Lost Coast Alleycat Amber Ale

Brewed by Lost Coast Brewery & Cafe
Style: Amber Ale
Eureka, California USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Bottle 12fl.oz.
Unclear medium orange color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to light heavy hoppy, citrus - orange. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate to light heavy shell bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090321]

Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma is sweet with notes of hops and some caramel. The flavor is sweet with lots of floral hops on a malty caramel background, leading to a bitter finish. Nice hoppiness.

Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of yespr/Ungstrup. Hazy amber golden with a small off-white head. Roasted malty nose. Medium-bodied, sweetish roasted malt and a light note of overripe fruit - classic American styled. Dry and lightly bitter finish. 210309

12 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Dry malty and slight spiced hoppy aroma. Solid pinewood and mild grapefruity hops flavour. Smooth and pronounced roasted caramel malt base flavour. Bitter and dry finish with a lasting roasted caramel malt impression.

Bottled at Oliver Twist, Stovkholm. Hazy copper colour, minimal head. Perfumy pear aroma with roasty crystal malt behind. Dryish with clean, crisp mouthfeel and fairly light body. Mildly salty with fresh perfumy peschy hops, slight notes of paper. Growing pleasant late bitterness. It was real nice to re-visit this beer. If I remember correctly it was one of the first American microbrews I tasted, sometimes in the mid-90s, at which time I did not keep descriptive reviews, just numbers.

Bottle. Mild, sweet dried fruit aroma. Cloudy orange colour. The flavour is malty with dried fruit notes, possibly from the hops. Good, clean bitterness. Slightly watery finish, but otherwise good.

Red amber color. Dry but nice hop aroma; lemony. Reasonable malty, nutty body; caramel; some sweetness. Bitter enough; caramel and hop finish (a bit simple).

Date: 08/22/1998
Mode: Bottle
Source: sf hfse

dark amber, big light tan head, strong floral hop aroma, medium body, lots of hop flavor on top of a balanced malt base, low bitterness

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Score: **4
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Clear amber with medium beige head. Grassy hops in the nose along with toasted malt. Sweet fruity flavour with toasted malt, caramel and hoppy notes. Mild bitter finish.

(Bottle) Pours a clear amber body with a medium beige head. Aroma of caramel, citrus, and nuts. Flavor of caramel, toasted oats, mild hops, and nuts.