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Eel River Certified Organic Amber Ale

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RATINGS: 161   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.9   EST. CALORIES: 144   ABV: 4.8%
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Eel River Brewing Company, brewers of California’s first Certified Organic Ale, proudly brings you our Organic Amber Ale. Unique in flavor and purity, this medium bodied beer has a hoppy bouquet and a distinctive rich taste with a caramel-like sweetness that is balanced with a liberal dose of certified organic Pacific Gems and Hallertau hops, imported from New Zealand. Pure taste, pure ingredients, pure good.


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2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
TickerTerryDJ (635) - Redditch, Worcestershire, ENGLAND - FEB 13, 2013
65cl bottle from Beers Of Europe shared with Steve.Amber pour with medium sized white head which faded quite quickly.Caramel aroma with some hints of citrus.Taste of caramel malt with a little hop at the end.

3.5
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Steverus0 (68) - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA - FEB 3, 2013
Could just be my love for ambers, but the nose on this organic amber is distinctly rich, offering up abundant caramel. This amber does not have huge depth, but presents well and bears the hallmarks of refreshing clean flavor to be expected of the variety. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

2.3
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
ttoadee (357) - Austin, Texas, USA - DEC 14, 2012
Thin copper pour, what head? Very muted malt nose. Sweet on the tongue. Very light body, thin malt taste through the middle. Where are the hops? Slight bitterness at the end (carbonation or hops, I cannot really tell).

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
reebtogi (3265) - Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA - NOV 2, 2012
650ml bomber pours a pale amber color with a good sized white head that fades quickly leaving very little lacing on the glass. Aroma is caramel with grassy notes and mild citrus. Taste is caramel malty sweetness with some grassy hop bitterness and a cider-like finish. Light to medium bodied with decent carbonation. As far as ambers go, I have had many better than this one. Not Recommended.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 11/20
wlajwl (2905) - Quad Cities, Iowa, USA - AUG 27, 2012
Aroma is mildly sweet malts and a hint of tea and spring water. The flavor is sweet malts, tea and a mildly tart fruit finish.

1.8
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
knewell (68) - Alabama, USA - AUG 9, 2012
Decent amber ale, nothing special. Has a slight citrus flavor, but overall kinda dull.

2.5
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
drowland (4992) - Jacksonville, Florida, USA - JUL 26, 2012
7/26/12. 22oz bomber from Grassroots. $4 bomber? I’ll bite. Hazy amber (go figure) pour with a nice khaki head, but it’s gone too fast and doesn’t lace much. Huge caramel in the aroma, bordering on toffee, with lots of tea as well. Sweet caramel and candy sugar in the flavor with bits of a burnt caramel aspect and lots of tea. There’s a lingering green aspect with that burnt caramel as well. I’m not sure it was worth the $4. Oh well - tickers gon’ tick.

2.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
madmitch76 (9867) - , Essex, ENGLAND - JUN 25, 2012
21st August 2010
Hazy amber beer. Little white head. Light minerals and malt nose. Light palate, crisp and dry. Dry minerally malt. A dash of citrus orange catches the back of the tongue. Finishes well over dry! Too dry and dull.

2.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
bfellows (15) - California, USA - MAY 1, 2012
Decent amber. Nothing special about it other than the fact that it’s organic.

0.7
   AROMA 1/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 1/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 1/20
Lagerboy (668) - British Columbia, CANADA - APR 6, 2012
Unclear deep copper, foamy off white head fades. Sour citrus aroma and taste, some faint subdued caramel malts. Low hopped, average carbonation. Gah, this is sour! Must’ve gone off. No best before date. Drainpour. NFA (Nor For Anyone)


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