Anderson Valley Boont Amber Ale

Brewed by Anderson Valley Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Boonville, California USA

Pretty solid Amber. A little bit bready/carmel, some hops. Nicely sessionable beer. Probably wouldn’t go out of my way to buy, but nice when it’s around.

On tap in a pint glass. Faint aroma of cream and nuts and the flavor is slightly roasty with some nuttiness and a big dose of chocolate for an amber.

bottle. pours a thick, cloudy copper color with a thick tan head. has a sweet, carmel aroma. has a fruity apple flavor at first. finish is bitter and kind of flat. not bad.

Bottle (in NZ). Plenty of pine and citrus notes on the nose. The palate is smooth, without as much of the hops that were promised on the nose. Comes across as a bit cardboardy - perhaps a bit oxidised. The malt just doesn’t have that rich character I would have expected. Has left me a little flat.

Very hazy slightly dark amber color, epic head retention. Mild mixture of malt and hops on the nose, malt dominant. Really light malty flavor, very little bitterness with a kind of vegetable from the hops. High mouthfeel, medium-low carbonation. (actually for IPA, apparently can’t delete anymore...?)

Amber with a cream head. Chocolate malts on the nose and not much else. Decent palate and a heavy chocolate malt flavor and a chocolatey finish.

Malty wet cardboard aroma but (in a hard to describe) good way. If I had to guess I would say a smokey peat smell. Cloudy amber brown in color. Big malty flavor with a fruity bittersweet aftertaste that’s hard to place. Overall this brew is nice and smooth. Perfect for the cool fall weather.

Amber appearance with a fluffy white head and excellent lacing. Smell was almost undetectable, maybe a faint whiff of cinnamon. Taste was interesting and complex, starting off with sour orange and a bit of apricot, then with malt, and finishing with orange peel and cinnamon. Mouthfeel was very good for an amber ale. Nice session beer.