Hornpout No Limit Amber Ale

Formerly brewed at Hornpout Brewing
Style: Amber Ale
Lyndonville, Vermont USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Bomber from Winooski Bevy - Hazy amber that spouted foam for about 3 minutes. Metallic, rusty aroma. Hint of sourness on the nose as well. Well, I’d say its on the way to being infected. Hypercarbonation, malty caramel, chocolate hints. Otherwise undrinkable.

Bomber purchased at Winooski Discount Beverage. This was about 6 months old at time of consumption. Bottle had been cellared in an idea environment. Metallic, funky, sour and acetic aroma. I get a little sweet caramel in the nose, but this certainly reaks of a possible infection. Very murkey, hazy, dark amber body with and overly huge, frothy, yellowish head. Beginning is off--metallic. Definite infection present. Finish does have some slight redeeming caramelly slight roasted malty tones. Still, this is off.

Bomber - Poured a quite dark amber (almost brown) in color with a foamy light tan head that faded to a thin coating on the top of the beer. Aroma is not that great. Elements of malty sweetness and some mild hops, but that is overwhelmed by an unpleasant rubber/bandaid smell that, as a homebrewer myself, I know usually signals a bacteria infection. I have ditched whole batches of beer that exhibited this unwanted characteristic. Flavor is malty and sweet and fairly well balanced with hop bitterness, but (again) there is a "off" flavor similar to that described above and some latent sourness that removes any lasting positive rememberance. I might try this beer again at some point, but I will make sure that I get some that has a significantly newer brew date than the one that I have now. I would place this in the category of some of my earliest homebrew attempts... not something commercially viable and that people pay $$ for. Disappointment... :-(

Ughh. Someone needs to check their bottling equiptment. I am pretty sure this one bottle was faulty. Sickeningly tart and somewhat salty, the brew smelled like unfermented yeast. I’m not sure if this is bottle conditioned, but if so, there may have been too much yeast added. That’s a shame because it is a good looking beer. Deep amber with an IMMENSE rocky off white head. Lots of lacing.

Bottle. Pours a muddy amber with a huge off white straw like head. Smells of cobwebs and malty. Taste is semi-sweet with chewable vitamins, chocolate and roasted malt. Finish is somewhat tarte and very metallic.

(22oz bottle) Purchased at Desrosiers in Freeport, Maine, on July 30th 2005. Pours a very large, almond-coloured head with a hazy, deep orange and well-carbonated body. Nose of tin, modeling glue and strong English malt. Seemingly has adapted some metallic contact into its flavour; mildly carbonated and milky, smooth malt. Sadly - this was a real disappointment - I believe the brewer needs to check his equipment to halt the metallic flavour and aroma.

Couleur ambrée parsemé d’une moyenne quantité de mousse blanche concassée. Apparence semi-claire semblant ainsi non filtrée. Malt, grain, coriandre et houblon citronné d’origine anglaise. Carbonatation très piquante, finale cireuse, savonneuse et légèrement amère. Sensation aqueuse, corps d’épaisseur mince à semi mince.

Aroma:hopy and caramel.... Appearance:Hazy amber,good head.... Flavor:citrus hops,light caramel,watery...

UPDATED: APR 8, 2006 22 oz bottle from Vermont’s newest brewery, with minimal but striking catfish label. Pours with a full, lasting slightly off-white head atop a cloudy near-opaque dark amber body, unfiltered and bottle-conditioned....big malty, lightly smoky nose, toasted grains and PNW hops....flavor somewhat soapy, fairly dry for the style, light citrusy fruitiness in a rather thick body, with a touch of finishing bitterness...the soapy quality alas does not go away and overall this is rather a failure, though not totally without merit.