Mt. Carmel Amber Ale

Brewed by Mt. Carmel Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Cincinnati, Ohio USA

12 oz. bottle from Ludlow Wines. Pours cloudy brown amber with a medium, smooth beige head. Aroma of hops, malts, caramel, citrus, biscuit, and toast. The flavor is hoppy, with notes of caramel, earth, citrus, and mild spices. Bitter, earthy, and light bodied. Bitter finish. Solid example for the style.

Pours a cloudy gold body with a white, one finger head. Slightly sweet with piney hop finish. Good stuff.

Appearance: Pours a lightly hazed, suitably amber-hued body topped by a slender covering of white suds. Smell: Pale malts with light touches of toasted grain and caramel. Small hint of orchard fruitiness. Hops impart some earthy, citrusy notes as well as perhaps a hint of spice. Taste: Lightly sweet, toasty pale malts with a rounded caramel character. Slight fruity tones. Earthy, lightly citrusy hops with a medium-low amount of bitterness to balance. Drying, bittersweet finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: A pretty decent, nicely done amber ale from Mt. Carmel and one I could readily see myself keeping a six’er of in the refrigerator if the brewery wasn’t about 500 miles away.

Date: August 09, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Ticker
Appearance: hazy amber, fine off white head, drippy bits of lace
Aroma: earthy hop aroma on dry caramel malt
Flavor: caramel malt flavor, light sweetness, balancing earthyness, hint of tartness, long bitter finish
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 9/20
Rating: 2.5/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

12 oz bottle brought out west courtesy of Craig. Pours a hazy amber gold with almost no head. Nose is very sweet with malts nothing crazy here. Medium sweetness in the flavors, a little watery but some ok malt flavors with a lite hop brush.

ABV 6%; IBU 34; OG 1.058; SRM 10.6.

12oz bottle. Amber color. Aroma of honey and hops. Distant caramel malts, light toast. Flavor has a crisp malt character. Hops add a nice complex bitterness to the beer. Well balanced. Finishes with a Munich malt mustiness. Light bodied. Well done. (this beer is similar to Great Lakes Eliot Ness)

Pours a slightly hazy amber color with an off white head. Aroma is caramel, toast, biscuit, and some fruity notes. Flavor is caramel, biscuit, fruity, and a bitter spicy finish.

12 oz. bottle. Pours amber in color with a small white head. The aroma is citrus hops and moderately sweet caramel malts. The flavor is moderately sweet caramel malt and citrus hops with a touch of bitterness in the finish. Light-medium bodied. It’s nice that they are now bottling everything.