Peak Organic Brewing Company is an independent brewing establishment that contract brews at the Shipyard Brewery. All of their beers are certified organic and seem to be catching on with the beer drinking populous quite well. They have three stable brews they sell in six packs but this is the first I've seen being sold in 22 oz. bottles.
According to the bottle Peak Organic brews their Maple Oat Ale with "Maine-grown GrandyOats and maple syrup from Vermont's Butternut Mountain Farm". That's pretty cool if you ask me. Its nice to see this sort of collaboration go into making a beer.
This pours a nice clean, clear golden color. Its definitely fresh considering this beer was just released this week. It smells sweet, crisp and a bit like brown sugar. The head is thin, but again I think its because I drink my beer a little colder than I should.
Call me crazy but I think this beer tastes very similar to Geary's Pale Ale. It has a similar sharp taste and that crispness that is sort of lager-esque. This is a very clean beer with a touch of malt sweetness and not a lot of hop bitterness.
I think that people are going to find this a very easy drinking beer. Its hard to detect the maple syrup (or the oats for that matter) but its likely supposed to be that way. I am not a huge fan of the other Peak beers but thats mainly because they are rather run of the mill. Give this a shot if you see it, its a special release so it probably won't be on the shelves for long.
BEER FACTS
Name: Maple Oat Ale
Style: Pale Ale?
Brewery: Peak Organic Brewing Company
Location: Portland, Maine, USA
Container: 22 oz. bottle
Malts: ? & Oatmeal
Hops: ?
ABV: 5.2%
IBUs: ?
Brewed in Maine
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