Napa Smith Lost Dog

Brewed by Napa Smith Brewery
Style: Amber Ale
Napa, California USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Bright amber colour with a plentiful, coarsely fluffy cream coloured head. I do like the colour of a red ale. The aroma is of lush fruity malts. It really smells of peach tart and some grassy hoppiness. It’s a simple description but I want to emphasise that the aroma is beautiful. It has a prickly carbonation and then out comes a flow of lush darker citrus and caramelised orchard fruits given by the malts. There is also a zingy zesty citrus coming from hops that I find rather endearing. The bitterness is fairly subtle. I came into this beer thinking that the aroma hops would be accompanied by a massive rush of bittering but it had a certain restraint about it that I didn’t expect. This is the sort of ale I would quite like to brew myself with a few changes to the hop varieties and abv. However, this incarnation is lovely.

Bottle. Murky reddish orange pour with a small head. Kind of a boozy dusty caramel pour, taste is almost a foul sour. Not a fan of this.

-Bready malty aroma with big woody hop aroma -Pours hazy light amber color with lasting creamy yellowish white head -Strong bready biscuity flavor with balanced amount of woody earthy hops. - Medium bodied, medium CO2, bitter earthy finish -well balanced brew. Like a better version of fat tire. I would be happy to drink a few of these into the night. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

2013 bottle to a pint glass. Pours a clear amber/orange color with a small off-white head. Aroma is a sweet sorghum smell with a grainy quality. Taste is a sweet malt with some floral bitterness in the middle. Some caramel comes through in the end with the bitterness tasting more herbal as it lingers on the tongue. A medium thick mouthfeel. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Pours an opaque amber with a thin, white head that quickly fades. Minimal lacing. Subtle, slightly floral aroma hinting of a hoppy experience. Creamy mouthfeel with very slight effervescence. Sour taste. Odd, almost vanilla finish. Not very good. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for the Daystrom M-5

Bottle. Pour is a dark red with a small white head. Aroma is a sweet caramel malt. Flavor is more dark malts but a little medicinal and sour. Finish has a little alcohol. Just ok.

Draft at fizz. Orange pour foamy head. Smelly apricot smell. Not my style.

Bottle 12fl.oz.

Clear medium red amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, fruity malt, caramel, malt sweet, light to moderate hoppy, wood. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, sharp hops, caramel, fruity, woody hops. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20130224]

On tap at the brewery. It pours a rather dark orange/gold color with an off white head. The aroma is bready malt, a little dark fruit and floral hops. The flavor is caramel, bread, and some fruity/floral hops in the finish. Low carbonation. A bit weak on the palate for such a big beer. Ho hum.

Malty caramelized. Fairly bitter. Grapefruit rine. Amber. No head. Centennial beer tasting.