King Red Ox Amber Ale

Formerly brewed at King Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Pontiac, Michigan USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Murky orange-brown body, thin off-white head. Earthy aroma, bready, with dull caramels. Bready body, subdued sweetness, with grassy, earthy hops, though faded. Dull, lifeless, and boring. Not worth the calories, so the rest will be greeted with pipe while I pour a Nosferatu.

(12 oz bottle: Obtained 21-Feb-06 in trade with Pailhead, thanks Kevin!) The red ox on the label is lickin’ his chops over something; could it be the beer? The caramely, bready and moderately sweet nose is pleasant enough I suppose, but isn’t reeling me in. This beer tastes bready and sweet, somewhat caramely, yet a bit tart and sour too, and a moderate butteriness emerges to join in the bready finish, distracting to be sure, but not deadly. Hops bitterness is far too meek to save the flavor. Medium bodied, lightly carbonated, but ultimately tiring on the palate. Dark amber in color and very hazy, but sporadic carbonation bubbles can be seen rushing toward the surface. The creamy, off-white head starts off looking solid but soon dissipates fully. Overall, I find this is a beer of "but"s. A few positives offset by greater negatives, and thus, this beer doesn’t even attain mediocrity, falling short of the pleasure given by the "average" microbrew. But the ox sure finds it tasty.

Bottle. Clear medium amber colored. Smallish tan head fades out quickly. No lacing. Aroma is nicely caramel. Light chocolate, caramel and nutty flavors. Decent.

Courtesy of Wohlfs. Pours amber with ring of film. Aroma is very sweet, sugar, malt, and some nuttiness. Flavor is all caramel. Not bad for an amber.

Bottle: Courtesy of wolhfs. Aroma is light caramel with almost a tootsie roll presence. Pours a hazy reddish-orange with a small off-white head. Light caraml with tootsie rolls in the background. Light hop finish. Much better than anticipated.

Medium amber body with a thin head. The aroma is oranges and sweet bread. The taste is dark bread and some light oranges. There is a strong finish of unbaked bread dough. A weird tasting beer.

I really liked the caramel color of the pour, nice white head. The flavor wias slightly sweet and very smooth. Touch of hps in the aftertaste. Went very well with the Italian meal I had with it.

super caramely aroma, medium orange, tons of caramel malt with a slight hint of hops and a relatively clean finish

mostly malty aroma, attractive amber with a beige head. lots of caramel, some balanced hops in there--very average, not bad at all.