Bittings Avenel Amber

Brewed by J.J. Bitting Brewing Co.
Style: Amber Ale
Woodbridge, New Jersey USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Light brown in color. Really enjoyable. Hoppy and malty. Full hop character. Pleasant.

Happy malt, mild, fresh hops, reminds me of Full Sail Amber but not so aggressive, if any amber ale can be said to be aggressive. One of the better brewpub ambers.

Nice orange-red color. Hoppy and malty aroma, but subtly so. Malt is balanced with hops and carmel. This beer has a nice character to it for a low alcohol beer.

I would say that this was just your run-of-the-mill amber, but actually I liked this one more than average.

UPDATED: JAN 15, 2007 on tap-pours a creamy white head that laces. Color is amber with effervescence. Aroma is malt. Taste is malt&hops, caramel. Mild carbonation.

A decent head of thin foam. Nice lacing. Light carbonation. Medium malt aroma with some roasted grains. Color is a medium orange/amber. Light malt flavor. Very refreshing. Finish is slightly creamy and bitter. A decent amber ale.

Tap. Pours a nice medium to deep amber with a thin film of a head. Aroma is slightly nutty and caramel malts, with a balance of herbal and tea-like hops with hints of citrus. Flavor is slightly sweet with caramel malts, bready, herbal and slightly tea-like especially in the end. Nice clean bitterness and finishes crisp and light. Nice amber.

Crystal clear amber body with off-white head. Aroma is medium sweet, grapefruit/pine, some caramel. Taste is medium sweet, caramel, some toast, grapefruit, chocolate. Soft, light-medium body with low carbonation.

Draft. Pours amber with a lacing white head. Faint caramel malt aroma. Caramel and toasty malt flavor, evenly balanced by the bitter hop. Nothing overly complex here, but decent.

07.23.04 tap at brewpub. Not overly hopped like many brewpub ambers. Very grainy with fresh, grassy, bitter hops at quick end. Heaps of caramel. Mainly a quaffer.