Freewheel Big V Amber Ale

Brewed by Freewheel Brewing Co.
Style: Amber Ale
Redwood City, California USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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On cask at the brewhouse. Aroma of wheat and sweet grain. Slight orange aroma in the back. Slightly hazy copper orange with a white head that lingers down the glass. Sweet malt with moderate bitter finish and a carbonic bite at the death that is slightly off. Some floral hop flavor as well.

Cask Pour. Pours clear orange amber with a medium creamy white head that dissipates with nice lacing. Aroma is caramel dominated, perhaps some roasty notes. Flavor is caramel, grass, a bit of metal. Lightly sweet and just some token bitterness. Medium body. Meh.

Pint in the tap room at the brewery. Very much an English style, with a smooth head and very little fizz. Darker than most ambers. Nice.

Amber pour with a white head. Bready malt aroma, some nice toast, and a good combination of floral, earthy, and spicy hops. Moderate sweetness overall on the nose. The flavor has a good malt sweetness of toffee, toast, and bread. Rather hop forward, particularly floral and spicy hop notes. Minimal bitterness.