2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Well, I’m pretty sure this ISN’T Keoki Sunset; Hawai’i Nui’s Sunset Amber is an, er, amber ale.
Since I can’t rate it under that name, I can report that Keoki isn’t around any more. Tried to find the brewery in Lihue, and the only Keoki where the brewery used to be is a plate-lunch place.
Anyway, the amber ale has an intriguing nose, but it doesn’t get better from there. Interesting coffee notes, but the flavor isn’t complex or nuanced. Perfectly quaffable, given the temperatures, but not terribly noteworthy.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draft. Rich amber beer with cream colored head. Malt aroma. Caramel and light vanila flavor. Medium-light bodied. Caramel lingers. Little to no hops.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at the Yard House in Hawaii
Appearance: Clear golden with a medium sized off-white head and good lacing
Aroma: Caramel and light nutty
Taste: Caramel, toasted malts and grainy
Ok, clean
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Hazy brownish glow with a dense tan head and a cloudy appearance - nice! Aroma of caramel, raisins, light caster sugar and a little grapes and nuts - pretty good. Medium-bodied; Assertive hops at first with a lot of pit fruit and caramel tucked in with a little earthy and metallic aftertaste. Aftertaste shows a lot of bitter tastes with metal, hops, malt and a little nutty finish. Overall, a pretty nice beer - complex in its own right (not necessarily an APA) but a good beer with a lot of flavours. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased the last time I was in Hawaii (on the Island of Hawaii [Big Island]) in 2008 on the eve of returning to the islands, sampled at home in Washington on 03-March-2011.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
UPDATED: FEB 4, 2011 Bottle (labeled "Hawai’i Nui Sunset Amber") shared at the "AK to the HB" tasting on 12/30/10: Pours a clear orange color with a medium thin white head that dissipates quickly. Spotty lacing on the glass. Aroma of citrusy hops and malt. Light to medium body with flavors of mild hops, fruit and malt. The finish is short and lightly hoppy. Pretty average overall.
1.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 5/20
12 oz bottle. Label states Sunset Amber Ale. Pours amber, medium head. Aroma is mainly caramel malts. Flavor is bad and this beer is undrinkable. It tastes like one of my homebrews gone bad. Sorry, I wish I could give it a higher rating.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bought a 6 of this in Lanikai. Probably mislabeled by ratebeer as this appears closer to the label definition of amber/island style than pale. Blah color, not much nose, some malted notes + wood. Nutty taste, some malt, dough, okay.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Amber brew with a slight head. Caramel and roasty nose with finger licks of coffee. Roast coffee and caramel endow this brew with a sturdy backbone. Medium-bodied and fairly toasty. A solid amber.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle in Kauai. Very dull, straight forward brew. More of a blonde than an APA, as there is pretty much no hop definition here. Mild cookie, white bread flavors, with a little bit of residual sweetness.
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