Blind Tiger Amber

Brewed by Blind Tiger
Style: Amber Ale
Topeka, Kansas USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Draft at the brewpub. Pours an amber body with a white head. Malty nutty body with a light chewy salty fruit tone. Nerds and willy wonka candy sweetness. Bit of a mess.

Pours a clear copper with a ring of off-white bubbles clinging to the edge of the glass when it reached my table. The nose is caramel malt and faint fruity hops. Medium-bodied and grainy with a dry metallic finish. Roasted caramel malts with a fruity hop backing, concluding with a dry metallic note. I’m not sure if I’m just a glutton for punishment or I’m just hoping to find a diamond-in-the-rough, but almost all of the ambers that I’ve tried (with the exception of a few) finish off like I’m sucking on a penny. I just keep trying them, hoping the next one will be "the one" that helps me understand why so many brewers and brewpubs make this style.

On tap at the brew pub. Amber orange with a smallish white head. Smells like butter and raspberries. Tastes buttery sweet and fruity. Medium body. Average carbonation. Sweet finish. Dull.

Date: February 24, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear amber, wispy off white head, bits of lace
Aroma: light aroma
Flavor: sweet malt flavor. touch of caramel sweetness, light earthyness
Overall: not much character good or bad
Aroma: 3/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 3/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 6/20
Rating: 1.8/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: 4