spicy arma. Spicy roast choc flav. Med bod mod carb. 7/5/7/4/15 3.8

Clear dark amb bod sml off wht head. Roast, choc, ash arma. Ashy roast and choc flav. Med bod mod carb. 7/4/7/4/15 3.7

From a can at the RB DC Novemeber tasting. It is a cloudy dark Amber color with a scant head. The Aroma is Roasted malt and the taste is a combination of Roasted coffee with the bitterness of white grapefruit interesting combo

From Apr 2007

This one pours from 22oz bottle a clear deep amber with a medium sized head of foam. A couple of minutes in to the session, it shrinks to just a few islands in the middle and it has some lacing.

The smell has a big nose of caramel malt with some hop notes floating in the background.

The taste on first sip is also big on caramel malt but it is not overly sweet. A few more sips in and I'm getting some dark fruit flavours, and some hop bittererness...but not much. I'm also getting some roasted malt, some grain and a bit of an alcohol burn when it goes down but it's not objectionable in my opinion. This is a good BWSA.

Bottom line: I picked this one up on my last trip to Ft Collins and it's a good example of the style. I'd buy it again.

From Apr 2007

This one pours from 12oz bottle a clear medium gold with a medium sized head of foam that shrinks slowly but hangs around as a solid layer for the entire session and it has some good lacing.

The smell is a delicate hoppy. I get notes of grapefruit.

The taste on first sip has a grassy flavour to it with just a hint of the grapefruit I noted in the nose. Further sips in and more of the same with *some* malt sweetness and graininess and even some honey in the background giving this Pale Ale some good balance and the mouthfeel is quite good. Pretty good stuff, I'd say.

The finish is on the dry side and it has a nice aftertaste. Solid example of the style, in my book.

I just poured the last bit from the bottle and now, it takes on a cloudy appearance(there was some sediment at the bottom) and the taste shifts a bit more to the malty side and that just adds to my appreciation of this Ale. Yum.

Bottom line: A darn good Pale Ale that fans of the style should find tasty enough to warrant a repurchase.. I'd buy it again, no question about it.

Draft at New Mexico Beer Fest. Hazy yellow color white head. Mixed herbal and light spice as well as a bit of earth in both the aroma and the flavor. Good choice for a festival beer.

12oz can pours with a near clear deep gold body that has a copper core and supports a nice light tan head of foam. The aroma offers up malts, a dash of caramel and then grassy herbal hops and then a bit of citrus and hoppy earthiness. The taste delivers smooth modestly sweet malts getting quickly into bitter grassy hops, floral hops and a nice load of earthy tea hops. To midway a thin citrus hop note joins in to help this into the finish. Nice IPA. I'm a sucker for earthy tea like hops and this delivers.

Tasted for the first time at the Chimayo Hotel bar on the day Tom Petty died. What a day. Pours well, laces nicely, great dark cold color. The pint smells of piñon and fresh-mowed grass. Tasting there is a decent hop push, lemon, pineapple. Quite decent, making the best of a strange day.