starfireming (309), Richmond, Virginia, USA Feb 25, 2007 Ruddy body, big white head, nutty hop aroma. Odd combination. Metallic caramel and nut taste, not super yummy. Nose wrinkle for this one.
JoeMcPhee (3815), Jackson Heights, New York, USA Sep 28, 2008 12 oz can. Deep amber beer with a thin white head. Thick and oily pour. Aroma is quite sweet and toasty. Fairly herbal/earthy hoppiness behind the sweetness. As it warms it gets quite sweet and very chewy. Quite full-bodied and chewy. It’s okay, but it’s not really something I’d go for. Bungalo22 (305), Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA Aug 30, 2008 Had on tap at the brewery. It pours an amber color with a small head from the tap. It smells sweet and malty. It tastes sweet and malty. Notes of carmel and hops round this beer off very nicely. In the can it is great for camping. otakuden (117), Vero Beach, Florida, USA Aug 12, 2008 It’s always fun to review, taste, and even recommend good craft canned beer as often as I can. Dubbed "canneries", these craft brew geniuses are creating beer of stellar quality and paving new roads to beer nirvana for future beer geeks.
I got a huge, gorgeously fluffy finger thick head of foam as I poured my Atlantic Amber into my glass. Soft and poufy, it looked like a cloud had landed in my glass - it was beautiful. More of an amber brown color, the head fades into scattered brussels lace along the sides of my glass with a small layer on the top. Grass, lemon, hop oils, and malt toffee in the nose. A very complex array of flavors just in the nose invites me to take a quaff. Sweet, creamy (almost like butter), lemon and tangerine effervescence supported with a sweet, toffee malt presence. Not an overly heavy body, but with enough weight to weigh on the mind and the taste buds. I can definitely feel the sourness of the hops on the sides of my tongue, along with a slight dryness which makes itself present about halfway through. Not a cloying beer, but instead slightly dry with a bit of the grass I got in the nose playing itself out in the dry palate.
Not too hoppy. Not too sweet. Well balanced and easy to drink. kyzr (962), Belgrade, Montana, USA Aug 8, 2008 Can from mcbackus. Pours a cloudy amber with nice off-white head. Sweet roasty nose. Flavor is nice and sweet from the malt with slight hints of roast and a bit nutty. Has a clean finish with just a hint of hops. Slipstream (392), USA Aug 6, 2008 Big, foamy head on this murky, amber pour - it foamed all over, actually. Good, hoppy aroma. The flavor is rich with a solid amount of malty sweetness, which I think is normal for the style. There are hints of tobacco and molasses. A solid brew.
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