Anderson Valley Boont Amber Ale

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

On tap @ Oldsmar Tap House. Pours amber with an off-white head. Nose is malt, some pine hops, and some breadiness. Flavor is about the same with some malt, hops, and water. Not bad, but not exceptional. Good beer to start the night with.

Sample glass from the brewery tap. caramel in the glass with good sized marshmellow color head. spicy butter taste with a nose that was unexciting. very drinkable

Pours a caramelly tinted red color with a good sized off-white head. Aroma is very earthy with grassy, leafy hops, dirt, light caramel, and sourdough bread. Tastes a bit sweeter/maltier than I thought it would, which is great. Flavors of toast, caramel, earth, and leafy hops. Finishes like thick toasted bread, with light brown sugar and a leafy toasty aftertaste. Medium to light bodied with high carbonation, but a creamier mouthfeel than expected. I like my ambers toasty and this one certainly is, but the bump in sweetness makes it a bit nicer than usual. I enjoyed it.

Bottle. Rusty amber pour with a tall beige colored head. Nose is toffee, sweet malt, sweet potato, spicy hops and honey. Taste is big spicy hops, lots of toffee and tea leaves, caramel, sweet malt, more sweet potato, and buttered bread. Body is smooth, light-medium and has a creamy carbonation. Ends with more spicy hops, Bit O Honey, toffee, and tea notes. Not bad at all and a very drinkable session style beer.

Bottle from GBBF 09. Beautiful russet colour, lasting thickish beige head. Some toffee and butter on aroma. Not a huge flavour in the mouth. In the UK this would be a ruby mild. I mean it is very mild. Some ok malt.

Bottle. The body is clear, sporting a dark crimson hue and a lasting, creamy beige head. Pronounced swaths of foam cling hard to the glass, coating it well. Aromas of fig, raisin, and dried berries are unexpected, but welcomed, lending a bit of fruity diversity to the requisite caramel malt. Floral hops and candied orange peel lend nice balance, though the scale remains tipped towards the sweet side. The flavor shows more fruity depth, citrus rind offering a nice, bitter sharpness that cuts through the fig and brown sugar. A touch of molasses smokiness adds a nice twist, and some zesty pepper comes through on the finish. The body is quite substantial for an amber, well carbonated, but perhaps just a bit to syrupy. Overall, this is a stellar example of the style, and one that clearly looks to Belgium’s famed abbey dubbel’s for influence.

This amber pours a nice deep honey in color, with a small head and very little lacing. Taste is well rounded and very balanced. Nice touch of malt with with a crisp hop finish. One of the better Ambers i’ve had in a long time...

Pint served at Lunar Brewing Co. a deep orange/amber with an off white, silky foam that slowly reduced to a ring and left some clingy streaks of lacing. The aroma was smooth malt, a touch of yeast, and some medium fruit. The flavor added to these a little caramel and a moderate hop bitterness that lasted to the finish. A pleasant, quaffable Amber.