Michigan Brewing Sunset Amber Lager

Formerly brewed at Michigan Brewing Company
Style: Amber Lager/Vienna
Webberville, Michigan USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

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Picked up a single 12-oz bottle at Warehouse Liquors in Duluth, Minnesota. Pours a clear light copper amber brew with a thin off-white head that slowly dissipates to a white ring. Aroma of roasted caramel malt, some lemon citrus zest, roasted nuts and a touch of cardboard. Taste is medium bodied, some caramel malt and lemon skin. Finish is slightly dry, metallic with a slight acidic vinegar finish which may be an old bottle.

Bottle. Poured clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma consisted of malt notes as well as some grain notes. Light flavor with a bit of malt and hops.

Thanks to Pailhead for the bottle! Pours a ruddy amber with a small off-white head. Nose is malty and sweet with citrusy notes (orange marmalade?). Taste is a big disappointment. Malty but laden with more citrus - lemon peel and tangerine. A littel bit too overdone for a vienna. The hops are there and aren’t overdone but the light spice and caramel are pushed too far into the backgorund by the citrus. Body is light and has a mild carbonation feel to it. Finishes with some light citrus fruit, caramel, and thinned malt.

Bottle. Caramel and thick malt aroma with some luscious toffee and biscuit note, a bit of grapey fruit. Deep dark amber body with a lacing, creamy white head. Taste is big on caramel and bready notes, with toffee and a nice contribution from the pale malts. MMM! Medium body is lastingly crisp and refreshing, with a bit of grapey stickiness. Nice rounding hops for balance, but the taste wears thin and plays too sweet after about six ounces. Other than that, a nice surprise.

Bottle: Kind of a grassy and lightly malty aroma. Pours a transparent amber with a decent size white head with fair retention. Nice lacing. Initial big caramel flavor is followed by very light bitterness in the finish. Has a little euro lager/pilsner character to it. Light to below moderate caramel aftertaste.

Bottle.br>Pours an average amber with a nose of rotten vegetable malt and ripe tomato. Bitter malt syrup on biscuits in the taste, with a finish of vinegar wine. Average mouthfeel. Average biscuity amber-style beer.

This brew poured a quick dissolving head. There was no lacing on the sides of my glass. There was no carbonation seen rising to the top. It had a fruity aroma along with a bitter taste.

Light clear amber, big frothy white head, mostly lasting, nice lacing. Floral aroma. Flavor is sweet caramel, some citrus hops. Smooth finish.

bottle - Pours light amber with a one finger head. It has a mild, malt aroma. The flavor is lightly toasted caramel malt and a bit of hops. It’s light bodied and while drinkable and not offensive at all, quite unremarkable.

Pours a clear amber color, with a light tan ring of carbonation. Light, fruity aroma with grassy hops and cereals. Grainy flavor, with nice grassy hops flourishes and malts that sweeten as the beer warms, leading to a bready, fruity finish. Medium body. A solid lager.