Callys Downtown Amber

Brewed by Cally’s Restaurant & Brewing Co. (formerly Calhoun’s)
Style: Amber Ale
Harrisonburg, Virginia USA

Date: 07/17/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

hazy amber, thin white head, nice lace, light sweet vienia aroma with a hint of floral hops, complex blend of malts with toasted, biscuit, and sweet vienia flavors, nice hop bitterness balances the malts and leaves a nice bitter finish in its wake

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

on tap-pours a tan/light tan head with copper color. Aroma is sweet malt. Taste is caramel malt, secondary hops. Creamy. OK carbonation up front, mild carbonation at middle & finish.

On tap at the brewpub, July 2006. Mid amber colour. Light aroma (it was served a bit cold) with some aromatic hop notes. Much more hop character in the flavour. Lots of grapefruit and a modicum of bitterness. Went down nicely. After the sampler, this was the one I had an extra pint of.

On tap at the brewpub on 01/17/2009. Clear copper amber body with a small off-white head. Sweet floral hops and light fruity aroma. Sweet light malt flavor, some fruitiness and some floral hops. Medium body with moderate carbonation. 6/3/7/3/14 - 3.3 07/02/2007: Thanks to Rob for bringing this from the brewery. Clear amber body with a small creamy off-white head. Sweet caramel and floral hops aroma. Dry floral hops flavor with a light caramel and tea background. 7/3/7/3/14 - 3.4

A slightly hazed amber with a creamy head that lasts a bit longer than the other beers except the porter, which is nitrous dispensed. The aroma is a very faint bit of malt. The flavor has a pleasing caramel maltiness and a bit of cereal. Very low hopping levels. Not a bad amber.

From a sampler at the brewpub.Pours an amber color with a medium white head. Moderate lacing. Floral hop aroma with some caramel notes. Taste is citrus hops, rye and some graininess in the finish. Medium bodied.

Medium amber brown appearance, slight head. Light citric hop aroma. Pleasant hop taste, empahsis on grapefruit and orange, Faint caramel accented malt aroma. Light body. Decent, enjoyable, not spectacular. RERATE, almost 2 years from my original rating. Thanks to Rob, got to try a very fresh sample. This strays off of a typical amber and could easily be considered a bitter, with pleasant grapefruit and floral bitterness. Quite nice, and worth a few more points.

Very solid beer. I prefer the scottish, but this is a good offering. It differs slightly in the lack of a smoky presence, but it is a good beer with similar amber colour and nice bold flavour.