Alpine Beer Company Crazy Hazel

Brewed by Alpine Beer Company (CA)
Style: Amber Ale
Alpine, California USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Taster at the brewpub. Pours a copper-gold color with a small white head that soon recedes to a fine film. The aroma is mild with sweet bread, and possibly some faint nuttiness. The flavor is overtly sweet, with candied nuts and bready malts. The palate is light but appropriate. Finishes short and sweet. Overall: Not really thrilled by this one, but it goes down easy and I wont hesitate to order another one someday.

Clear dark yellow with a fizzy white head. Malt and barley aroma and a sweet fruity taste with light candy notes and a silky mouth feel.

Draft. Amber-brown beer with a dark cream colored head. Malt and light nutty aroma. Nutty flavor with malt, light cocoa, and light backing hops. Medium bodied. Nuttiness and malt linger with light cocoa.

Draft at PP Carlsbad. Clear amber pour, with an off white head. Sweetness, caramel malt, lightly toasty, definite nuts in the flavor - hazelnuts, light chocolate, and some earthy hops. Im not a big fan of the style, but this was pretty good. Medium in mouthful and flavor.

tap at brewpub-pours copper huge with a small soapy white head. nose of carmal lite cashews, toasted grains and husky notes. flavors of lightly bitter nuts, grains and light hops (earthy). lite body with a very good mouthfeal (slick and slightly astringent) decent and a cool twist on this overly done style.

Tasted at the brewery on a toasty saturday afternoon. Amber red in color with some modest head. Nice malt flavors with some subdued hops in the background. Medium in body and easy on the palate. A bit of the nutty filbert flavor present but not overpowering by any means. Pretty easy to drink. Not bad.

On tap at Alpine Brewpub. Pour is a dark reddish amber with a fairly thin head that clings very nicely. Chose is mostly bready malts and yeast. Maybe a very faint Hazelnut. Taste follows the nose and very smooth and sessionable. No hazelnut on the taste. Certainly will not confuse this for Nutella. Very good beer on it’s own even if it wasn’t what I expected

Clear amber with a perfect creamy off-white head. Loads of fresh hazelnut, vanilla, coffee, and a hint of chocolate in the nose. Could smell this one all day! Rich flavors of all of the above, but a slight hint of hops offers balance to keep it from being sweet. Full-bodied, very creamy, soft carbonation, lengthy nutella (chocolate & hazelnut) finish. Great stuff. It veers off the typical California hop path which makes it that much more fun to try. Thanks again Scotty V!

UPDATED: JUL 28, 2011 Growler... This beer rocks!... Sparkling clear, deep amber ale with a small, creamy, off-white head. Lots of stratus lacing. The nose is awesome. Tons and tons of freshly roasted hazelnuts with lots of chocolate and a little coffee and vanilla. The flavor just about matches the aroma. Both are excellent. Very nutty and chocolatey. Well-balanced. Full-bodied with a creamy mouthfeel and medium carbonation. Lengthy, chocolatey, nutty finish. Very, very rich! Thanks to ScottVacula for the growler! World class beer!

Draught @ Alpine Brewery

The beer pours a deep black walnut color with a smallish off white head, and the lace a nice thin sheet. Nose is sweet malt, just the slightest hint of hazelnut, fresh and clean to the senses; start is sweet, nice malt presence. Finish is prickly in its acidity, the hops pleasing and benevolent, the aftertaste has a nice Hazelnut dry sweetness that is quite pleasant, wish I had a case of that one, but alas only available on draught.