Belmont Top Sail

Brewed by Belmont Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Long Beach, California USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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UPDATED: NOV 13, 2007 on draft at brewery, consumed on 11/12/07. Medium, cloudy amber color with nice carbonation. Aroma is malty with no detectable hops. Slightly astringent with good malt flavor, balanced with hoppy aftertatse. Nice, if unremarkable.

Aroma of slightly roasty caramel malt with noticable hoppiness too. Pours amber - go figure. Flavor is mostly some earthy caramel with some nice hops. I remember this one being more hoppy than malty. Medium bodied. Pretty regular.

Nice amber color, mild hop aroma. Expected more maltiness and sweetness, almost tasted more like a pale ale. Nice hop character. On tap at the Yard House in Long Beach.

A nice copper,amber color when poured.had a good hoppy flavor with a medium mouthfeel.The finish was slightly bitter as i noticed in most of their beers.

BUY THE SHIRT FOR THIS BEER IN BLACK VERY COOL. Pours a deep, rich chestnut hue, mostly clear within yet still resistant to light passing through. Topped by a thin, fine and creamy tan head, it leaves top-shelf lacing behind in the glass. Nose is on the light side, yet still shows some toasty malt characteristics with a mild, floral hoppiness. Body was a middle of the road medium, and was light on carbo, passing fairly smoothly over the tongue.Had some light caramel sweetness initially hitting the palate. Formed a decent base upon which some solid layers of hops were heaped. It was quite floral overall, with yummy fruity notes as well. The lupulins stick well in the mouth and are quite long-lasting. Hit the spot nicely...

(22 oz bottle: Belmont Brewing Company in Long Beach, CA) The bottle was purchased and consumed brewery fresh, and frankly, while the beers I sampled at the brewpub were forgettable, this is not a bad little beer. Lightly malty and fairly sweet, with a very perfumy and mildly floral hoppiness, this beer could be better balanced for an amber ale, a style which if anything is often more balanced toward the malty end of the spectrum. Though more hoppy than malty, this beer is only mildly bitter, and most of that is in the finish. While this beer isn’t especially malty, there is a modest roastiness lurking in the background. The nose is very perfumy and fruity. Medium in body, with a well-carbonated palate that doesn’t inspire any thoughtful description. Dark amber in color and completely clear in appearance. One strong positive note is the light tan head, which pours to an inch in height, maintains a nice topping on the beer, and leaves some dense patches of lace. I guess in the end, this isn’t a bad beer, but it’s not all that great either. Needs more malt for the style, and the hops is too perfumy for me, and unfortunately, as the beer begins to warm from fridge temperature, these aspects are magnified.

Reddish amber hue, showing the clarity more of an amber lager. Aroma shows a mild nuttiness with faint malt and noticeable hops. A clean apple fruity malt drifts into a smooth slightly fizzy palate. Finishes out with a good level of bitterness and citrus in the aftertaste. A little too light in malts and body, but good hop properties.