Central Waters Shine On

Brewed by Central Waters Brewing Co.
Style: Irish Ale
Amherst, Wisconsin USA

Serve in English pint

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12oz bottle. Poured a medium and clear amber color with an averred sized off white head.Aromas of toasted grains, some caramel, and some earth. Tastes of the same. Thin body.

Pours a glowing transparent copper amber with a thin covering of spotty-lacing off-white head. Aroma of lightly sweet, toasty and grainy caramel malt with a touch of hay and noble hops. Starts with some light malty sweetness and grain husk notes with some earthy bittering hops before a drier, smooth finish. Fairly true to style, but could be a bit cleaner.

On tap at Sugar Maple. Some hop aroma. Light amber, three-quarters of an inch of retained head, light lace. Creamy mouthfeel. OK drinkability.Sweet malt backing. Average beer.

Bottle from Capone’s. Pours chill hazy deep copper with 1-finger bubbly off-white head. Nose is grainy caramel malt, lemongrassy hops, apricotty fruit. Tastes medium to light in palate heft, with caramel malt, grainy notes, subdued hops, and some fruity finishing hints. Not terribly complex.

Bottled. Poured clear reddish-orange with a short-ish cap of off-white head. The aroma picked up sweeter caramel and redder fruits paired with a hit of vanilla and peat.. candied overall complexion that I enjoyed. The flavor had sweet caramel, toffee, and red fruits at the core.. spicy pine and earthy bitterness around.. finished with some sharp boozy notes and bitterness, losing some balance. Light-medium bodied and dry on the palate.. OK on the front half, but unnecessarily sharp on the back.

UPDATED: DEC 30, 2010 Bottle from Festival Foods. The beer is a clear amber-gold color with a medium ivory white head that diminishes steadily. Spotty lacing. Grainy malt and fruit in the nose. Light body with a fruity character and flavors of caramel malt, crackers and mild hops. The finish is short and malty with a fruit aftertaste. Just average overall.

Central Water’s newest beer of 2009. On draught during the Great Taste of Midwest 2009 in Madison, Wisconsin. Pours a clear copper amber colored brew with an average sized off-white head that slowly dissipates to a thin ring and some spotty lacing. Aroma of roasted caramel malt, some flowery hops and a hint of roasted nuts with honey. Taste is medium bodied, lightly carbonated, smooth texture with flavors of roasted caramel malt, and a hint of bread crust. Finish is medium bodied, with no bitterness but a malty and semi-sweet aftertaste.

12oz. Bottle: Faint grain and caramel aroma. Poured amber in color with a small, loose, off-white head that diminished but lasted throughout as a film on top of the beer. Cloudy. Slightly sparkling. Full of small particles throughout. Flavor is slightly sweet. Tastes of grain, malt, and light noble hops. Medium body. Thin texture. Average carbonation. Grain finish.

Near copper color with a somewhat fizzy type head. What I might consider typical for the style. Dark caramel to toffee aromas, with just a hint of earthiness and light herbal hops. Has a bit more zip to the feel than I would prefer. Flavors are about right with some dark caramel, toasted malt and a bit of earthy hops. A bit more character than your average amber.

I love central waters but this was just generic swill. Do us all a favor central waters, stop brewing this and bottle and sell us Exodus.