Brew It Up! Engine #2 Ale

Brewed by Brew It Up!
Style: American Pale Ale
Sacramento, California USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

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Draft. A hazy amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of malt and caramel as well as lighter notes of hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of matl, hops, and caramel, leading to a bitter finish. OK without being exciting.

On tap. Clear pale amber with a small, off-white head. Light aroma hoppiness in the nose. Medium body, lightly sweet burned caramel. Some hops in the finish. 130709

From tap at the brewpub. Pours clear and golden orage with a small white head. Aroma is mild hops fruity. Light bodied. Mild fruity and light malt body. Fruity, light golden malt flavoured and light bitter finish.

Name: Engine 2 Pale Ale
Date: July 06, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: hazy burnt orange, fine grey head, lots of lace
Aroma: sweet malt aroma, light floral hops
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, light hops, caramel sweetness, lots of balancing bitterness
Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 8/20
Rating: 2.4/5.0
Drinkability: 5/10
Score: *+/4

On tap at the brewery. This amber ale poured with a modest off-white head and very little aroma. There is a pretty good caramel malt base and some decent hopping. A good session beer, but nothing special.

Bottle from Brew It Up! in Sacramento, CA. I love craft beer, but this one kinda tasted like it was made by an amateur. There were hops and malt, but something was off. Very little carbination as well.

Bottle from the brewery in Sacramento, CA. This beer just didn’t do it for me. Not much malt, not much malt. Somewhat of a creamy feel on the palate. Thin-bodied brew that needed a little more carbonation. I would drink it again if it was free.

~Pours a clear amber with frothy white head, good lacing. ~Nice citrus hop scent with some biscuit malt sweetness. ~Taste isnt quite as hoppy as scent leads you to believe. Taste is more malty and biscuity. ~Creamy feel, quick bitter finish. ~Pretty decent brew. Nothing real special about it.

Draft at the brewpub. Aroma of light pine hop and a bit of malt. Amber color with smallish white head. Starts with piny hop backed by malt - and a hint of spice and then it goes floral. Something subtle in the finish, like a hint of spice again.

Bottle. Amber beer with a big white head. Fruity caramel aroma. Fruity hop flavor with some underlying caramel malt. A little light in body and a touch too fruity. Finishes dry.