Single Hop APA (Amarillo)
Bitter Root Brewing

 

From notes taken 06/26/16:

Fairly clear golden amber with suspended, fine-flecked haze. Fluffy, pillowy, chunky, fine-bubbled light yellow head of excellent retention, sticky lacing. Pine, rind, a little soapiness on nose. As expected, quite similar on palate, though nothing seems overemphasized, and with the addition of peppercorns in the back and stronger fruitier citric character throughout, clean like lemon. So bitterness is pleasant, as well as in balance with lighter grain and heavier malt-tart suggestions. Curious what hop varietal was used, it’s quite good. Medium-bodied and crisp. Spritzy but mellowing to nearly velvet carbonation. Leaves tip of tongue starting to numb.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poured from a bomber into a shaker. A normal pour produces a creamy white head of about an inch. The head reduces but sticks around. The beer is quite hazy with moderately high carbonation, and is a distinctly pale lemon-yellow color. It looks like a shandy.

Plenty of floral hops on the nose, with a touch of hemp(?), with a bit of grapefruit and lemon on the palate against a backbone of rather sweet, pale malt. Maybe just a little pine. Quite light and refreshing despite a rather strong ABV.

If a person was so inclined, you could make a lemonade shandy out of this one and I bet it would be awesome. Quite a good beverage in warm weather.

Poured from a bomber into a pint glass in high elevation Kalispell, Mont. Reviewed live.

A- Two-finger white head with thickness and hazy orange body. Nice retention.

S- Amarillo hops, floral and airy. Nice aroma.

T- Tasty, clean and floral. Bitter aftertaste.

M- Thicker and fluffy.

O- Average beer. It's pretty ok. Floral Amarillo hops.

yeah boi, poured this beer into a big mtn brew fest mini glass. Anywaaaays, it drools a pale yellow and nice white lacing . Straw yellow with a touch a cloudiness. Aromas are hops and bright, sweet citrus fruit. Quite a nice softness to the spices that are detectable on the nose. Huge hop mouth, bold obnoxiously bright fruit and kind of a fruit-perfume mouth. Nice brew, the mouthfeel is high level carbonation... off-dry complementing the fruit, i feel. Quite a quenching brew. i would love to have this as my drink of choice on my yacht in the mediterranean, soaking up the sun.

 

 

Enjoyed 19 June 2012, reviewed from notes. Thanks to RWNewhouse and EricCioe for the bottle. I'm having a hard time determining if this is the Amarillo or the CTZ version, but I'm fairly confident it's the Amarillo.

Pours pale yellow with a touch of orange. Almost completely clear, just a bit of haze. An eruptive, massive, fragrant white head forces me to stop the pour. It gradually subsides, cratering and leaving gobs of foam sticking to the glass. Wow. Almost perfect, but it just has too much head.

Smell is dominated by herbal hops, with slight spice and a sweet citrus burst.

Taste is quite good. Medium-thin bready malts that provide just enough base. Slightly spicy, like a saison, with a mild bitter finish.

Medium-light body, plenty of carbonation. Rather dry finish.

This beer works well for me. Nothing about it stands out, but I really like it. It's like a cross between a pale ale and a saison, with hints of spice backing a hop-forward pale ale.

 

picked up while in Whitefish, Montana (from notes)
A - Hazy bright golden, thumb of white head retained reasonably well
S - Light mandarin and floral, toasty grains and lightly spicy
T - Resiny cascade hops with citrus and floral accents, light grainy malt support, a very pleasant and tasty hop mix
M - Medium body, juicy start that turns to an oily bitter finish
O - A classic NW hopped pale ale, the hops starts relatively relaxed and build throughout the drinking experience, a very nice offering, I will be keeping my eye out for more from this brewer on my next trip to the Pacific NW