Americas Aurora Amber Ale

Brewed by Americas Brewpub
Style: Amber Ale
Aurora, Illinois USA

Date: 06/20/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

clear amber, fine beige head, sweet buttery bread aroma, light dyactyl slickness in the body, lots of dyactyl flavor, touch of caramel, light balancing hops but the dyactyl takes control,

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 3/10; Palate: 4/10; Overall: 6/20
Rating: 1.9/5.0
Drinkability: 5/10
Score: 4

12oz bottle. Poured a medium golden color with a larger sized frothy white head. Lots of small suspended floaters. Aromas of toasted grains, light caramel, bready and a trace of citrus. Tastes of bread, lighter caramel, and citrus. Lacing left on the glass.

Draft... DLD’08... Slightly hazed golden ale with a small, creamy, white head. Decent retention. With my nose, I can pull almost nothing from the glass... with exceptions of gentle cereal grains and mild caramel. Light to medium-bodied and fizzy. Anemic caramel malt, but well-bittered. Crisp finish with a snappy hop bite.

On tap at the brewpub on 6/20/07: Pours a transparent light copper bronze with a thin, wispy-lacing white head. Toasty caramel sweet aroma has a touch of graininess. Body starts with fizzy carbonation, light caramel malty sweetness and some bitter, soapy hop balance.

The brewmeister told me they’d just changed the recipe. I believe it, judging by the other ratings. This hazy copper, off-white headed beauty is inches away from IPA-hood, not coming across like an amber at all. The aroma is loaded with cascade hops, strong grapefruit with a bit of orange rind and some herbal earthiness. The taste has a solid malt backbone, but it is heaped with refreshing hop bitterness. I vote we change this amber to an IPA!

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Shocked slightly by the pour, an amber that is actually amber, well light amber to golden in color anyway. Moderate slightly creamy, off egg shell colored head. Mild caramel and mild dried herbs and flower aromas. Fairly thin and slightly watery feel. Lightly toasted malt and dry herbal hops flavors. Has a stomach settling quality when it comes to the herbal thing. Linger reminds me of goldenrod and dry weeds on a warm fall day. I have had much worse amber.

12oz bottle. pours hazed amber with white head. sweet doughy malt aroma. citrus and earthy notes. doughy witha slight roast and chocolate in the finish. decent brew but reminds me a lot of Bells Amber.

Sampled from tap on 11/10/2006 at Walter Payton’s Roundhouse in Aurora, IL... Amber color and a nice balance of malt and hops. The flavor was mixed between toffee/caramel and light fruits. Again, good but nothing very memorable.