Garrison Tall Ship Amber

Brewed by Garrison Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Halifax, Canada

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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341 ml bottle from the Garrison variety 6-pack, purchased at Premier Wine and Spirits in Halifax, NS (May 2007) and sampled a little above fridge temperature from a Samuel Smiths pint glass. Dull maple-brown, clear, with a vast but very quickly disappearing bubbly white head, no lacing....very mild, faintly fruity-hoppy (apricot, bit of citrus) aroma, I think a bit oxidized as well...syrupy mouthfeel, somewhat sour and off, a bit vegetal, dry and woody towards the finish, no real hop presence and the malts are submerged in a brackish, murky wash....not really good at all.

The lack of taste on my first sip was quite a shocker. Did taste some on its way down the gullet, but I didn’t warm to it much. Same Garrison taste, but this time with nothing to make it more interesting. Ice shavings.

Pours a Dark amber color. Has a caramel, fruity smell. Taste is smooth but some fruit that I didn’t really like.

341ml bottle from the tasters 6-pack pours a light amber color with only a finger of white head which leaves behind only a hint of lace. Aroma is mild caramel and floral hops. Taste is light malty sweetness and light hop bitterness. An average amber ale.

341 ml bottle from private order. Meh. Pours orangey amber in colour, small white head. Aroma and taste are slightly sweet malt, not much hop here.

341ml bottle. This was a decent beer, having a pleasant taste with some fruit flavour and just a little hopsy bite. Nothing terribly special, though.

Pour copper off white head. Aroma metallic, caramel, meh. Taste caramel, fruity, mild bitter, slight metallic. MF medium body mild carb. Blah not to good.

Bottle, this beer was surprisingly pale, it had bit of a hazy yellow apparance. The beer came off a little malty and it was a bit fruity. Overall it wasn’t bad but not what I was expecting for the style

Pours golden amber with a nice white head. low retention. Very dull malty aroma. slightly yeasty. Light flavour. Drinks smooth but it is nothing to write home about. pretty standard amber ale.

Clean amber in colour with a sticky off white cap that leaves ample messes. The aroma is uninspiring but non offensive. Soft sweet caramel, light citrus, more malts and that pretty much sums it up. The taste is pretty much one dimensional. Plain somewhat sweet malts, light spice and a touch of bitterness, mild fruit with a bit if tart. Boooooooring. It doesn’t taste bad - it just doesn’t have much taste. Still an ok beer though.

Ho hum beer, Pours a light amber with a quickly disappearing white head. Aroma is mostly caramel and malt. Taste is crisp, lightly malted. Unassuming, easy drinking.