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Carolina Brewery Copperline Amber Ale


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An Amber Ale brewed by
Carolina Brewery

Chapel Hill, North Carolina USA

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192.93/5.02.91/5.0-40.2 English pint, Shaker P  Stats

Commercial Description:
This brilliant red ale, brewed with caramel and pale malts, is a best seller at the Carolina Brewery. Using traditional brewing methods, the ale yeast provides a touch of fruit and works in tandem with the malt to make for a very drinkable ale. Kent Golding hops lend just enough bitterness and aroma to round out the flavor.

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 wilkie (1045), Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jun 25, 2008  
Draught. Pours copper, with a small white head. Aroma is slight caramel. Flavor is slightly sweet, with some caramel, and grassy in aftertaste. Kind of a lighter beer.


 emacgee (976), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/514/20
Apr 19, 2008  
At the brewery. Pours a copper amber with a thin offwhite head. The aroma is slightly sweet, a light bitterness, grassy, slight grain. Not very upfront. Average subdued flavor, sweet malt, grassy, lightly bitter. Decent mouthfeel. Not a standout.


 kp (6000), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/511/20
Feb 24, 2008  
Date: 02/02/2008
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

Appearance: clear copper, fine beige head, drippy lace,
Aroma: light caramel malt aroma with a light breadyness and a touch of sweetness from the caramel,
Flavor: caramel malt flavor, light floral and earthy hops, lasting light bitterness,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **/4


 ChainGangGuy (1457), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/512/20
Feb 8, 2008  
Appearance: Clear, lightly effervescent, copper body with a small, fizzy white head. Smell: Meek aroma of sweaty grains with a very vague fruitiness. Taste: Sweetish pale malt flavor with a fair amount of graininess. More of that vague fruitiness. Light hop spiciness. Finishes relatively crisp and clean. Mouthfeel: Medium-thin body. Moderate, soda water-like carbonation. Drinkability: Not that it was too great to begin with, but for heaven’s sake, ease up on the carbonation.


 OldGrowth (1256), Cary, North Carolina, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/513/20
Oct 15, 2007  
Pint @ Pittsboro location. Good aroma, bitter. Orange/grapefruit, caramel, paper. Clean, copper color. Good head that faded quickly, minoe lacing. Bittersweet flavor, initial sweetness gives way to a bitter taste. Like aroma, but stronger. More grapefruit than orange, caramel. toasted grain, fruity streak about it, call it apple. Lite body, oily creamy mouthfeel, bitter dry finish. Nice amber, could drink all day, like the feel of it as I rolled on tongue.




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