BrewDog 5 A.M. Saint

Brewed by BrewDog
Style: Amber Ale
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Bottle. Pours a clear deep red colour with a medium light beige head. Aromas of sweet malt but also with fruity hops. In the mouth I find berries, black crowberries, bisquits, rye, and some leather and fruity hops. A slick and a little bit watery mouthfeel, with light bitterness. An easy drinking beer but is still pretty tasty. The hops are significantly more dominant in the aroma than in the flavour.

Amber colour with an off white head. Fruity and hoppy nose. Hoppy grape flavour with a solid malty background.
[Bottle from Systembolaget in Strömstad, Sweden]

Bottle. Light to moderate malt notes of roasted and caramel, moderate pine and grapefruit peel for the hops, light soap for the yeast, with pepper and hints of dark dried fruit. Head is small, frothy, orange-beige, with fair lacing and is mostly diminishing. Color is murky but eventualy clears, medium orange/red. Flavor starts faintly sweet and lightly to moderately acidic, then finishes lightly acidic and lightly to moderately bitter. Palate is medium, watery with a lively carbonation. A full array of everything that is good in beer, this Amber Ale is on of the best I’ve had.

Draught at Beer O’Clock 2, in Bucharest. Dark amber colour. Long fine beige head. Aroma has notes of blueberry, cherry and elderflower. Taste is medium bitter. It has an abrupt bitter finish. I’m really impressed by this beer!

Medium amber colour with a lasting creamy white head. Smell of malt, caramel and strong fruity citrus hops. You can smell that this will be sour. Orange peel, grapefrut. Medium thin body. Sweet start of malt with a citrus greapefruit hoppy finish. Lots of dry hops, not too different then other Brewdogs but nice nontheless.

330ml Bottle, best before 16 Jan 2012, drank and reviewed on 16 Aug 2011. Before I start the proper review: I’m not a fan of the way these brewers seek notice, but I’ve had a few of their beers and although not seeking them out, don’t shy away from them either. I’ll try and be objective, not subjective. This bottle is to be poured into a ’Back Forty Beer Co’ straight sided sleeve glass: got to be fair, it looked good, true amber body, clear and inviting, on top an off-white head that was full and creamy on the mouth. Malty molasses filled the nose when taking in the smells, not roasted or toasted, burnt or otherwise, just an over-riding aroma of semi-sweet molasses. The taste and mouthfeel were/are one of smooth maltiness without the over-sweetness sometimes found in other malty brews. A rich, almost creamy Mild (UK Dark Mild that is) sort of feel to it. Would love to complain or bitch about it, but I enjoyed this beer: I prefer the slightly sweeter, maltier beers to the hoppy bitter ones normally and this slotted into my tastebuds well.

Bottle from Morrisons. On the reddish side of amber. Very hoppy aroma. I like this combo of amber ale malts and aggressive hopping.This is more earthy than fruity to me, bitter, finish perhaps could be bigger. Good.

Bottle at Illegal Jack’s. Pours pinkish-orange-red, thin bubbly head. Big hop aromas, tropical and herbal. Bready bitter flavours, intensely vegetal. Nice and fizzy.

33 cl bottle @ home. Pours reddish amber with a pretty big white head that quickly disappears leaving a small amount of lacing. Aroma is citrusy, grassy, and resiny hops. Flavour is quite hoppy with a bitter finish.

Veru nice refreshing amber ale. Light and very easy going down!