3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled 9-12-11, Pours hazy amber with off white head and great retention. Aroma is caramel, toffee, earthiness, and spice. Taste is toffee, light fuitiness and some spice. Body is medium, frothy, active carbonation, balanced finish. Overall, a great beer and a classic example of american amber ale.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pour is a deep (you guessed it) cloudy amber, with a small white head, good lacing. Nose is of malt mostly some darker fruits, and maybe a few citric notes. Taste is like the smell would lead you to beleive, and rather full for a light amber ale.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a cloudy burnt orange with a small amount of light tan head. Aroma is mostly citrus with a little bit of malt and some honey sweetness. Taste is more light citrus flavor that is rounded out nicely with the malt. The flavors here are very subtle but well balanced. A nice sessionable beer that properly falls in between a pale ale and a brown ale.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
12oz, bottled on 9/20/11. 5.8% ABV. Halfway-hazy orange color, minimal white head with a sparse webby surface. Very nicely hopped with a pleasant orange-peel aroma. Spots of lace. Crisp carbonation. Light bitterness with tart sweetness. Really nice. A fantastic amber.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a hazy orange color with a decent antique lace head that coats the glass. Sweet malty spicy aroma. Taste is sweet pale malt, caramel and a little orange citrus. Very good. Hops do not over balance the maltiness.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Reddish-amber with a pretty head. Good lacing. Aroma is sweet balanced by fruity hop spice. (Maybe something a little metallic?) Classic "just a good, fresh beer" malt flavor comes through in the finish. Sweetness kick just before the finish, bitter kick just after. Nice balance. Good amber ale.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tasted bottle from Trader Joe’s into nucleated pint glass. Pours a clear, deep amber color (darker than I expected) with a vigorous, lasting head, little lacing. Aroma of bread, flowery hops and fruity ale yeast esters. Biscuity flavor with lots of caramel, toffee, and very, very nutty. Aftertaste is a great balance of malt sweetness and lingering hops bitterness. Overall an interesting amber ale, fruitier and nuttier than most. Excellent craft beer.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours copper-gold with a minimal eggshell head. Nose is sweet, toasted barley malt and a faint fruitiness. Taste is medium sweet with slight bitter and tartness. Palate is medium bodied with lively carbonation and a lengthy finish. This is a tasty everyday beer and great for fall.
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