Barbary Coast Gold Rush Style Beer

Brewed by Minhas Craft Brewery
Style: Amber Ale
Monroe, Wisconsin USA

Presentation: This is one of six beers from an eighteen pack labeled Beer of America, Historical Collection. The 18 pack also came with a nice book titled, The History of Beer in America. It was poured from a brown 12oz bottle into a pint glass. There appears to be no freshness date on the bottle. Appearance: It has an amber colored body with some visible carbonation. The head on top is light, fluffy and tall. It is off white in color and it is slows to fade, leaving some spotty lacing on the glass as I drink. Smell: The aroma is full of lemony citrus and leafy hops with sweet candy like sweet malt flavors underneath. Also I am picking up a light mineral like presence. Taste/Palate: Leafy and mineral hop notes are up first with some smooth buttery, sweet honey and caramel malts in the middle. The finish has moderate hop bitterness and lemony/orange citrus hops as well as more odd mineral notes. It has a solid medium body with lively, almost fizzy carbonation. Notes: The only thing that comes close the style is the appearance. After that it goes way off the map. It is drinkable but boring and I have noticed that all the beers in this mixed 18 pack are oddly similar to each other. The best part of this 18 pack is the book that came with it.

Bottle poured into a pint glass produced a short lived head that disappeared to nothing (no lace). The brew was nice amber in color. Not too much in the way of aroma, light sweat malts was all I got as I drank this brew. This is sweat malt tasting brew as well, no hops in it at all. A little sour not dose appear in the end. Good carbonation and light in the mouthfeel department. This is not one I seek out again It really doesn’t do much for me. It did drink real easy so you could session it but I wouldn’t want to

Gift from my Wisconsin hook up. Thanks Jamie. Part of my quick Minhas sampling. I will keep this one short. I was not thrilled. It was alittle thin for my taste but I did detect very mild hop and malt in the aroma and same in taste but with a grassy finish.

Much nicer appearance than I anticipated, deep amber with just the right head. Aromas of fruit with hops. Pleasantly surprised by the taste - while not a great beer very drinkable.

I had this a long time ago, as it’s in my records, but I didn’t take down good tasting notes!

Dark caramel amber orange with a very loose bubbly off white foam that dies completely. Aroma is a fake fruitiness, caramel, toffee, water. Taste is cheap amber maltiness, tinny, metallic, watery, usual suspects of caramel, light apple fruitiness.

Has a sweet smell of malts and toffee, and has the same kind of taste, though it is a bit syrupy. Nothing about this beer really sticks out.

12 ounce bottle in pint glass. Clear caramel with flat head. Caramel and cardboard aroma. Sweet caramel fruity flavor with no finish. Medium-light body. I think this is my first "Gold Rush Beer.’ Should that be its own category.