Cricket Hill Colonel Blides Cask Ale

Brewed by Cricket Hill Brewing Co.
Style: Amber Ale
Fairfield, New Jersey USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Tasted at Noogfest 4.0 (2008). This altbier pours a medium orange gold color from a 12oz bottle. Small sized white foamy head. The aroma is caramel and sweet. A med bodied alt. The malts are caramel, fruity and sweet. The hops are mild and slightly spicy. Nice balance. Good balance. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

from Mondial de la Bière 2011, Strasbourg - pours a cloudy copper-orange beer under a solid and long lasting beige foam; aroma of almond and caramel; creamy palate and medium-bodied; some late earthy notes, gently bitter and with a long earthy and malty finish

from notes: bottle from beers of the world, rochester. Amber pour, moderate carbonation. Malty, with a sight tinge of english style hops

5th August 2009
Cask at GBBF. Clear brown beer. Softish palate, a little dry. Sweetish malt. Peachy fruit and a little orange. Low carbonation and finishes dry but a tasty little beer.

Hazy amber small head with good retention. Nose is all pale malt. Pale malt soothes the palate and is balanced by slight dull earthiness. Becomes a bit chewy on the palate.

Crisp, slightly hazy amber coloured body with a copper glow and a thinnish, one centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of pale malt, toffee, raisins and a bit of light hops. Medium-bodied; Assertive malty flavour with a little sweetness of raisins, some nuts and a bit of an earthy bite at the end. Aftertaste shows a good deal of malt with only a touch of alcohol and earth and not much else at all. Overall, an okay beer, not great, but decent for the style. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Liqour Outlet in Boonton, New Jersey on 11-March-2012 for US$8.25/6pack, sampled at home in Washington on 27-March-2012.

Pour is a dark amber color with a small white head. Nose if of mostly malt notes , with little to no hop presence. Taste is slightly malty, though not at all hoppy, kind of watery, which is kind of disappointing.

Bottle to glass pint. Pours a reddish copper with a moderate white head that dissipates quickly. Pretty good mouthfeel, with a lot of nice sweet malt flavors going on. Not much bite or bitterness. Almost has a fruit like boc-beer flavor to it. Not bad.

This is the best from this brewer that I’ve had thus far. It has a nice brown pour and a good aroma hop and citrus fruit. A nice well blended fresh flavor. It was ok.

Location: 12 oz bottle from Buy Rite, 11/8/11

Aroma: The nose has some caramel malts, some grapefruit hops, and wood
Appearance: It pours a dark orange color with an off-white head and fairly heavy lacing
Flavor: The taste is medium sweet, with a some caramel and citrus flavors, and a little bitterness
Palate: The body is fairly light, the mouthfeel is clean, and it has a somewhat dry finish to it
Overall Impression: I thought this was a pretty decent beer. It has a nice balanced to it, and it drinks decently. Not too bad at all.

Bottle @mondial de la bière, a clear amber beer with low head. Nose is fruity on grapefruit. Aroma is malty; sweet, citric, paper like and hopy, strange mix, caramel notes too, not so bad !