Hawkes Bay Amber Ale

Brewed by Hawkes Bay Independent Brewery
Style: Amber Ale
Napier, New Zealand

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Light amber colour. Aroma is full of caramel. Taste is similar, with lots of earthy goldingesque hops.

Pours copper, no head. Not much on the nose. Soft, malty palette. Short finish, with a hint of caramel. Boring.

Pours copper with off white head. Aroma of fruit, sweet floral hops. Taste is bitter with sweet malty tones, well rounded medium bodies. Caramel aftertaste.

Pours dark amber with a small fading head. Nose shows caramel with very soft spicy notes in the background. Very faint aroma. Flavours are very similar; caramel and soft bready malt, along with a little honey. Could use more carbonation. Pretty devoid of hops seeing as they call this an American amber ale.

Copper coloured with some nutty, oxidative, biscuity malt notes cut against by orange zest like hop notes.

500ml bottle. Looks good in the glass and has tempting aromas as well. Dull amber almost copper colour with a light sandy flat head. Biscuity caramal malt aroma dominates. A little light on flavour with a moderate amount of bitterness. Reasonably light in the mouth and on the palate.

Clear copper/ amber collour with no head, looks flat. Aroma of malty bread and brown sugar.Tastes metallic and flat.

Bottle. Pours a nice golden amber with smallish light beige coloured head. Nice looking beers. Fairly ordinary aromas of doughy malt and a faint hint of toast. Flavours are slightly sweet with faint hop bitterness on the end. Very thin mouthfeel. average beer.

Light biege colored head clear red brown pour aromas caramel fruit a sweetness flavour strong grasssy note very sweet a soapy touch lemon not much caramel weak beer finish sweet grassy mild bitter very ordinary ale