Scuttlebutt Amber Ale

Brewed by Scuttlebutt Brewing Co.
Style: Amber Ale
Everett, Washington USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Brewpub tap; dull bitterness; hints of caramel; herbal hop flavor; very straightforward beer. (#32)

12oz bottle. Pours clear amber in color with tiny white head. Aroma sweet malt and light hops. Taste of malty, caramel and bitter hops with bitter finish.

Bottle courtesy of scrizzz. Pours a clear amber/orange with a small ring of white head. Aroma of buttery popcorn and sweet malt. Flavor of sweet sugary fruitiness, strawberry, and nice malt. Pretty tasty and drinkable. I’m surprised at these low ratings because this is a good amber!

Bottle. Nearly making against the grain with this one I see. Aroma of caramel malt with both overripe and tart fruit tones. Flavor has the same with the addition of a citrus edge and some gritty earth. That gritty earth translates to the pleasant, giving the impression of a leathery coarseness. I rather liked it and was surprised to see it clock in sub-3.0.

UPDATED: DEC 7, 2008 old rating: 5/3/6/3/12 -2.9 pours a clear amber-red with a small dirty-white head, and some lacing. smell of grain, caramel, malt, some nuts, few hops, earthy. taste is thick and oily, grainy, some caramel, sweet malt, touch of citrus, a little pine in the back, and some nuts, end is bitter and slightly sour.

On draught at the brewpub in Everett, Washington. Pours a clear golden amber brew with a fast dissolving off-white head that dissipates nearly clean with no lacing or ring. Aroma of light fruity apples, a touch of toffee and citrus zest. Taste has a chalky caramel malt flavor with a hint of roasted nuts, and citrus zest. Finish is slightly semi-sweet with a light malt aftertaste with no bitterness. Overall - an average amber ale.

From a 22oz. bottle purchased at By the Bottle--Poured a hazy copper-amber body with a healthy off-white head. Nose was malty, caramel and creamy with a mild hop presence. Flavor was dull cardboard and weak graininess. Very dull. Not a horrible beer, but far from great. One of Scuttlebutt’s worst.

Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy deep copper color with a medium beige head. Aroma is light, but soewhat malty. Mouthfeel is a bit thin, just like the flavor. Taste is a bit malty for me, and I find the beer to be uninteresting and bland. No character. Slighltly bitter aftertaste. Scuttlebutt makes much better stuff than this.

Decent amber-orange appearance with adequate head. Moderate, slightly nutty, amber malt aroma with some fruity hop aroma. Pleasant nutty, buttery malt notes in the flavor and easy hopping. Slightly sour grain finish. Despite the present ratings, this is actually a decently flavorful, balanced, amber ale that is on target for the style. Fairly good, though on the light bodied side.

Tap: Cloudy copper with an off-white head. An off, tinny aroma with sweet flavors of cola, malts and a bit of tin. Ok, it doesn’t even light a candle to Mac & Jacks.