Saranac Adirondack Amber

Brewed by Matt Brewing Company
Style: Amber Lager/Vienna
Utica, New York USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

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>Golden with a small off-white head. Sweetish malty aroma with floral notes. dry and hoppy flavour with medium bitterness

Warm amber and a nice, golden head. The aroma is typical for a lager, but the flavour surprises me! The mouthfeel is rather full and there are nice notes of aroma hops, malt, caramel and the finish is nice and citrussy - but not in the hash grapefruit way, that I found in other beers from this brewer.

From the Bottle at Chris O’s 05/08/2009 Hop aroma. Some carbonation. Golden coloured fruity and a little sweet on the palate with a crisp malt finish.

Bottle from a mix box at the Roseville BevMo - labeled Adirondack Lager. Pours copper amber with a fizzy off-white head. Sort of a warm caramel aroma. Med body. Flavor is caramel with some light grassy hop. Smooth. Soothing even. Not exciting.

Bottled: Mørk gylden farve. Tåget. Beige tæt skum. Sød, frugtig, sukret honning aroma. Smagen er også frugtig og sød. Ret tynd krop og tendens til at være vandet. Lette urte og blomsternoter, men dog overdøvet at maltnoterne. Lidt karamel. Er let bittersød i enden. Let at drikke.

Bottle. Amber color with medium white head that did not last long. Aroma was medium with hop. Flavor was good balance of hops, sweet with bitter finish.

Clear, orange ale. Small, fizzy, white head. Good lacing. The nose is soapy and beefy. Well-balanced, crisp, tangy flavor. A bit grassy. Light-bodied with an oily mouthfeel and fizzy carbonation. Short, crisp, clean finish. Not a bad example of the style, but not a good one either. Not one of my favorite styles to begin with, but a good Summer thirst quencher!

12 oz bottle. Rich amber beer with a thick white head. Aroma is fairly hoppy, showing noble/spicy hops over a soft nutty caramelly malt character. The aroma is hoppy but the flavour is substantially sweeter than the aroma suggests, leaning toward the malty side. Malts are bready sweet and slightly nutty, but still pretty tasty. A surprisingly decent Vienna.

Pours copper with a small off-white head that soon dissolves into an even smaller patchy head. Fast rising bubbles are numerous. Lightly soapy malt aroma with a faint hop nose. Medium hoppiness in flavor with a hint of yeast. Thin falling lacing. Palate is dry and medium-bodied. A very drinkable beer.