Jumping Cow Amber Ale

Brewed by Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
Style: Amber Ale
Paso Robles, California USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Jumping Cow Amber Ale is a wonderful looking, super clear, deep amber ale that has light, frothy, sand colored lacing. The aroma is mostly of dark malt extract and caramel. There’s a hint of grassiness. It’s medium-light bodied, gritty and metallic. It leaves the mouth and teeth feeling pretty dirty. This seems to be a focus on caramel malt and that’s the main flavor here. It’s countered with a wooden, resiny sort of bitterness. It picks up some black pepper, juniper and sweetness after the swallow. It’s a loud flavor. This kind of seems like a home brew. It seems a little rough to me. There’s something unpleasant about the bitterness. Is it soapiness? This tastes twice as strong as it is.

12oz bottle. Pours a dull amber color with minimal head. Aroma was lightly caramel and just a touch bitter. Flavors were bland and uninteresting. I’m really surprised that a California brewery allowed this to escape their bottling line. It’s not terrible, but it is far too boring.

UPDATED: DEC 12, 2012 Location/Date:Bottle on December 11th, 2012.

Appearance: Pours a dark amber copper.
Aroma: Aroma of caramel.
Taste: Caramel, little bitterness, faint soap flavor, sweet.
Palate:Light body, faint fizz.

Summary: An okay amber ale. Maybe this bottle is a bit old, taste is solid but missing something.

From bottle. Pours like an amber ale with good color. Aroma was weak with a sweet malt and earth. Taste was bland for an amber. Not enough malt, bitter with no hop aroma, not a traditional amber. Thin lite beer with too much carbonation.

Location: 12 oz bottle from Trader Joe’s, 11/18/12

Aroma: The nose is heavy on caramel, rather malty, and has some lighter earthy notes
Appearance: This one pours an amber color with a small beige head, and some light lace
Flavor: This one has a kind of unpleasant taste of macro-lager, caramel, and other of flavors
Palate: The body is medium, it feels a little too sticky, and almost cloying, with a pretty lively carbonation
Overall Impression:  I wasn’t a huge fan of this beer. The flavor just doesn’t work all that well in my opinion, and the quality is not really that high. Really not a winner in my opinion.

12 oz bottle. It is am amber beer, and the color is right. Slightly sweet and malty with a touch of bitter hops. A bit soapy though and the hop bitterness is a bit flat.

12 oz. Clear copper with a lasting spongy foam. Light aroma of toasted walnut and nearly scalded vanilla toffee. Taste is the same but with a more pronounced toastiness, plus a light earthiness and sour apple touch reminiscent of English Ale yeast. Light-medium body has medium carbonation and is a well balanced, easy drinker.

Pours a copper color with a hue of red. Aroma of sweet malt with a slight hoppiness to it. Taste is a typical red but very refreshing and light on the palate. Overall a clean amber ale with a little more flavor than most amber beer. If you’re in the San Dimas area make it a priority to visit the brewing company!!
Earlier Rating: 3/9/2009 Total Score: 3.5
A private label beer made specifically for the Mission Inn Hotel in Riverside California. A great tasting amber ale, extremely drinkable with mild bitterness. A copper red color with an off white head. Mild tastes of caramel and sweetness. If your ever in Riverside, California treat yourself to this wonderful amber ale.

Murky amber with small tan lace. Nose is sweet, grainy malt, cardboard. Malty, lightly bitter flavor. A little too much carbonation makes for a slick and strange mouthfeel. This is why I don’t buy beer at Trader Joes.

Couldnt really get an aroma, it was clear med red with good head retension. It was aweet malty and a bit bitter. It was light crisp overall not bad