 Gromit (450), Port Orchard, Washington, USA
Apr 11, 2005
Goodness, I didn’t get the swell growler of this, only the bomber. Andre’s bottle looks cooler.
Pours an almost mahogany color with a thin head that doesn’t leave too much lace, but some.
Aroma is strong even though I’m just getting over a cold. Sweet like an Amber with with a slight pine/hop presence and a little...bready?
Flavor is great. Amber is one of my least liked styles and I like what SC has done with this. Lots of malt but it’s well balanced with the hops. Due to the aforementioned cold I can’t detect too many details but this is complex with caramel and some definite darker fruits in there.
Palate is full and on the crisp side. Overall this is really good and worth the drive over to this side of the Puget Sound to sample. Nicely done.
fakepurseninja (578), Washington, USA
Nov 17, 2008 22 oz’r. Great lightly roasted caramel malt backbone with a big, sweet toffee and cracker component and just enough light pine hop presence to bring it together. Very light citrus notes. Great session beer.
CapFlu (3353), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Sep 9, 2008 (Draught) Sampled at the Great Canadian Beer Festival 2008 in Victoria, September 7. Pours an amber body with a thin, white frothy head. Nose is very floral. Mild malt base with a flowery hop top. Good.
BückDich (4603), Boise, Idaho, USA
Apr 9, 2008 Tap @ Brewery: Auburn, light head, great lacing. Nose of light caramel and grass. Subtle yeast and some caramelly malt esters. Light fruit in the tail, dry finish. Blah.
SuzyGreenberg (1067), Seattle, Washington, USA
Mar 9, 2008 22 oz. bottle - pours clear and dark copper with no head; stale malt aromas and low carbonation; thin body with very slight malt backbone; pretty blah over all
kramer (1956), Sunbury, Pennsylvania, USA
Mar 4, 2008 22 oz bottle, via 5000. Pours a mostly clear copper to light amber body with a slight yeast haze under a small fizzy off-white head. The nose is equally balanced between toasted, lightly caramel, maltiness and a soft perfumy floral hoppiness. The flavor is malt centered with a slightly sweet toasted grain base with just a light accent of lightly bitter hops on the finish. Mouthfeel is fairly light bodied with moderate soft fizzy carbonation. Pretty good among the arena of Amber Ales.
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