Dicks Mountain Ale

Brewed by Dicks Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Centralia, Washington USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Bottle. Pours a clear pale amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma with some hoppy hints. Sweetish malty caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel finish with some hoppy hints.

(draft) Clear copper body, off-white head. Aroma is mild, medium sweet, caramel, light roasty. Taste is medium sweet, caramel, roasty. Finish is earthy/herbal. Light-medium body.

Bottle; now labeled as Mountain Amber Ale. Strong malty aroma - caramel plus. Almost smells like a brown ale. The color of ripe apricot flesh; the white head never got far, and then retreated to film. Light lacing as the glass is lightly twirled. Medium body; medium carbonation. Almost creamy as the carbonation leaves. The malt is harsh, much like many brown ales. Earthy. The hop seems floral, and a sour taste pops up. Could be citrus. Seems a bit like the sour notes in many Siletz ales. The final finish is unsmooth medium dark malt - not the sugar, just the roast. The hop seems to never break even. Interesting. More guts than many ambers.

This one is all malt, smooth and light, very soft and subtle flavors of bready malts. No hops whatsoever. Very plain, not exciting, but drinkable. The aroma is a highlight with a bright honey quality.

Draft. Pours an amber body with an off white head. Malty body with caramel and dry earth tones. A mild malt sweetness with a mild bitter earth finish, pretty average.

Hazy dark brown with an oily film of head and light sticky lacing. The aroma is toasty and malty with a light fruity hop, fairly average. The flavor is full bodied with a weird hop bitterness and a peanut brittle taste. The finish is a little tangy, very average. Eh.

12oz bottle pours clear copper – gold with thin white head. Does the “mountain” part of this amber prevent it from attaining an amber color? This is the goldest amber I’ve ever seen. The aroma is sweet malts mixing with caramel malts and a touch of biscuit and toffee. The taste has some modest yet vague to maybe pine hoppy notes blending with caramel malts, sweet sugary malts and a touch of roastiness. I think I get a sense of citrus into the finish. Interesting interpretation.

Some sediment in the bottle. Looked hazy amber color. A little dull. Very regular amber ale.

Bottle. Pours a toffee amber with an average off-white head. Aroma is very toasty. Flavour is toasty toffee with an interesting fruity acidity in the finish. Mildly bitter. Simple but solid, a nice amber.

Bottle: Amber, slight haze, large dishwater like head, off-white, spotty lacing, strong carbonation.   Wet grain on the nose, very slight kilned grain.   Cardboardy maltiness to start, fairly grainy, slightly sweet.   Body and mouthfeel are moderate.   Grainy finish, slightly earthy.   Not as sweet or smooth as I like.   Boring...