Gahan House Island Red Amber

Brewed by Prince Edward Island Brewing Company (The Gahan House)
Style: Amber Ale
Charlottetown, Canada

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Draft in a sampler at The Gahan House. I see this is starting to get some ratings now that it’s in bottles. Nice. Pours a nice, clear amber color with a small off-white ring. Aroma is fairly weak, with faint malts, toast, and grains. Flavor of grass, bitter earth, toasted malts, and some mixed fruit and citrus peel. Distinctly different and more complex than the aroma. Light-bodied, with a surprisingly bitter mouthfeel and moderate carbonation. Not overly bitter, just in comparison to the nose and expectations. Okay amber ale.

500ml bottle. Pours clear dark amber with fairly minimal eggshell head that leaves a little lace. Hmm....there’s a lot of butterscotch and vinegar on the nose. I’m sensing infection, but maybe not. A lot of the vinegar blows off after some vigorous swirling (Tripel Karmeliet glass) and it’s dominantly caramel now. nice velvety texture on the palate with a lot of caramel and a hint of that vinegar feel. The finish is not especially bitter at all. It really wafts off on a slow rolling caramel roller coaster. All and all pretty boring...and possibly infected a little.

500ml bottle from PEILC. Reddish brown colour with a fair sized beige head, which disappeared quickly leaving some off-white lacing. Aroma was caramel malts, taste is caramel malt without being too sweet with a bitter finish. Palate was medium bodied and dry. Overall, a solid red/amber ale.

Gift from Sj. Bottle. Reddish /copper pour with a medium off white head. Aromas of sweet / caramel malts, toffee and wood. Flavors of toffee , caramel and wood. A decent little brew.

500 ml bottle from the PEILC. Pours reddish amber in colour, with large frothy off white head. Aroma and taste are a nice balance of malt, slightly roasted and a mild hop. Pretty decent red ale.

500ml bottle shared at tasting. Poured a reddish brown, thin white head. Taste is slightly citric, caramel, syrup. Slight rye note. Decent finish.

500mL bottle, courteous of uhlan (thanks Gerry), pours amber with a beige head. Aroma of caramel malt, maple syrup and slight citrus. Flavour is on the sweet side, with caramel, maple syrup, counteracted nicely with citrus hops. Solid amber.

bottle thanks to mora200000000000000000. poured amber with a white head. aroma was caramel and grain. flavor was caramel, grain, and some hops. man is this dead on accurate or what? a beer that smells like it has hops. man i’m good.

On tap at Gahan House brewpub, PEI. Pours out a copper/amber topped with a sand head. Aroma was of light caramel malts, light hop notes, and some nuts. Taste was much the same with the sweet malts leading the way. Not too bad actually.

(500ml bottle thanks to Mora2000) clear amber with a ring of fine white bubbles with some film. Nose of sweet honey, raw grain, light caramel and brown sugar. Taste of lightly bitter pine, earth, caramel, and toasty. Under-carbonated with a long duration.