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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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.

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.

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 !