Amber Samuel Slater

Brewed by Amber
Style: Amber Ale
Ripley, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

(Cask at Euston Tap, Euston, London, 19 May 2011) Hazy golden colour with foamy, white head. Fruity nose with orange, apricots and crystal malt. Fruity, malty taste with notes of orange, apricots, crystal malt, hints of yeast and a generous, earthy bitterness in the finish. Medium body, with balanced sweetness. A bit uncertain about the form, but a nice beer as it was.

Cask Stillage at the Roundhouse, Derby 26/02/2011 Floral slight hop aroma. Golden coloured hoppy and dry on the palate with a hint of malt in a bitter finish.

Cask, Nottingham Fest 09. Amber with a small off-white head. Aromas are biscuit malts with tea, grapefruit and toffee. Flavours are citrus and spices with grapefruit. Peppery with black tea and yeast. Spritzy, hoppy and refreshing. Dry on the finish.

UPDATED: OCT 14, 2009 Cask handpull, The Crown, Nuneaton. Dusty red gold with a creamy white lid. Juicy Atomic-like US resins in the aroma; grapefruit and mandarin tang mingled with sulphur. Sturdy northern dryness on the palate tanging with American hop citrus; husky underpinning malts sweetening into a slatey, creamy vanilla and malted milk aftertaste. Massively enjoyable Yorkshire-US fusion that develops a dry, bittersweet, mineral soft, discreet citrus and husky malt character all of its own. Very good.