Mirror Pond Pale Ale

Pros: Really one of the best balanced beers you will ever taste.
Cons: Hard to find in most areas.

For many years, one of my favorite beers has always been Deschutes Mirror Pond Pale Ale. Of course, I haven’t been able to get it as often as I might like. Still, I’ve always retained fond memories of the beer going all the way back to ...

Pros: What a pale ale should strive to be.
Cons: Very rarely in New York, and even rarer on draft in New York.

Talk to a beer geek sometime about the Pacific Northwest's contribution to beer. At some point, the words "hop monster" or "overwhelmingly bitter" might very well come up, for good reason: the region grows an obscene percentage of the country's and for ...

Pros: Enjoyable and refreshing
Cons: Not quite enough in flavor or body

I have to start out this review by adding to John’s (bruguru) comments in a recent review explaining his passion for beer and suggesting something along the lines of beer to many being nothing more than a case of flavorless lager to drink and get drunk....

Pros: Nice melon scent
Cons: not quite crisp enough

I purchased Mirror Pond to go head-to-head with fellow Oregon microbrew Widmer Hop Jack Pale in a battle of Northwest Pale Ales. After a strenous battle with included me smelling and drinking both beers, the overly hopped and poorly balanced Hop Jack...

Pros: Light, nice aftertaste
Cons: Too expensive to drink a ton of, must be savored (darn it!)

Mirror Pond Pale Ale is not just one of the best beers in Oregon, it's one of the best beers in the whole Northwest! The Deschutes brewery produces a great selection of beers, but the Pale Ale is my favorite. It's light, not filling, yet flavorful,...

Pros: VERY tasty
Cons: VERY expensive

This beer is mouth watering, and would make Homer drop Duff like a bad habit...D'oh! Although not nationally known as it is brewed in Bend, Oregon, I have noticed availability growing at quite a rapid rate. I have seen this beer as far south as Los...

Pros: crisp, balanced
Cons: is easy to drink to the exclusion of all other beers

Mirror Pond Pale ale is pure bottled joy from our friends, the Deschutes Brewing Company, in Bend, Oregon. It is my favorite American beer.

Mirror Pond is bitter, but not overly so. I don't even notice its bitterness because I'm too busy...

Pros: One of the best beers ever brewed!
Cons: Goes down so smooth you don't realize how much you have consumed

Had a coworker introduce me to Mirror Pond about three months ago. He tried some at a local beer festival in January. He couldn't quit talking about this beer. I left work and picked some up on the way home. This ale is the smoothest ale I have ever...

Pros: The best beer I've ever tasted
Cons: It costs money

A few months ago I decided to forsake ordinary food and subsist only on air and this fabulous brew. My IQ has improved, my sex life is the best ever, and I'm making more money than I ever dreamed of before I met Mirror Pond Pale Ale. Light and flavorful,...

Pros: Crisp, fresh brew. No after taste.
Cons: The brewery is too far from my house.

I am one of the lucky ones. I get to go to the Deschutes Brewery for a handcrafted mug of beer every now and then. When I don't go to the brewery I buy Mirror Pond in the bottle. This beer is a great brew for those warm Oregon days. Well, it is great...