J.R. Brickman Amber

Brewed by Brick Brewing Company
Style: American Dark Lager
Waterloo, Canada

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

Bottle 341ml
Appearance :Some slight haze in this amber is shown, good proper off white top. With time black tea like creamy reminiscent.3+
Nose :Sweet caramel malt at front slightly spicy perhaps even nutty backing. Fairly clan (and plain). Flavour/Palate:
A bit thin with softer slightly creamy texture. Light bitterness well blended in semi sweet caramel tastes. Medium carbonation. Like its aroma clean but fails to deliver exceptional qualities. Decent amber, properly brewed but cant miss it’s washed out character.

Medium copper pour with dirty white head that arrives and leaves quickly. Nothing much to smell but nice to look at. Pretty similar to the Honey Red in appearance and as it turns in taste. Malt is not overpowering yet the caramel is there to douse the sweetness. One upside is the easy flow on the palate, maybe it was the sun & humidity but it flowed down without harm. Timid finish. Maybe my expectations were high.

light amber with beige head, the aroma is sweet malt with a lot of caramel. nice fruity flavor.

Pours a yellow/amber colour, with a short lived head that fades away into chunky fizzy lacing. A very weak caramel aroma. A standard and boring malt base with some half baked hops. I guess this would be an ok session beer, but I think i’d prefer there pilsner. It seems all of brickmans beers suffer from a poor palat, with way to much carbonation, and a watery mouthfeel. Might buy this again, for camping, but won’t be my first choice.

UPDATED: MAY 1, 2008 got a free 6 pack from a rep and was eager to taste this one......but when i did there was nothing.....i looked at my glass and it looked like it was full of a nice amber beer.....i smelled......nothing.....i took a sip......nothing......very dissapointed.....gave the other 5 away

UPDATED: JUN 21, 2008 This is definitely an interesting brew. Pours a semi-hazy orange/copper/amber colour. Not much of an aroma to speak of, but it seems slightly metalic. Taste is actually a little complex, very sweet. I honestly got a little lost in the 4 different types of malts used here, but ultimately they combine to produce a creamy caramel taste that more or less defines this beer. There is a mild bitterness in the aftertaste, but the caramel and sweetness of the malts is what stands out. Worth a try if you liked anything else in the Founder’s Series. EDIT: The new canned version is a far, far cry from the mediocre beer this once was. Absolutely NOTHING going on flavour wise, and the head disappeared after several seconds. It looks terrble. Seems like Brick Brewery really has gone over to the dark side.

The last of the "Founder’s Series" left for me to rate. This series has been a success for Brick, quality-wise...let’s hope it’s profitable. A nice malty premium lager...a bit sweet, I was expecting sweeter actually, but that’s just fine. AS it warms, the "craft" taste comes to the forefront, and the beer begins to shine - other reviews have it right, this is much like the Creemore I remember! Carbonation could be softer, that’s my only issue with this beer. Nice that we have a solid microbrew lager like this to turn to, but too bad it has to be dressed up like it’s something special when a brewery does their duty and makes something decent without cutting corners. Would definitely recommend it.

bottle: What more can I say? KingofCastle has slammed his review over the Green Monster. A damn nice beer. Beautiful amber colouring accompanied by a sweet and hoppy aroma. Great malty flavour are rounded out beautifully by the hops. Good call on replacing the bastardized Creemore King. Give this one a try!