www.skagitbrew.com
Mount Vernon, WA's Skagit River Brewery is a brewpub that focuses on serving the best brews they can produce, using local hops and grains. They try to put a North-West twist on classic European classics, which partly is due to using the local hops which have distinct characteristics. This particular brew doesn't appear on their list of regular brews, so I assume it's a seasonal or special brew. They have six year-round brews and frequent additions to the seasonal lines.
It has a slightly cloudy deep golden colour with white head that provides nice lacing.
The hops take over the smell mainly thr bitterness and citrus with a hint of floral notes lingering.
Maltiness comes in at the start with bitterness quickly on its heels then floral notes take over and the hint of citrus is there on the finish.
It's a nice balanced pale ale with a little North-West flavour, the hops used provide a much wider flavour profile of the bitterness, floral and citrus notes causing this brew to explode with flavour in comparison to most other pale ales. Somehow all without crossing the line into IPA territory. I strongly recommend trying this if you can find it.
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