Flat 12 Amber Ale

Brewed by Flat 12 Bierwerks
Style: Amber Ale
Indianapolis, Indiana USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Draft sample at Flat 12. Poured clear dark amber hue with medium frothy white head that lasted with good lacing. Medium aroma of hops and sweet malt. Medium body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. Well balanced flavor of malt and hop with a medium bittersweet finish of moderate duration. Good drinkable brew.

Bottle... Clear burnt-amber ale with a ridiculously huge, frothy, off-white head. Fantastic retention. Either this is over-carbonated or it’s in the early stages of infection. The nose boasts caramel, nuts and toast. Full-bodied with airy carbonation. The flavor is bittersweet -more bitter than sweet - with caramel and citrus rinds really standing out. Lengthy, metallically bitter finish. Overall, this beer is disjointed. The rindy, metallic bitterness doesn’t meld at all with the caramel sweetness. They are entirely separate, ill-timed components. However, despite its flaws, I actually enjoyed this one overall. The entirety is definitely greater than its fragmented parts. I can’t for the life of me remember who provided this one, but thanks.

Tap at source. Toffee malt, cherry, and citrus peel aroma. Amber color with small head. Sweet toffee malt and moderately bitter grapefruit peel flavor. Nice - an excellent beer.

355mL thanks to tastybeer. Pours a full haze deeper brune with reddish tea highlights. Medium, creamy, buttermilk head. Good retention. Webby, big lacing. Nose is vegetal, metallic, spoiled cherry juice box. Taste is bland, husky, hydrogen peroxide, metals, bitter chemicals. No good. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

8/11/12. GTMW - labeled as "Hello My Name is Amber," but based on the stats, this has got to be it. Hoppy aroma with nuttiness, citrus, and earthiness. Malt comes through even more in the flavor with some chocolate and nuttiness underneath the vibrant hoppiness. Not bad.

This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a head of foamy finely sized tan colored bubbles that were mostly diminishing and left behind a softly carbonated transparent red brown colored body. The mild aroma was bready and dough. The bubbly mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish with a lingering aftertaste. The bubbly flavor contained notes of bread dough. Not one that I would likely drink again why to bubbly/carbonated for my taste.

Draft at RapeBeer’s wedding. Pours a semi-cloudy amber color with a small, soft, resilient khaki head. Notes of toasted malts, nuts, caramel, brown sugar, biscuits, sweet crackers, and faint earthy hops. Light-medium bodied, with soft carbonation and a toasty mouthfeel. Excellent amber ale that hits all the right notes for me.

Well, this seemed closer to an IPA than an Amber. Nicely hoppy, with plenty of malty. caramel flavors to back it up. Some subtle fruity notes, too. I liked this more than I expected.

Sampled on tap at the brewery (Indianapolis, IN). Pours a nice deep caramel brown hue, some fiery amber, a frothy beige offwhite head dies to a firm ring, laces a-ok. Aromas are light sweeter malts, caramel and toast, biscuits, and some toffee, a light floral and grassy hopping with a touch of orange. Mellow, a bit vague. Initial is lighter end of medium bodied, some sweeter and toasty malts, toasted bread, caramel, biscuits. Some light florals, toffee. Some grassiness, the hops bring a touch more dominance on the back, though not strong. From sweet into a light dryness. A touch more American hops grow on the finish, some lemon and light grapefruit. A solid Amber, balanced.

Deep amber pour with off white head. Aroma is caramel malt and floral hops. Flavor is sweet caramel malt and a light to medium bitter floral/perfumy bitter finish. Medium bodied and fizzy. A doughy like finish followed by a pretty nice bitter finish. As this beer goes on the doughy thing comes forward.