High Noon Annies Amber Ale

Brewed by High Noon Saloon & Brewery
Style: Amber Ale
Leavenworth, Kansas USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Name: Annie’s Amber Ale
Date: February 25, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: hazy dark amber
Aroma: light sweet caramel malt aroma, touch of butterscotch
Flavor: sweet caramel and butterscotch flavor, light balancing earythyness, light bitter finish
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 9/20
Rating: 2.5/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

Can from Blue Dog. Pours turbid deep orange with big 3-finger off-white head. Nose is caramel malt, hops, mild fruit. Tastes vcery tangeriney, with dry florals and resiny hops in the flavor. Stays dry and hoppy throughout.

Clear golden with a fizzy white head. Caramel malt and citrus aroma and taste with an earthy brassy finish.

A red beer. Only very baguely caramelized, otherwise a hearty Bud, with a light soapy finish.

The body was medium copper colored. The aroma was chocolate, caramel and some tobacco. The taste was toffee with dank ornages. There was also some peanut character. The finish was decently toasted. A nice amber.

12 oz bottle from theisti. Thanks! Nose is nutty with light caramel and some back ground maple. Clear copper with a HUGE beige head! Flavor has some caramel with an off taste and light diacetyl. Looks and smells good at least! It is drinkable but I wouldn’t want it except as an emergency fillin!

UPDATED: APR 25, 2006 This was hoppier than I expected. Seemed to have a better finishing hop character than their IPA. Nice. UPDATE 4/21/6: On tap at the brewpub. YUK! Amber w/ no head. very slight malty toasted aroma. There’s a new brewer here now, so this beer has dramatically changed from my earlier rating of 3.4. Mild carbonation. Flavor is a bit fruity. Boysenberry perhaps? Strong vegetable flavor. Even with a paddle, you cannot make this beer have a head.

Can.
Pours a rich, deep, cloudy amber with a nice, two-finger high head of off-whte head. Aroma is malty sweet strawberry bread with a nice, subtle infusion of grapefruit and pine sap. Flavor is a flat, watery mess of malted grapefruit, water-soaked toast, and coppery nuts. Watery mouthfeel. Smells and looks awesome but tastes like crap. What a letdown.

12oz can from Lukas in Overland Park. Pours a hazed, red-amber body with a two-finger width, rocky and foamy, off-white head that dissipates slowly and leaves a moderate lacing. Aroma is some nutty and lightly toasted caramel malts. A very light tobacco smoke and chocolate as well with no real hop notes. Flavor is a light toasted caramel and smoked tobacco with a nutty sweetness. Finishes with a light earthy bitterness. Dry after a medium body with a slightly soapy bitterness. Overall, this has a decent taste, but its really unexciting all-around. Its nice to see another Kansas brewery, but this could use some work.

Location: 12 oz can (as pictured) from Buy Rite, 3/7/13

Aroma: The nose is buttery, with some caramel malts, a little wet paper, and some metallic notes
Appearance: It pours a hazed reddish color with a small off-white head and medium-plus lace
Flavor: The taste is pretty much the same as the nose, which is to say, not very good at all
Palate: The body is light-medium, it starts off okay, but the mid and late palates both feel unpleasant
Overall Impression: This one is a total stay away for me. It didn’t work at all. Way way too many of the components of it seems like mistakes/flaws. Don’t bother...