Mt. Shasta Abner Weed Amber Ale

Brewed by Mt. Shasta Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Weed, California USA

12oz bottle. Pours a hazy amber color; thin, light tan head with patchy lacing. Lots of tea and basic earthy bitterness in the aroma; mildly astringent and drying, this smells like cold tea with some hops sprinkled in. Medium mouthfeel: sadly, this follows the aroma pretty closely; lots of bracingly dry tea and earthy bitterness without much complexity or zest; a bit astringent, scraping the palate, hop character without providing much pleasure from it; the first thing I thought of was Brewdog’s Nanny State: hop-tea bitterness without much else; couldn’t drink a lot of this. Medium finish of earthy bitterness, with some fruity notes and toast contributing.

Bottle poured a clear dark amber with a lingering ring of amber foam. Aromas of carmel, light earthiness and a hint of fruittiness. Palate was light to medium bodied and crisp. Flavors of toffee, carmel and light earthiness with a smooth lingering lightly bitter malty finish.

A little smokey, quite malty aroma. This has a nice hop bite to this right away. A good malt as well. Great stuff.

~Pours a darker amber color with no head. ~Very light malt scent. Hard to pick up aroma. Some light citrus hops. ~Bitter woodsy hop flavor, aley. Very light malts. ~Light to medium feel. Bitter finish. ~Nice amber. I really like the hop flavor in this. Malts are fairly mild.

Pretty good amber! Hoppier than expected - pours amber with white head. Finish is clean. Some nice spicy hop notes compliment the malts, which don’t overpower.

Not much to say about this beer.... picture the most typical amber ale imaginable and this might be what you get. Not bad, but nothing I will seek out again.

Draft. Amber beer with a whitsh head. Light malt aroma. Malt, caramel, and light spice flavor. Medium bodied. Noticeable hops makes gives it a little something. Spice, malt, and light pine lingers.

Pours a nice copper/orange with a fluffy white head that disappears slowly... Initial aroma of caramel malts, then more sweetness but not in the bad way, and a nice touch of subtle spice... Not very hoppy in the west coast way, but rather a wee bit spicy without the expected sweetness... Medium bodied with lingering sweetness, the finish is where the sweetness hits as it lingers a bit longer than anything else on my palate, and a touch dry in the finish... Easy drinking, quite tasty nice nice beer...