Amplified Ale Works Reviews

beerplace	3.5 Amplified Ale Works Barrel Aged Harmony 4oz. Appearance: dark brown with a tan head. Aroma: dark fruits, some roasted malt. Taste: along the same lines, low carbonation, a bit dusty, Overall: nothing special, couldn't find any evidence of barrel aging, unfortunately (even went to double-check at the bar whether I got anything else by coincidence). Tuesday, January 23, 2024
beerplace	3.9 Amplified Ale Works Stratocaster 4oz. Appearance: hazy golden with a white head. Aroma: tropical fruits, flowery, malty. Taste: along the same lines, very fruity, finishes with some flowery bitterness. Overall: good one. Tuesday, January 23, 2024
bhensonb	4.5 Amplified Ale Works Phase Shifter Tap at the kebab venue. Pours dark ruddy brown. Aroma is dark malt and dark fruits. Bourbon notes. Full bodied. Flavor matches aroma. It’s delicious beyond my descriptive capabilities. Superb. Saturday, June 4, 2022
MicroGrog	3.9 Amplified Ale Works Barrel Aged Nyctophobia 12.5% edition at the open air Amplified bar near the park. Short pour. Clear, amber on brown, honey black tea pour. Super still. Smell is aged, nutty, oily, oxidized, Frangelico. Rich, sharp & intense. Taste is old ale, barley wine. Is this right? Rich, greasy, varnish, bittersweet, Old Herb-like, surprised at the subtle bubbles. Hidden acidity, brown hangover incoming. Thick, yeasty, sweeter as it warms. Boozier than whatever you label it. Coating. Sunday, May 1, 2022
MicroGrog	4.3 Amplified Ale Works Stratocaster On tap @Amplified, near the park. 8oz pour. Golden hazy, frothy head. Pleasant orange-y, yeasty scent. Taste is mild, very rind-y/pithy bitterness, that lingers like biting grapefruit skin. White grapefruit, lemon, great salinity. Super drinkable. Surprised this is 7.5% Sunday, May 1, 2022
bergstaden	3.5 Amplified Ale Works Juice Springsteen and the Yeast Street Band Hazy golden with a white head - Tropical citrus fruity hop aroma - Malt body with a citrus hop flavour that has bitterness - The fruity hop flaovurs goes into the finish - This was nice Sunday, February 28, 2021
Mr.Spooks	2.2 Amplified Ale Works Black is Beautiful Starts off with the familiar deep chocolate and anise, then develops competing notes of mocha, bourbon, and an off-putting acidity, full of assertive berry and raisin bite. Finishes with a mixture of oak, vanilla, and tartness. Not sure what went wrong here, but the tart streak makes the pint hard to finish. Thursday, February 25, 2021
Ratman197	3.5 Amplified Ale Works License to Pils Pounder can poured a hazy gold with a lasting white head. Aromas of bread, yeast, graininess and floral notes. Palate was light bodied and crisp with a dry finish. Flavors of bread, floral notes and light yeast with a crisp dry lingering floral finish. Friday, November 13, 2020
thegreenrooster	3.4 Amplified Ale Works Punk-Demic Pour is a cloudy gold with a large white head. Aroma is some wet dough malt and citrus hops. Flavor is pretty much the same. Some chewy wet dough pils malt with some citrus and floral hops. Decent malt and hops combo. Saturday, November 7, 2020
siennadean917	4.2 Amplified Ale Works Rare Form - Bourbon Barrel Very good Belgian quad. Nice boubon barrel aging, some coconut taste Sunday, October 4, 2020
bhensonb	4 Amplified Ale Works Punk-Demic Can from Bine & Vine. Pours bright gold with a creamy white head. Spicy aroma over light pale malt. Not really bready. Med body. Very nicely spicy flavor - over pale malt. Crisp and clean. Enough hop to make my tongue ache in the rear parts. Excellent. Thursday, September 3, 2020
solidfunk	3.9 Amplified Ale Works Stratocaster Passion fruit and tangerine. Green onion. Murky orange pour with good head. Hop tang finish. Pretty nice stuff. Can. Tuesday, August 25, 2020
blipp	3.5 Amplified Ale Works Juice Springsteen and the Yeast Street Band Can. Pours murky golden orange with a white head. Juicy and fruity hops, fresh mango, moderate bitterness, some floral notes, and a kinda grassy finish. Decent. Saturday, August 15, 2020
blipp	3.3 Amplified Ale Works MDRN HSTRY Can. Pours golden orange with a white head. Citric and marmalade hops, some botanical notes, lavender, sweet malts, and a relatively balanced finish. This is fine. Saturday, June 13, 2020
bhensonb	3.9 Amplified Ale Works Juice Springsteen and the Yeast Street Band Can from Bine & Vine. Pours hazy gold with a huge foamy/frothy off-white head. Aroma is pineapple trying to be dank. Biscuit. Garlic. More. Striving for me body. Flavor is juicy - trying to be dank - pineapple, melon, still thinking garlic. Stuff is verging on astringent. Lots going on here. Yeasty/bready malt support I think. This is quite amazing ale. Perhaps not super great, but really good in a rather different way. Yah! Thursday, June 11, 2020
Zymurgeist2	3.3 Amplified Ale Works Electrocution IPA During a beer weekend for a friend's 50th weekend in San Diego. Scores were recorded at the time but no descriptions. Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Koelschtrinker	3.1 Amplified Ale Works Fruitful Endeavor - Black Currant Süffiger, mild säuerlicher Beginn. Fruchtig, Johannisbeere, trockene Herbe, hohe Süffigkeit. Mittellanger Abgang, rund. 10/11/9/10//10 Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Koelschtrinker	3 Amplified Ale Works Electrocution IPA Fruchtig hopfiger, moderat herber Beginn. Trocken, minimal bitter, rund. Süffig, die Hopfigkeit ist konstant. Mittellanger Abgang. 10/10/9/9//9 Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Koelschtrinker	2.9 Amplified Ale Works Stratocaster Süffiger, stark hopfiger Beginn. Getreidig, etwas Alkohol, minimal bitter, etwas schwacher Hintergrund. 10/9/8/9//9 Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Koelschtrinker	3.2 Amplified Ale Works Smokin' Pumpkins Süffiger, süßlich rauchiger Beginn. Dunkel, Noten von Zimt und Kürbis, malziger werdend, gewürzig. Trocken herb, stark würzig, mittellanger Abgang. 9/11/10/10//10 Wednesday, February 26, 2020
marcus	4 Amplified Ale Works Rare Form - Bourbon Barrel Bottle from La Riviera Liquor. Pours near black with a transient tan head and a bready raisin and vanilla aroma. There is a full-bodied roasted caramel malt flavor with a whole lot of tasty bourbon in the finish. A nice sipper. Saturday, February 22, 2020
BeerandBlues2	3.1 Amplified Ale Works Vienna Gadda Da Vida Draught. Pours clear amber with a medium, frothy off-white head, medium retention. Medium grainy sweet malt, light earthy hops and hop bitterness, a clean lager character and a medium sweet finish. Medium-light body and medium carbonation. Saturday, February 1, 2020
BeerandBlues2	3.5 Amplified Ale Works Fruitful Endeavor - Apricot Draught. Pours cloudy orange with a small, frothy white head, short retention. Medium tart and acidic apricots, light bread malt, and a dry finish. Light body and carbonation. Saturday, February 1, 2020
BeerandBlues2	3.9 Amplified Ale Works N.I.B Draught. Pours clear black with a large, frothy beige head ,long retention with excellent lacing. Moderate roast malt, moderate pine and resin hops, moderate hop bitterness, medium prunes, and a dry finish. Medium body and carbonation. Saturday, February 1, 2020
BeerandBlues2	3.9 Amplified Ale Works Midnight Toker Draught. Pours clear black with a medium, frothy beige head, medium retention. Moderate rich chocolate and roast malt, dark fruits, clean lager character, light roast malt bitterness and a dry finish. Full body and medium carbonation. Saturday, February 1, 2020
BeerandBlues2	3.6 Amplified Ale Works / Melvin Evil Elephant Draught. Pours clear gold with a medium, frothy white head, medium retention. Heavy pine, orange, and floral hops, moderate hop bitterness, medium bread malt, and a dry finish. Medium body and carbonation. Saturday, February 1, 2020
ChrisOfstad	3.1 Amplified Ale Works Juice Springsteen and the Yeast Street Band 0,5 litre Can from Holiday Wine Cellar, Escondido, Ca. Cloudy yellow with white head. Malts, hops, yeasty, vanilla, Tropical fruits. Tuesday, November 5, 2019
BeerandBlues2	3.8 Amplified Ale Works Nyctophobia - Raspberry Bottle. Pours opaque jet black with a medium, frothy beige head, medium retention. Heavy raspberry, lightly tart and sweet, moderate chocolate and roast malt, prunes, light hop bitterness, and a medium sweet finish. Full body and medium carbonation. Tuesday, November 5, 2019
BeerandBlues2	3.8 Amplified Ale Works Nyctophobia - Coffee Bottle. Pours opaque jet black with a medium, frothy beige head, medium retention. Heavy coffee, moderate chocolate and roast malt, prunes, light hop bitterness, and a medium sweet finish. Full body and medium carbonation. Tuesday, November 5, 2019
BeerandBlues2	3.5 Amplified Ale Works Stratablaster Draught. Pours cloudy orange with a medium, frothy white head, short retention. Moderate orange, earthy, and woody hops, moderate hop bitterness, medium bread malt with light toast notes, light alcohol, and a dry finish. Full body and light carbonation. Saturday, November 2, 2019
fkoolen	3.6 Amplified Ale Works Soulpatch Draft @ Amplified, San Diego. Cloudy golden, creamy white head. Citrus, mango, a tat soapy, soft clean malts, light bitterness. Medium body and carbonation. Sunday, October 6, 2019
fkoolen	3.7 Amplified Ale Works Desert Haze Draft @ Amplified, San Diego. Opaque golden yellow, foamy white head. Mango, pineapple, grapefruit, pine, grassy, quite sweet and creamy malty, light-medium bitter. Good body, medium carbonation. Sunday, October 6, 2019
fkoolen	3.6 Amplified Ale Works Top Of The Dial Draft @ Amplified Aleworks, San Diego. Hazy murky golden, orange-ish, creamy offwhite head. Grapefruit, orange, resinous, sweet malty backbone. Medium body and carbonation. Thursday, October 3, 2019
fkoolen	3.3 Amplified Ale Works Check Your Hops Draft @ Amplified Aleworks, San Diego. Hazy golden, foamy white head. Citrus, grapefruit forward, creamy lactic base, light-medium bitter. Light-medium body, medium carbonation. Thursday, October 3, 2019
blipp	3.2 Amplified Ale Works Ghost Shark Draft. Pours golden orange with a white head. Fruity hops, some light sweet malts, low bitterness, and a balanced finish. Fine. Friday, May 31, 2019
lavaaaron	4 Amplified Ale Works Phase Shifter Draft pour, golden brown. Aromas of pumpernickel, sweet malt aromas with a hint of prune. Intense flavors of caramel toffee and rum notes. Really nice beer. Monday, May 13, 2019
lavaaaron	3.7 Amplified Ale Works Rare Form - Bourbon Barrel Draft pour, dark brown with a hint of red. Aromas of sweet brown bread, raisins and caramel. Flavors of the sameness plus vanilla, dulce de leche, and the old McDonalds ice cream sundaes with the caramel sauce on it. Deep flavors almost like a dessert in your mouth. Sunday, May 12, 2019
lavaaaron	3.4 Amplified Ale Works N.I.B Draft, almost black. Aromas of freshly brewed coffee and wet earth. Flavors of coal, campfire and burnt coffee. Deep flavors, intense and amazingly not brewed with coffee. Really deep dark flavors on this. Sunday, May 12, 2019
lavaaaron	3.4 Amplified Ale Works Stratocaster Draft, hazy gold. Seeet guava aroma. Juicy flavors of passion fruit and Star fruit. Nice dank hop notes with musty wheat flavors. Nice balance between hop aromas Andy bitterness. Sunday, May 12, 2019
anders37	3.3 Amplified Ale Works Electrocution IPA Draft @ SDBW 2016 Guild Festival. Pours a yellow golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty grassy citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty grassy citrus hoppy tropical fruit flavor. Has a fruity malty grassy citrus hoppy finish. Wednesday, April 10, 2019
anders37	3.2 Amplified Ale Works Gold Record Draft @ SDBW 2016 Guild Festival. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty grainy spicy yeasty aroma. Fruity malty spicy yeasty flavor. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty finish. Wednesday, April 10, 2019
blipp	3.6 Amplified Ale Works Smokin' Pumpkins Draft. Pours orange with a thin head. Pumpkin pie spices, mild smoked malts, and faint barrel presence. Tasty. Saturday, April 6, 2019
Tide	3.6 Amplified Ale Works Electrocution IPA Draught at Amplified. Golden color, white head. Bittwr taste with citrus, hops, resin, mango, caramel and grass. Bitter finish with citrus, hops, resin, mango, pine and grass. Good IPA. Saturday, February 23, 2019
lavaaaron	3.9 Amplified Ale Works Gold Record Draft pour. Light amber color. Clover honey aroma. Flavors are amazing. A hint of Belgian style yeast. Subtle sweetness that hides that this is a strong ale at heart. Several layers of malt with flavors of honey, toffee and hints of caramel. Thursday, February 7, 2019
djd07	3.6 Amplified Ale Works Top Of The Dial On tap at the brewery. Pours a dark orange with medium white head that lasts. The aroma is dank and citrus. Slick body, juicy, grapefruit, pine, light bitterness, very good. Saturday, January 19, 2019
andrewje41	3.8 Amplified Ale Works Electric Mud Draft half pint at Amplified, San Diego. Juicy haze, a golden orange pour. Cool, cream taste. A touch of pineapple. Heavy tropical haze. Smooth IPA. Good stuff. Saturday, December 8, 2018
GarrettB	3.9 Amplified Ale Works Nyctophobia September 10th, 2018 - The Nyctophobia is the most burly brew I’m imbibing on my birthday, coming somewhere at midday but getting the jump on my palate. It’s an inky black beer, with a potent smell, suggesting a personal history spent in a barrel. By itself it is a good, smooth bodied beer, with lots of flavor but not going overboard with sweetness, licorice, or viscousness. But the gentleman behind the bar blended us up a mixture with the Nyctophobia and a fruit tart beer, and the resulting combination was phenomenal. The tart brightens up an otherwise dark and brutish beer, giving it a delicious complexity. Definitely a highlight of our day puttering around the area. Thursday, September 27, 2018
Camons	3.3 Amplified Ale Works Glitter And Doom Can @ Amplified Ale Works-Miramar, San Diego. Pours slightly hazy yellow with a white head. Aroma of light malt, grass, fruity hops, citrus, grapefruit. Flavor is light bitter, malt, grass, light harsh, citrus. Medium body, average carbonation, light bitter finish. 270718 Thursday, August 2, 2018
Camons	3.8 Amplified Ale Works Barrel Aged Nyctophobia Draught @ Amplified Ale Works-Miramar, San Diego. Pours black with a small brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, caramel, chocolate, coconut, wood, vanilla, bourbon. Flavor is sweet, mildly boozy, roast malt, caramel, coffee, chocolate, wood, vanilla, bourbon. Medium body, average carbonation, light sweet finish with lots of warming alcohol. 270718 Thursday, August 2, 2018
Camons	3.7 Amplified Ale Works N.I.B Draught @ Amplified Ale Works-Miramar, San Diego. Pours black with a creamy brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, little caramel, citrus, light pine. Flavor is light bitter, roast malt, caramel, chocolate, fruit, citrus, piney. Medium body, average carbonation, light bitter finish. 270718 Thursday, August 2, 2018