This beer is a pale ale, a style known for its bitterness. The bitterness comes from the hops added during the boil as well as the fresh aromas. The hop variety used in this beer is a cascade hop. This well established variety of hops is an American grown hop. This hop is known for its citrus flavors and floral aroma characteristics. There are four hop additions that are added during the boil.

The first addition, at the beginning of the boil, adds most of the bitterness to the beer. The next two additions add flavor as well as bitterness. The last addition is added right at the end of the boil which is where the nice fresh aromas come from.

This brew is balanced with pale malt as well as some caramelized barley. The pale malt is a lightly kilned malt giving it a pale appearance. The caramelized barley is barley that has been cooked in a way where the starch in the barley itself is caramelized. This adds some caramel flavors as well as a golden orange color. The barley is brewed using a temperature controlled step mash. In doing this we utilize the proteins and enzymes necessary to convert sugars for fermentation.

This beer is brewed with an ale yeast which is a top fermenting yeast that ferments at warmer temperatures and adds well rounded flavors to this beer.

The water for this beer comes from a fresh water aquifer which is some of the best water in the world for brewing beer. Nothing is added to the water, it has all of the minerals necessary to brew great beer.