Since I’m visiting the Eastern side of Wisconsin over the weekend, I thought I would pick up a couple of different beers that I haven’t seen in my local liquor store and give them a review. (”Its all for the blog honey, I have to buy these beers!” )

The first in line comes out of La Crosse, WI from the City Brewery. Since it is well known that I enjoy hoppy beers, it should be obvious that my pick was the Golden Leaf Pale Ale. The bottle has mostly green lable with two hop cones pictured prominently on the front. The descriptor is “cascade hops with a citrus floral bouquet”.

Opening the bottle gave me a nice hoppy sniff of Cascades. Once I poured it into the glass after taking a sip, it is a deep golden color with a little amber mixed in. The hop aroma isn’t as prevalent as a Hazed and Infuzed, but still, its there.

It drinks easily and leaves behind a typical pale ale film of hoppy bitterness in the back of my mouth. It definately has the hops.

Over all, it is a typical pale ale. I’d buy it again if I couldn’t find my usual hoppy favorites. If you don’t like hoppy beer, I would not recommend buying it. Actually, if you don’t like hoppy beer, don’t buy pale ales!

Cheers!