St. Stans Amber

Brewed by St. Stans Brewing Company
Style: Altbier
Modesto, California USA

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

Red-brown. Light bodied, salty with toffee aroma

UPDATED: JAN 2, 2010
Name: St. Stan’s Amber
Date: January 04, 1996
Mode: Draft
Source: Taco Mac, Sandy Springs
Appearance: golden ammber
Aroma: malt aroma, strong lasting malt/hops
Flavor: bitter aftertaste

Name: St. Stan’s Amber
Date: March 09, 1996
sweet, clean, tangy carbonation, just a touch of hops

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Score: ** /4

The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.

Tasting Notes from Fall 2000: Not very flavorful. Just sits there

Medium brown color. Crisp and refreshing, somewhat malty. Nicely hoppy. Good balance. Finish is clean. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

Altbier style with sweet aroma, low carbonation, and heavy malt flavors. Smooth and mellow. Caramel flavors exude. Nice Tettnang ’bite’ in the finish. Personally, I thought it was a pleasant beer.

The first taste was sour and bitter and the beer never recovered. Just a little better than average in taste.

UPDATED: NOV 1, 2003 The beer pours an unblemished copper color, the head a semi-creamy light tan, modest in size and as it erodes a fine and satiny curtain forms to seal off the glass. Nose is mostly malt; sweet as is the start, top is light in its feel to the palate. Finish is delightfully hopped, mellow in its acidic bite, very dry aftertaste, but just a bit too thin-waited to rate much more than average, would make a decent session beer I believe.

Really loses in palate points as it was really thin and light. Flavorful, however, with a front end of good malt, toffee, and an initial slightly yeasty burst. Then some good hoppy bitterness. Not enough of any one component, I guess, but I did like it.