Ellicottville Eville Amber Ale

Brewed by Ellicottville Brewing
Style: Amber Ale
Ellicottville, New York USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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(draft @ 2009 Flour City Brewer’s Fest - Frontier Field - Rochester, NY) Amber pour with a fluffy tan head. Aroma is bitter and hoppy with a mild citrus note. Flavor is much the same. Lots of dry hops with some light citrus flavor. Very bitter on the finish.

Tap at Governors Island Brew Fest, summer 2010. Pours amber-red with a medium, off-white head. Nicely balanced all around. Aroma holds some caramel malts and citrusy hops. Flavor begins sweet and malty before giving way to some citrus an earth bitterness. Light to medium in body with average carbonation. Finishes with a nice malt profile and some lingering hops. Nice.

Presentation: It was poured into a notched pint glass from the tap at the Ellicottville Brew Pub’s Fredonia Location. Appearance: The body had a good deep amber colored body (duh) with good clarity and some visible carbonation. It carries a small one finger head on top which is just off white in color. It hangs on till about the half way point and makes some nice lace rings near the top of the glass. Buy the end it manages only a thin film. Smell: There are decent citrus and piney hop notes with some hints of sweet malt underneath. Taste/Palate: It starts on a mildly sweet malty base with an equal balance of citrusy and mellow piney hops quickly moving in. The hops add a good balance of bitterness and then fade off quickly in the finish. It has an easy drinking soft medium body and smooth texture. Notes: This for me this was a good all around beer. It’s not a "wow" beer but it is one that I could drink a few of and be quite happy.

FCBF09. Started off good with a touch of sweetness and light hops. Bitter finish I did not care for.

FCBF 09. Nice looking red. A bit grainy, both on the nose and the mouth. Liked it but it did not stand out.

This is a very good amber. Perfect reddish amber color. Nice smooth taste, very enjoyable.

A decent amber. I don’t like ambers much though.

Grabbed a growler of this over the weekend and this stuff was a nice Amber ale here. Good malty taste. with a tiny hint of hops. dark reddish copper color and a little head. pretty tasty.