Elk Creek Copper Ale

Brewed by Elk Creek Cafe and Aleworks
Style: Amber Ale
Millheim, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

Draft. Pours clear copper with a thin, creamy white head; decent retention and some lacing. Aroma is straw, bread malt, floral hops, and some metallic notes. Flavor is light bread malt, heavy earthy hops, and light fruit esters; dry, slightly bitter finish. Medium body, carbonation, and warmth.

Tap. Pours clear amber with a medium, fizzy white head, medium retention with light lacing. Aroma is fruity esters, cookie and caramel malt, fruity and citrus hops. Flavor is medium hops and bitterness, fruity esters, caramel malt and a sweet finish. Medium body, warmth and carbonation.

On tap at champs. Amber with little to no head. Aroma is faint caramel. Flavor is caramel with a slight citrus-like finish. Not bad.

A beautifully balanced beer. Nice spiciness in the nose. Smooth maltiness on the tongue but when you swallow you get all this hop action going on.

Draught at the brewpub. Pours amber with good off-white head. The aroma is spicy hops, some bark, light caramel. The flavor is melon, some spicy and earthy bitterness. There’s a sugary caramel note throughout that keeps me from getting into this beer.

UPDATED: JAN 9, 2011 Sampled on draft at the brewery this beer poured a dark caramel-amber color with a medium sized khaki head. The aroma was faintly sweet and fruity. The flavor was toasy, yeasty and had notes of caramel and fruity hops. It turned a bit sour in the middle and had a bitter finish.

Draft sample at Pint for Pets. Pours copper with off white head. Clear. Nose is caramel. Tastes very bready with caramel and mild hops into after. Solid offering.

Draft at the brewpub 5/25/08. Poured reddish amber, capped with a moderate sized off-white head. Moderately hoppy, citric aroma, backed with toffee and caramel malt. Caramel malt hits the palate first and is soon joined by grapefruity hops, nuts, and some earthy character. Tasty and very drinkable.