Arcadia Amber Ale

Brewed by Arcadia Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Battle Creek, Michigan USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

Wow what a great and different beer. This is not an amber ale, though. This tastes like a specialty grain or spice beer. Aroma of sorghum and caramel malt. Pour was a nice medium amber with a one finger off white head. Taste was very different so I can’t describe it. Nice and bitey with a floral taste throughout. Very refreshing, just can’t put my finger on these tastes.

Bottle: Pretty good amber. Pours amber with a small, but thick head. Aroma of hops and flowers. Flavor of same.

I am a sucker for the amber hues... The flavor is good, but the appearance is spectacular.

Pours a hazy dark copper with fine sediment, a towering, frothy off-white head that sticks around for quite some time, eventually leaving behind wispy lace. Once the head settles, the aroma comes through: dusty caramel and bready malts with floral and mildly earthy hop notes in support. Light to medium-bodied, with soft carbonation, it finishes lightly bitter and with just a hint of sourness. The flavor is of sweet, lightly sour and bready malt with notes of caramel and floral hops finishing a bit tinny but not in a way that detracts from the overall effect. A refreshingly different interpretation of the style, this one may not "wow" you, but it isn’t half bad.

12 oz. bottle. The ale surged out. Amber color with a two finger off-white head. Wonderful floral hop aroma - I’m in England. Medium body with fine carbonation. Flavor is more caramel malt than hop, but there is nearly enough bitter in the finish to remedy that. It’s really good, and it might fit ESB or Strong Ale across the pond.

Tasted at the brewery in Battle Creek. Warm sweetness that stands up well to a malty backbone.

Pours amber with a light, fine, white head. Aroma is lightly grapey, fruity smell. Flavor is sweet with tropical, grapey flavors. Not bad, not great either.

Bottled. Pours reddish-brown with a large off white head. Lacking much aroma, a little alcohol and not much else. Watery, with a tinge of citrus. Can vaguely taste roasted malt. Aftertaste is of soap. Not that tasty.