 Underhook (160), Lincoln Park, New Jersey, USA
Sep 11, 2008 Updated: Sep 13, 2008
Picked this up due to the cheap price and my love of amber ales. On the open and pour, dark, typical amber ale. Sexy. Medium-thin head. Leaves a medium lacing that fits the beer. Smells super bready, yeasty, like biscuits. Taste is SUPER spicey, first thing you notice is the spice. Lots of piney hops here. There’s a spice in here that I can’t quite put my finger on, but it gives the beer a dill pickle type taste to it. Almost seems like it’s coming from the hops, but something tells me it doesn’t. Maybe this is an old batch? Either way, it sounds gross, but it’s good, and it works with the piney hops extremely well. Really satisfying, incredibly drinkable. Super enjoyable beer, my love amber ale continues and I’m sure to pick up some more Ballast brews. What is it about San Diego that produces such good breweries?
nbutler11 (305), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Dec 3, 2008 Pours a dark amber color from the tap at the brewery. Sweet with sugar on the aroma and loaded with hops in the flavor. Would be solid with food.
thornecb (1228), Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
Dec 1, 2008 Pours deep, clear amber into a shaker. Off-white head quickly recedes to skim surface. Malt and mild pine aromas. Sweet pine and resin upfront. Full-bodied with a lasting grapefruit finish. Very nicely balanced throughout.
yngwie (3762), Kristiansand, Norway
Nov 29, 2008 Bottle, 22oz, at the European Beer Festival, Copenhagen. A clear, copper beer with a small off-white to beige head. Caramel, fruityness and citrusy hops in the aroma. The flavor is on the hoppy side with caramel sweetness to balance it. Somehow dryish, and a finish with caramel and lots of hops. Another pleasant amber, but it fails to bring out the great enthusiasm. (080912)
blutt59 (955), Dallas, Texas, USA
Nov 1, 2008 bottle, nut brown color with frothy tan head that fades, aroma of hops, caramel and some fruit, flavors of sweet caramel, grapefruit,pine, and lemon, and a bitter malt finish
AmEricanbrew (1137), Swamp Shreveport, Left Coast, Louisiana, USA
Oct 30, 2008 Crystal clear copper color with a tan head. Good caramel sweet aroma with floral hop. Medium body. Rich caramel sweet flavor with earthy spices, and a tasty floral hop bite in the finish. Nice amber here.
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