Key West Sunset Ale

Brewed by Florida Beer Company
Style: Amber Ale
Melbourne, Florida USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

I thought I was drinking a wheat beer until I started reading the label. It had some "Wheat" charateristics and a sutble sweetness. Definitely lacking in the hops department. It is hard for me to rate this style of beer because I despise it so much.

Barely drinkable swill, only outpaced by another beer I had on vacation in the Keys, Harpoon’s UFO.

12oz bottle. Poured an amber color with very little head. Had a light caramel aroma with light caramel and malt flavors. As is the case with most beers of this style, this one was a very forgettable beer and drin pour.

Oh sweet tropical momma of ksa. Simpal supar ale of Key Island region with fruit taste and sunset colour. I sip this on beaches while watching many beaut woman of holiday and island vigor. Nice and refresh for hot sun and holiday island party fun.

(12oz bottle, courtesy of Cavie) Pours a clear golden orange body with a small off-white head. Aroma of green leaves, caramel, and butter. Flavor of caramel, pesticide, and toffee with a moderately bitter finish.

Review from notes at World of Beer - Fort Myers on 10/8/11. Poured on draft into a shaker pint glass. Appearance: Pours a medium golden caramel with a 1 finger snow white head. Minimal lacing. Doesn’t look like an amber/red ale. Smell: Sweet berries and apricot. Not a lot going on here. Taste: Tart fruitiness and sweet berries with a touch of a flavor I would compare to the aroma of a urinal cake up front followed by a little sweet malt in the middle before ending with a light touch of hops at the finish. Aftertaste is dry and light. Mouthfeel: Light-to-medium-bodied with a good amount of carbonation. Drinkability: Low drinkability. I wouldn’t want another. Overall: Poor beer overall. This has nothing in common with any amber/red ales I’m familiar with. It’s like a poorly made version of Magic Hat #9. Avoid.

On tap at some bar/restaurant on Key Largo. Pours a decent medium amber, fairly clear, minimal head with virtually no lacing. Definite extract twang note in aroma with minor blackcurrent and light citrus. Slight fusels and a little butter. No other definitive malt notes, nor yeast aromas. Tastes like a moderately bittered amber ale with medium to low malt flavor with virtually no hop presence. A definite starter beer, which displays qualities of a beer brewed with extract and fermented at a fairly high temperature. Might be better direct from the brewery, but not a few islands over.

This beer pours a light, clear copper orange color with a ring of white head. Aroma is dry and bready, some dried grass and hay with a light bitterness. Flavor is very dry grains, bread, a light bitterness. Finishes dry and grainy.