Northern Lights Amber Ale

22oz Bomber - 99 Bottles - Federal Way, WA
Aroma – Good malt aroma with a light hops in the background.
Appearance – Amber in color, light head and clear.
Flavor – Had a good amber flavor. Malts and hops where balanced very well.
Palate – Nice Mouthfeel, decent texture with a good dry finish.
Overall – This was a nice amber ale. Nothing too special to say about this beer. Pretty much an average beer.

Sample tray. Dark amber. faint aroma. Seems a bit broken at first but then some woody character starts to emerge. The best part of this beer is a nice long hop aftertaste.

On draught at the brewery. Aroma is hop forward with a strong grassy tone well balanced by sweet malt. Appearance is a solid amber with a well retained white head. Flavor is an excellent balance of sourness, sweetness and lots of slightly earthy hops and malt blended together so well its hard to tell where one flavor ends and the next begins. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, medium carb feel and a light creaminess. Overall, a very easy drinking, hoppy, but very well balanced amber.

Fifth stop during the ABA Beer Tour ’07 in Spokane, Washington. Sampled on tap at the brewpub. Pours a hazy light brown amber brew with an average white head that dissipates to a fine film. Aroma of caramel malt, flowery hops and some light honey. Taste is medium bodied, lightly carbonated with some flavors of caramel malt and citrus hops. Finish is light, nearly clean with a very light citrus hop aftertaste.

From Spokane this beer is hazy and light brown. Aroma is brown bread and a note of sour yeast. Sweet and unbalanced with little hop presence. Finishes sticky and sweet.