Amber Winter Ruby

Brewed by Amber
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Ripley, England

Serve in English pint

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Cask (handpump) @ Guildford Arms, 1 West Register Street, Edinburgh, Scotland EH2 2AA.

Clear dark brown amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, nutty, moderate hoppy, orange - citrus. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20101030]

Cask. Deep ambery brown colour, mediumsized foamy head. Aroma is sweet malts, some nutty notes with wood, herbs and mild toffee. Flavour is much the same with the caramel and herbs being more evident. Big floral grassy bitterness in the finish and aftertaste.

cask at guilford ... dark copper ... creamy tan head ... soft toffee malt ... sweet malts ... good chocolate ... nice roast ... big toffee ... real complex

Cask gravity at Chelmsford Winter BF 2011. Very deep ruby lasting near white head. Fruity strong bitter with some very attractive cherry flavours. Ok. But lacks a little body on the swallow. Tasty but just lacks something

3rd February 2011
Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival. Loads of beers shared with ChrisO and Harrisoni - Cheers! Clear dark brown beer. No head. Light dry palate, no carbonation. Sweet toffee malt. Some nicely balanced orange and dried fruits - tangy. Alright! Quite a sweet beer overall.

Cask (gravity dispense) as Winter Ruby Fireside Ale. Beer #9 at Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival on 3 February 2011. Definitely ruby in colour with no head. Condition didn’t seem too lively. Sweetish. Quite fruity on the palate. Otherwise, respectable but not a whole lot happening. Judging from other comments it may not have been at its best on this occasion. Flagged for re-rate.

Cask, Nottingham Fest 09. Dark brown with a thin head. Aromas are lots of winter spices with chocolate and molasses. Some dark syrup. Flavours are Winter berries with chocolate and some citrus. Lots of spices. A bit unbalanced but OK.

UPDATED: OCT 31, 2010 Cask conditioned at The Lion Hotel, Belper, 17-01-08 An intriguiging chestnut coloured beer that showed a slight haze when poured, this promised quite a lot but ultimately didn’t really deliver. There was an element of spice in there with the biscuit flavours, but if truth be told I found this to be just a little bit rough around the edges. A6 A3 T6 P3 Ov13 3.1 Had this again on Cask, handpump at The Guildford, Edinburgh in company of Craig, Rob (his girlfriend, sorry forgot name) & Loz 29.10.10 Pours reddy colour ok so i’ll go for ruby as the name suggests. I get pastry in the mouth, sweet malt and a touch of star anise, well definately spicy! Some toffee and biscuit, lovely and much better than last time hence the re-rate. A7 A5 T7 P4 Ov15 3.8

Cask at Guildford Arms, Edinburgh, Scotland. Chestnut colour, off white head. Aroma of cognac, fruity. Flavour is cognac, fruity, caramel, light bitter finish. Light bodied, oily mouthfeel. Tasty.

Cask @ 2nd Saltburn Beer Festival. A hazy brown colored beer, with a beige head. The aroma of dark fruits, caramel some hop. The taste of dark old fruit and notes of hop. The aftertaste is musty with some bitter.