Angel City Ale

Brewed by Angel City Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Torrance, California USA

This amber ale pours a amber brown color from a 22oz bottle. Medium sized white foamy head. Aroma is malty, fruity and sweet. A medium to full bodied amber. Malts are caramel and toffee, slightly sweet. Hops are a touch citrusy. Lots of non-sweet malts in this beer, kind of refreshing for an amber. Lots of malts flavor. Nice carbonation. WOW, not sure I would ever say this but this is a very drinkable amber. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and dry. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

Nice amber color, small head that is quickly gone, Very malty, good hops, all in all a very nice ale.

12 oz. bottle purchased as a single from Whole Foods. Pours maple color with a moderate white head that diminishes rapidly and leaves little to no lace. Aroma is sweet and tart with sour fruit notes and floral hoppiness. Flavor is immediately sweet, with a sharp tartness and hop flavors coming in quickly. Sour fruit finis - not bad, but based on the other descriptions, I’m beginning to suspect that this one may be infected or heat affected. Medium body and moderate carbonation. I’ll have to buy another and re-rate.

Wow this is really good! Being a local to the area I have seen this beer on the shelves for years and figured it was just another here today gone tomorrow crap-ass beer. Well I am pleasantly wrong. Pours a deep hazy orange colour with a volumous off-white head. Massive malt aroma with an equally pungent hop aroma with some piney notes. Sweet caramel malts, mild bitterness, pleasant lingering aftertaste. Dare I say this is one of the best amber’s I have had?

Jumpin Jimminy, that's a one malty meatball!!!! The aroma comes across as a helluva load of malt and vanilla...it literally reminded me of standing over a 50 pound bag of malt at a brewery and smelling that bag. It pours a murky and slightly cloudy orange center with a dark yellow outer core and a pearly white head. The taste is..big surprise..malty!!!! Its heavily malty, with a hint of vanilla, peachy bitterness, and a hint of sour coming almost from an overdose of malt. This is a damn good beer..i mean i love sweet malty beers...but the fact that its overly malty is what kills it...too much of a good thing kills a great beer. Nice carbonation level, dry, but not terribly so mouthfeel...just needs a slightly hoppier state and this is a 4.0 or more beer.

Very burnt and beefy smell to it with smokey whispers..THick mouthfeel of ham and cheese, layers of melted aluminum with hints of toasted wheat cereal and smokey raped malts..meat meat canadian bacon-like scottish ale type thing

When they say that this is malty they are not wrong. Very malty indeed. A thick earthy almost smokey feel to the flavor. A lill bit o spice appears from time to time. Decent brew. Quite refreshing. Fuckin a- i though i was eating an arby's sandwich, but i like arby's.

A pretty mildly flavored but enjoyable ale (I’d go for amber but the brewer says ESB). Strikes a delicate balance between sweet malts and a lightly spiced fresh hop finish. Not too bad.