Boulder Beer Singletrack Copper Ale

Brewed by Boulder Beer Company
Style: Amber Ale
Boulder, Colorado USA

12 oz bottle. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Aroma is light caramel malts, with a touch of hops. Flavor is caramel malt, hop, and that’s about it. Nothing bad to this beer, albeit pretty typical of a standard, solid amber ale.

Bottle. Pours golden orange with a white head. Sweet malty aroma, light hops. The flavor has light sweet caramel malt, and a hint of hops that sneaks in at the end. Not bad.

TAP: Pours a gold/orange with a thin white head. Hardly any aroma, bitter taste with a Heineken-like finish. Didn’t like this at all.

Sampler at MSP airport at the Rock Bottom. Never tried this beer before, not exactly the biggest Boulder fan, plus another amber never interested me but was I surprised. From the first whiff I as surprised, what is that.. weird, is that like a leafy apricot. It is all green and tangy. Taste is again light apricot with dry twig and then again a strong apricot finsih. Weird, its a weird combination of hops and yeast maybe, like a juiced up Magic Hat #9. But its not all that special, still just a pale ale (or amber, whatever the hell that means) underneath all that. I kind of like it but then I kind of do not. I think some of the ratings are so low, probably because the beer does not travel well and sits usually too long before people try it but I got to try it on tap, I am thinking this must be pretty damn fresh. It had a clear, very, very, light copper color. I will probably try this again if I encounter on tap.

12 oz bottle...pours clear, copper tinted amber w/ an adequate, fizzy off-white head. Streak lacing drops down the glass after each sip. Nose of caramel, malty sweetness, floral hops. The flavors at first lean heavily towards the malts, but after a few sips the bitterness of the hops sneaks in the the back of the palate. Lingering bitter sweet aftertaste, light bodied and moderately carbonated. Not bad..

12 oz. bottle. Pours a thin head of poor duration, with lacing, over a clear coppery orange body.....nose is light some malt sweetness but not much else....tastes of light malts initially then a bit of sweetness with mild hops to finish...mouth feel is light and rather too carbonated. Too light to be a truely good amber.

Tap: Clear gold with frothy white head. It has a pleasant well-balanced aroma with malts and carrots. There is a tangy malt flavor with a small hop presence. It has a great, full body. Smooth and easy to drink.

Bottle on 09/27/2008 from Once Upon A Vine - South. Very clear copper body with a large frothy white head. Sweet caramel and mild floral hop aroma. Sweet caramel and floral hop flavor, some earthy hints. Medium full body with moderate carbonation.