Elk Mountain Rock Slide Amber Ale

Brewed by Elk Mountain Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Parker, Colorado USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Tap at Brewers Rendezvous. Pours an off white head, over a clear amber (SRM 7) body....nose is cereal, sweet malts.....taste is cereal, malt....mouth feel medium, carbonation high. This is a fairly typical Amber reasonably balanced, but with not much to raise it above the rest. BJCP 7/3/13/4/6

Pour is clear red with white head on tap, aroma has notes of grass, earth, some spice and toffee notes, slight hint of grain in there as well. Taste is fairly smooth but a bit one-dimensional, hints of earth, grass and toffee, finishing fairly bitter and dry.

Tap at brewery. Burnt orange appearance with a tan colored head. Nutty amber aroma. Quite nutty flavor with a fairly strong amber malty body. Quite drinkable but nothing special.

Tap. Pours clear amber with a small, fizzy beige head, short retention with light lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (bread, cookie, caramel, toasted), average hops (earthy, herbal), and average esters (fruity). Flavor is heavy malt (bread, cookie, caramel, toasted), average hops (earthy, herbal), and average esters (fruity). Medium body, warmth, and carbonation, low creaminess with a medium-dry finish.