Berkshire Springs Stock Ale

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

Looks terrible - very dull amber with no head and an abundance of murkiness. The aroma is vaguely caramelly with vegetables, copper and some of that Soviet-style funk. Tastes of sour caramel and, well, I don’t really know. It tastes like really old brewery using cheap ingredients. Damn. Only marginally palatable.

From girt set of 6 of what i thought could be "win" beers, but seemingly not. Aroma is sweet grainy malts. Taste is similar but this tart sour bitterness, that may have been great but the bitterness ruined it. I doubt this was off but strange overly carbonated too, meaning it was actually really difficult to drink quickly, which is what i wanted to do it get it out the way.

Bottle... Clear, light golden ale with a mid-sized, frothy, white head. Excellent retention. Biscuit malt and a dash of lemon compose the aroma. Medium-bodied with ticklish carbonation. Leans just a hair toward the bitter side of balance. Pale malt sweetness is barely overpowered by spicy, citric hop bitterness. Very, very lightly acidic. Crisp, and then dry finish. Bottle provided by scubarex!

(Bottle) Pours a copper color with a small white head. An average tasting amber ale with not much flavor or complexity.

Bottle from a beer gift pack. Probably the most yellow I’ve seen an amber ale, but I understand that’s really just a placeholder in this case. This could well be a pale or premium lager only it’s not lagered. So there you go. Corn adjunct nose with corn syrup and fuel notes. Sour, moldy grains with an extremely thin and watery texture. Pretty bad stuff.

Light amber color with a bubbly dissipating off white head. Heavy malt and lightly dry herb hops aromas. Not great, but interesting. Earthy malt and caramel flavors. Mild licorice seems to invade late in the quaff. Has an english, early ale type quality. Linger is strong and bitter.

Bottle from sampler set. Pours a hazy dark amber with a large rocky white head that diminished slowly and produced good lacing. Good well balanced aroma. Medium body. Good well balanced malt and hop flavor with a small pleasent bitter finish.

I wish people would stop thanking me for these crap beers that come in a wooden tool box like thing. Poured a hazy gold with an off-white head. Aged malt and brown stale apple flesh. Dull malt flavor. Light body with a semi-sweet finish.