2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 6/20
Poured into a pint glass. I think it’s funny that it’s categorized as an amber ale, yet it says amber lager on the bottle.
A: Couldn’t get much of a head no matter how hard I tried in my freshly washed glass. Orange amber color. Incredibly horrible retention of the head that I did get and minimal lacing. Fine particles floating throughout.
S: Sweetish caramel dominates. A tad bit of grassy hops. Fresh.
T: Pretty much just crystal malt. Not much else going on. No hop flavor and a minimal bitterness, which is good considering there’s no body.
M: Light body. Undercarbonated. Not particularly smooth. Nothing here to make me happy.
D: There isn’t much reason to drink this unless you want to get drunk in a hurry.
I wish I had a do-over for my 150th review.
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed on: 04-16-2009 00:09:02
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
12oz bottle. Small off-white head atop crystal clear amber body. Aroma is medium sweet, caramel, light spice. Taste is medium sweet, caramel, some bread, light spice. Somewhat watery light-medium body.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
bottle thanks to bhensonb, again. poured a nice amber with a white-off white head that stayed and left some lace. aroma was a strong caramel malt backbone with dog biscuit and dirt. flavor was a little on the bitter side at first with the presence of some hops followed quickly by some malt and maybe spoiled grains. body was medium with about medium carbonation.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
This reddish amber beer poured with a huge beige head and a smoky aroma. It’s got a decent caramel malt base and some nice hop bitteness, but it’s too watery. A pretty good amber ale.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Grocery Outlet in Berkeley. Pours deep amber with small off-white head. Aroma of very light herbal and mild citrus-like hops, toasted malt. Flavor is slightly sweet with lingering hop bitterness. Not much complexity, but not a bad sessionable dark(er) lager. Closer to a vienna or american dark in style, really.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
From a bottle poured a light amber color with a good amount of head. Light watery hoppy malty flavor with a quick finish.
3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from Grocery Outlet. Pours a copper color with a decent off-white head. Aromas of pepper, floral hop and caramel. Tickles my nose. Medium body with frothy carbonation. Flavor is berry?, wood, caramel, leather, pepper? It’s a bit bready, but has some fruit. Finishes mildly bitter. Surprising. Good.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. Pours an amber body with an off whtie head. Pepper spice, and some dry floral fruit and damp wood. Light body with a subtle fruit and toasted malt.
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