Arcadia Amber Ale

12 oz. notched at "E" and "1", whatever that means. Cloudy copper with a huge head that walks out of the bottle and sticks around. Spicy peach, caramel, some earthy old-style barbershop hair tonic and grain in the aroma. Flavor is the same, plus some acidic apple-cherry notes after a bit, and a woody caramel apple finish. Light-medium body is smoothish and dryish with a little too much frothiness at times.

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.