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Ballast Point Calico Amber Ale 3.54 314

Ballast Point Calico Amber Ale

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common

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3143.55/5.03.54/5.05%97.8English pint, Shaker
Commercial Description:
Calico Amber Ale is brewed in the American Amber style. Full bodied and aromatic, it is brewed with 6 malts for deep red color and full flavor.
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 BroSpud (612), , Massachusetts, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/513/20
Oct 25, 2009  
12oz bottle. Pours a dark, hazy amber. Good taste of caramel and citrus.The hops show up in the end. A well done amber.


 Svesse (2683), Hässelby, Sweden
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Oct 5, 2009  
(Bottle, Stockholm Beer Festival, 26 Sep 2009) Dark amber colour with frothy, beige head. Fruity, malty nose with notes of orange, caramel and grainy malt. Malty, fruity taste with toasty grain, orange and spicy, slightly piney hops in the finish. Generous bitterness. Medium body, with balanced sweetness and a solid malt structure. Well balanced and tasty beer.


 brewski519 (428), Morrisville, North Carolina, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Oct 4, 2009  
Tasted at World Beer Festival in Duham NC - poured an amber color with a decent head - aroma of malt, toffee, and a note of hops. Taste is malty with toffee and caramel and light hops. Pretty tasty amber ale.


 CapFlu (3491), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/102/510/20
Sep 27, 2009  
(Draft) Sampled at GCBF 2009 in Victoria on September 9, 2009. Wow - some decent hops on this amber... yet, there is something lurking below that stinks. Yikes! Milky and buttery. Not a favourite. 6/3/4/2/10


 omhper (12298), Stockholm, Sweden
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/104/515/20
Sep 27, 2009  
Bottled at Stockholm Beer Festival. Clear amber. Perfumy hoppy nose. Mid-sweet and medium bodied with clean rounded mouthfeel. Lighty caramelly, ever aromatic. Long salty bitterness. Quaffable, tasty amber ale worthy this great brewer!


 mgermani (865), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Sep 26, 2009  
Pours a slightly flocculent orange with a thin head and very light lacing. Very sweet aroma, light hops. Alcohol present in the taste, astringent malt taste - maybe lightly toasted/roasted malt in small quantities - bittering hops. Crisp body, good carb. Quaffable.


 Jblauvs (606), Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Sep 24, 2009  
dark amber pour with a slight offwhite head. Aroma is really quite wonderful, a combination of light cocoa powder and toffee, some breadiness and raisin with a bit of resinous hops. Flavor is a rich medley of caramel malt that jumps out at you and some wonderfully fresh toasted toffee. The addition of a roasted chocolate malt richness can probably be attributed to the big malt bill. Really good


 kwerikson (117), burlington, New Jersey, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Sep 24, 2009  
ruby red amber in color with a white head that was some what bubbly. hoppy aroma and could smell all of the ingredients. lacing in the begining and was full bodided. a little citrusy and sweet underneath the bitterness from the hops.



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