 theisti (1084), Leawood, Kansas, USA
Apr 24, 2007
Bottle. Pour is cloudy orange amber. Aroma is malt with some citrus hops. Taste is malt with some sweetness with the citrus peeking through. Finish has just a touch of dirt / bitterness that I could have done without in this brew. Overall decent, but below average by Bell standards. As this warms, more of the negative traits come through.
Moggman (40), Columbus, Ohio, USA
Oct 2, 2008 Bottle. Pours amber with white/off white head. Aroma is malty sweet with hints of citrus. Flavor is malty and finishes with good balanced hops.
timsilvia32 (244), from Michigan now in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Oct 1, 2008 Light red pour, whitish head. Sweet malt, some pine aromas. Malt and toffee flavors throughout, little raisin or something green fruit. Nice bittering hops through the finish. Well balanced and drinkable, but nothing outstanding. One of Bell’s more sessionable ales.
kosko20 (134), Bemidji, Minnesota, USA
Sep 29, 2008 Perfect pour, caramel-amber color with a nice thick off-white head. Beautiful aroma, perfectly balanced of caramel malts and hops. Flavor is also balanced nicely of the same malts and hops and has a slight fruity flavor. Palate starts sweet, ends bitter...but slightly for both spectrums. Mouthfeel is a little thin and light on carbonation. A very easy drinker.
stankenk (60), Maplewood, Minnesota, USA
Sep 29, 2008 ABR ’08 - On Cask. It pours medium amber with tick lacy head. The nose was sweet yet some bitter hops. It seemed to be quite bitter and the head just got to be too much.
dogfish120love (76), west hartford, Connecticut, USA
Sep 25, 2008 Pours a cloudy murky amber orange. Thin head. Smells sweet yet the hops give it a bitter smell, i also smell cider. Cider agian on the flavor, definetly some fruity notes. It’s unlike any other amber ale i have had its sweeter. I swear i can taste apple in this, which to me seems to deviate from the style.
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