Oregon Honey Beer - Portland Brewing Company

Knapp85

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev +9.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

The beer poured out as a standard yellow colored beer with a small head on it nothing too crazy here. The smell is of some light sweet notes and grains. The taste is light and semi sweet kind of refreshing. The mouthfeel is light also, very easy to drink. There isn't too much to say about this. It's a pretty standard brew.

Serving type: bottle

05-17-2011 03:24:41 | More by Knapp85

jeffjeff1

California

3/5  rDev +9.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

I picked this up in Clayton while getting dinner at Johnny's Deli.

Appearance- gold color, little to no head

Smell- malt, honey

Taste- honey, light flavor

Mouthfeel- light bodied

Drinkability- ok It's kinda average. Not very flavorful though. I'm used to more full flavored beers.

Serving type: bottle

10-31-2009 02:07:53 | More by jeffjeff1

BierFan

Michigan

2.98/5  rDev +9.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Poured from a 12 ounce bottle into a pint glass.

Appearance: Hard pour produced only a thin head and the head vanished in record time. Golden body with good carbonation.

Smell: As the name would lead you to believe, this beer definitely has honey in it. Not much else to say about the smell, really.

Taste: The honey flavor is especially strong in the aftertaste. Low hop bitterness.

Besides that little bit of honey the beer doesn't have a whole lot going on. It's just a gimmicky pale lager.

Serving type: bottle

09-02-2009 01:35:09 | More by BierFan

Haybeerman

Colorado

2.9/5  rDev +6.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

A: Clear, orange-straw color. Poured a 1 finger creamy stark white head that dissipated to a thick skim. Laced in creamy thin rings.

S: Light, slightly sweet malt. Wet grain.

T: Pale malt, dry sweet honey flavor. Mild hop bitterness. Not very complex, not real flavorful and lacks depth

M: Light body. Balanced carbonation. Mild and cloying sweetness lingers.

D: Definitely goes down easy. Just not a very interesting drink.

Serving type: bottle

06-08-2009 18:01:54 | More by Haybeerman

Tone

Missouri

2.9/5  rDev +6.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Pours a clear yellow color. 1/4 inch head of a white color. Decent retention and decent lacing. Smells unusually sweet (like a mixture of honey and cream), slight alcohol aroma, and some crisp yeast cleanliness. The smell after the honey/cream aroma is sadly lacking. So far, it does not fit the style of an American Pale Ale. Mouth feel is smooth and crisp with an average carbonation level. Tastes of yeast cleanliness up front, then some sweet malt, some bread flavors, a little odd flavored honey in the finish. I'm not really picking up any hop flavors which is disappointing. Overall, not what I would consider an APA, the honey is not very flavorful, and the palate as a whole is slightly watery.

Serving type: bottle

03-19-2009 04:46:37 | More by Tone

colts9016

Idaho

3.25/5  rDev +19%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

Poured into a pint glass at 45 degrees.

Appearance: Is a golden amber color with a white ring around the glass. There is effervescence in the glass and a lot of it. The clarity of the beer is very clear with a slight haziness.

Nose: The honey kinda mask the hops. There is some malt, some floral esters, and citrus.

Taste: A nice honey flavor but the hops kinda lack in this beer. There is a nice maltiness in the beer. There are floral esters and citrus but on in the background.

Overall: It is a descent beer but far from being a complete pale ale. The honey hides the hops to where it is muted. there is a good flavor in the beer.

Serving type: bottle

01-23-2009 02:49:47 | More by colts9016

SickBrew

Washington

3.68/5  rDev +34.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5

I remember trying this beer back in college - about 1993. I poured this brew from a standards 12oz bottle into a pilz glass and observed: a nice refreshing looking beer, light in color and yellow gold at that, head - about 1/2 a finger of fine looking fluffy white head.

Nose is a bit dull but does have a slight honey tone, or maybe its just psychosomatic. Otherwise the hops are subdued and the malt aroma is slight. Taste is better than I though it was going to be. The honey notes are well balanced with the rest of the beers characters, mild hops and malts and really hits the spot. Body is light and refreshing and the carb level is about right. Overall this is good beer and has a high degree of drinkability.

Serving type: bottle

01-18-2009 00:35:15 | More by SickBrew

droomyster

Virginia

2.35/5  rDev -13.9%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5

Pours a perfectly transparent gold with a big white head. I had to stretch myself to pick up any aroma at all but detected grains and grass; the smell of honey in this beer is surprisingly faint. The flavor is bland, ranging from skunkiness at worst to nearly tasteless maltiness at worst. The medium-light body is somewhat redeeming, but in the end, as much as I wanted to like it, I cannot recommend this beer and will not be having another. Simply finishing this one will be a chore in itself.

Serving type: bottle

12-30-2008 10:23:24 | More by droomyster

djeucalyptus

Oregon

2.9/5  rDev +6.2%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5

After seeing this time and time again, I figured what the hell, and picked up a 12oz bottle.

Poured a lackluster crystal celar drab golden yellow color with a bubbly white foam, almost reminiscent of mountain dew. Fizzles out quickly, and leaves pretty much no lacing.

aroma is negligible, with vague hints of a macro lager. Grain with a bit of hay, maybe a hint of hops? and a bit of sweet light malt, maybe reminiscent of honey.

Taste isn't surprising given the aroma. Tastes like a macro (adjunct?) lager... grainy, a hints of grass, corn, light malt, and maybe a touch of weak hops. The honey sweetness if fairly pleasant and not cloying, but strong enough to make it fairly interesting.

mouthfeel is bubbly with some high carbonation. a bit syrupy for the lightness and low abv... fizzy and tingly.

meh. I could see this as an entry into craft brews, as it's fairly approachable, but not really a good example of APA. Fairly lackluster and weak, with a definite macro-lager-esque flavor profile. Not one I'd ever revisit, although not the worst brew I've had.

Serving type: bottle

12-08-2008 20:05:11 | More by djeucalyptus

Offa

California

3.45/5  rDev +26.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

This ale is tasty and smooth, but very light and a bit thin.

Golden, it has a big, dense white head that shrinks fairly slowly.

The aroma is grain with a hint of honey and slightly musty.

The taste is mild but very nice, with a faint honey taste and a nice finish of grain and a hint of honey. It has light sweetness with almost no bitterness.

Serving type: bottle

12-03-2008 22:35:33 | More by Offa

Dogbrick

Ohio

2.53/5  rDev -7.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Sample at Oggi's in Santa Clarita, CA. Pours a crystal clear pale golden color with a medium thin white head that dissipates quickly. Minimal lacing is apparent. Light honey and malt aroma. Light-bodied with subtle malt, honey and hops flavors. The finish is short and sweet, without much aftertaste. Not worth revisiting overall.

Serving type: on-tap

11-24-2008 17:11:12 | More by Dogbrick

orangemoustache

Illinois

2.4/5  rDev -12.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

This pours a very dull yellow with a thin white head that has a serious lack of lacing as well as anything close to inviting. The is grainy with just a slight touch of sweetness,leaving much to be desired. The flavors and most notably the malt profile is almost non existent,makes me wonder how much malt they really substituted for the two drops of honey that go completely unnoticed. The hop profile may be worse off if that's possible,really seems to be a serious lack of creativity in the design of this beer. The whole time I'm drinking this I am reminded of sitting in grade school bored out of my mind chewing on note book paper,that describes the experience and the flavor.

Serving type: bottle

11-17-2008 18:20:57 | More by orangemoustache

bulletrain76

California

2.88/5  rDev +5.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

12oz bottle. Yellow color with a white head. Grainy aroma with a touch of floral honey and maybe some hops. Very light and lagerish flavor, dry for the most part, without much honey character. Almost no hop flavor and low bitterness. Tastes like a run of the mill golden ale, hardly an APA, and almost a bland pils. Not bad, and would be perfectly drinkable if it weren't for the bore factor bringing it down.

Serving type: bottle

11-14-2008 05:18:25 | More by bulletrain76

matty

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev +9.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Pale yellow colored beer with a rapidly fading head.Aroma and taste remind me of macro lagers.I tasted nothing sweet or resembling honey.One of the most mediocore beers I've ever had.I wouldn't recommend since there are so many others good beers to try!!

Serving type: bottle

10-18-2008 05:47:31 | More by matty

zeff80

Missouri

2.98/5  rDev +9.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

A - Poured out a pale yellow color with a good deal of carbonation. It had a small, fizzy, white head that left no lace.

S - It smelled of honey and some light caramel malt.

T - It tasted of caramel, honey and some subtle bitter hops.

M - It was crisp and fairly smooth. A light-bodied beer.

D - This is just an okay beer. The honey flavor was very understated.

Serving type: bottle

08-16-2008 19:01:02 | More by zeff80

Gueuzedude

Arizona

2.95/5  rDev +8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Pours into my 25cl tulip glass with a two-finger thick, pale, off-white colored head. The beer is a clear copper color, that shows a bright gold color when held up to the light. The aroma is definitely influenced by honey, with it being the most prominent note. There is also a touch of grassy grain aromatics, notes of crushed saltine crackers as well as a thin beery note. Fairly simplistic aroma, that is not as interesting as it could be.

A honey sweetness is noticeable at the front of a sip, but the beer dries out somewhat without losing the floral honey flavors entirely. Perhaps a kiss of hops add a faint bitterness, as a balancing note the fizzy carbonation seems to add some sharpness to temper the honey flavors. Grassy / grainy malt character is noticeable, but doesn't do a whole lot for the complexity of this brew. Thinnish and light in the mouthfeel, if the flavors were better this would be quite quaffable.

Not a bad beer, it doesn't have any real flaws, it just isn't all that interesting.

Serving type: bottle

06-06-2008 00:22:40 | More by Gueuzedude

TYE

Kansas

3/5  rDev +9.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

A - Pours a clear golden color with slight a slight amber hue that produces a big-bubbled white foam head that dissipates quickly to nothing. No lace. No drink-by date on bottle.
S - Aroma is of barley grain and a slight touch of honey. Not overwhelmingly strong, but not a weak aroma, neither.
T - Tastes of grain and a touch of honey, just like the smell. Medium flavor in the mouth, but once swallowed it is gone. Finishes clean with no aftertaste.
M - Medium to high carbonation. On the light side of light to medium bodied. No hop bitterness. Smooth and almost a bit watery.
D - A good, easy to drink, beer. Nothing too special, but nothing really bad, either. Good balance of light flavors. If you're in the mood for a little sweet and easy, this one's ok.

Serving type: bottle

03-12-2008 02:01:12 | More by TYE

jwc215

New Jersey

2.58/5  rDev -5.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

Pours hazed golden with a thin white head that fizzles down to a vanishing patch.

The smell is of grain and honey - mild.

The taste is bland - some grain - some hops balance it out because sweetness is restrained - honey in the finish. Fizziness gives it a bit of "wet cardboard" taste. Water, thin, fizzy. Honey almost saves it a bit because it is not cloyingly sweet, but noticeable. I could have almost confused it with a macro honey lager.

This is the third, and final, beer from a variety pack from this brewery. While the other two were nothing special/forgettable, this one is annnoyingly forgettable.

Serving type: bottle

03-04-2008 23:10:01 | More by jwc215

madtowndmb1

Wisconsin

2.1/5  rDev -23.1%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

this beer doesn't seem to have any great qualities! I usually break them down, but I'm not sure if it's worth it on this one. Looks like a macro-beer, it has a different smell, not offensive but different. I don't even taste honey, I don't really taste anything?? It goes down like water and has no after-taste. I would probably have a Miller before this again.

I wouldn't recommend this beer for any reason, other than maybe curiosity.

Serving type: bottle

03-04-2008 22:51:57 | More by madtowndmb1

JDV

Texas

2.63/5  rDev -3.7%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 3

Light to medium gold with very short lived head. Smell is sweet malt, and grain. Taste is similar with honey sweetness and grain present but in a watered down fashion. Easy to drink, but a touch bland, even with the mild honey finish. Good substitute for a light beer or pale lager for sure.

Serving type: bottle

02-22-2008 05:55:33 | More by JDV

cer40

Kansas

3.13/5  rDev +14.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

I sampled this beer from a 12oz bottle poured into a pint glass. It pours with a small head that doesn't last long.

Smells lightly of honey and some faint malts. Tastes like water with a little bit of honey.

Mouthfeel is light. I could drink a lot of these if they were good.

Serving type: bottle

02-06-2008 23:20:17 | More by cer40

GoreStorm

California

1.33/5  rDev -51.3%
look: 1.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1

A - no head, the color is golden wizz color...

S - pretty bad, nothing much here, slight honey scent under a crappy cheap beer smell

T - there is little honey taste here, what honey that does come through tastes that it was probably of poor quality. this tastes like miller high life but worse, theres some sourness here that's not good but makes it repulsive.

M - this feels like i'm drinking a crappy macro

D - this beer gets the same status that macros have for me....wouldn't drink it if it was free.

notes - i love honey, and i love drinks that taste of honey, so i'm usually sucked into things with the "honey" tag on them. it usually goes two ways, i like it or it's horrible. this falls into the latter. stay away from this beer.

Serving type: bottle

01-26-2008 04:56:56 | More by GoreStorm

JohnGalt1

Idaho

3.28/5  rDev +20.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

12oz from the Coop for about $1.35.. poured into my New Belgium tulip.

1" head disappears quickly only a touch or two of lacing... very clear straw gold color.

Aroma is clean pale malt and little else... maybe a little clover honey essence .. or I could be just imagining things... reminds me of a Kolsche.

Flavor is again very clean.. bready pale grains with a touch of sweetness mid palate.. more subtle honey essence... very low spicy hop flavor... Body is light medium and budding prickly carbonation.

I am not reviewing the beer as an APA... not even close to an APA.. not pretending to be an APA... Definately more similar to an American Blond or a Kolsche.

I don't know why people have a problem with this beer. It is not my thing, but for what it is, it's pretty good... very drinkable and certainly a beer that even the most stubborn macro drinker would appreciate.

Serving type: bottle

01-18-2008 08:50:33 | More by JohnGalt1

SargeC

Japan

3.73/5  rDev +36.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Appearance: Slightly hazy gold with a thick white head.

Smell: Yeasty notes, hops and a mild sweetness.

Taste: Crisp, with a slight hop bite. Finishes sweet. Provides a good foundation while remaining light.

Mouthfeel: Light body, slightly acidic.

Drinkability: Very refreshing and clean, yet bold enough to satisfy.

Serving type: bottle

12-07-2007 07:33:04 | More by SargeC

BretSikkink

Mexico

2.9/5  rDev +6.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Clear, orange-straw color, with a creamy thick head of about two inches. Good retention and velvety lacing.

Light, clean grain, slightly sweet.

Pale malt, some hopping bitterness but not much that adds a depth of flavor. Rather thin, mild and generally lacking in flavor.

Easy to drink, nothing special here.

Serving type: bottle

11-20-2007 02:36:56 | More by BretSikkink