Dark Horse Amber Ale

Brewed by Dark Horse Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Marshall, Michigan USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Rusty orange color, softly clouded, firm and frothy finger high dusty whitish cap, keeps a good skim always present; lacing in moderate thin sheeting and strings. Aroma is fruity of lemon and pear and yeasty much like most pale Belgian ales. A bit bready and slightly spicy with lemon zest, white pepper, and clove. Taste follows suit, solidly spicy with pepper and clove, fairly zesty with a lemon spritz of peels, superb yeasty tones, great bready malts, fluffy and quite full body. Slightly dry finish with dry wood and yeast. One solid intrepetation of of hefe on steroids, I mean Belgian Pale. Good stuff.

12oz bottle in a shaker. Pours amber with a cream-colored head. Aroma of caramel and slightly toasted malts with enough floral hops. Flavor the same, but could have more of everything. Average texture. A decent beer.

Bottle. Pours copper with almost zero head, no lacing, and no carbonation. Aroma is fairly bready but nothing too distinct. Taste is fairly sweet but not sugary. It’s more of a mild sweetness from the malt. Palate is full for the style. Overall, a decent amber but nothing exciting.

From Voldby, DK. Bottled, 290412. Amber with white head. Aroma of malt and fruit. Flavour with caramel and nuts.

Bottle. Very slightly hazy amber pour with a thin creamy white ring of a head. Nice nose of caramel and pepper. Medium bodied, with a taste of caramel, biscuit, and some pepper. Really good amber.

Draft at Beer Temple. Clear amber pour with an off white head. Aroma is floral and fruity. Flavour also fruity with a caramel malty backbone. Medium carbonation.

On tap @ Beer Temple. Clear amber color. Off white head. Aroma’s: grainy, caramel, some red fruit (mostly caramel retronasal). Flavor is caramel-ish, but hardly sweet. Light body. Finishes medium bitter with some caramel & red fruit. Maybe not very original, but clean & tasty.

Subtle citrus aroma and thin amber pour with an easy drinking floral taste. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Pours a cloudy amber with a 1 finger, creamy beige head. Aroma is toast, toffee, fruity yeast and citrus. Flavor is toffee, biscuit, tree fruit, woody malt, planty, and citrus hops. Palate is lightish bodied, with an off dry feel and light, but sharp carbonation. Not bad, but not really my thing.

Draft @ Mikkeller bar, Copenhagen. Pours a slightly hazy pale amber orange color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty weak hoppy aroma. Fruity malty weak hoppy caramel flavor. Hasa fruity malty hoppy caramel finish.

From tap at MikkellerBar. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Smooth fruity,yeasty and mellow light hoppy aroma. Mellow malty and light bitter. Seems a bit flat/tired on the hops and malt profile. Light peppery and dry finish.