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Chautauqua Brew

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142.76/5.02.76/5.04.9%23.1English pint, Shaker
Commercial Description:
The brew is a tribute to the Chautauqua Lake Region of western New York. There was a time when brewers dotted the landscape over which eagles soured. Today two have returned. Specially brewed for the citizens of our fine county; this beer will not be sold anywhere but here. Inspired by the former Jamestown Brewing Company, defunct now for seventy-five years, this beer is brewed with only the finest ingredients and warranted strictly pure.
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 spkldhenlvr24 (456), Newburgh/Buffalo, New York, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/55/102/57/20
Nov 26, 2009  
Bottle. This cap was a pain in the ass to get off. Pours a clear yellow body with a small fluffy white head. Aroma is bready, straw. Flavor is weak pale lager, macro style. Slightly sweet, dry. Drinkable swill, very un-Southern Tier and certainly not an Amber ale as I’ve come to know one.


 pete4999 (132), Buffalo, New York, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/512/20
Nov 2, 2009  
Bottle. Bright golden yellow pour. Hazy. Nose almost smells like a wheat. Not much hops in the scent. Basically goes down crisp, like a slightly better version of a mass-produced American lager. I think this would be better on a hot summer day.


 tgncc (815), Bellmore, New York, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Sep 18, 2009  
Draught at New Beer. Grainy malty aroma, notes of wheat, banana. The color is pale yellow, tinge of red, white head. The flvaor is malts, cereal grains, wheat, banana, The finish is like the flavor, not much bitterness, more sweet. The mouthfeel is on the light side of medium. Not bad, not great. It’s a little wierd how this beer pulled in some of the characteristics of a weiss bier.


 blipp (1664), Newark, New Jersey, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Aug 5, 2009  
Bottle. Pours clear gold with a white head. Grainy malty aroma, light sweetness, light hops. The flavor also has grainy malt, with some light caramel sweetness and a hint of floral hops. Not bad.


 VeloVampire (489), Parkdale, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Aug 10, 2008  
On tap at the Empty Pint - poured clear deep golden, not really amber at all, with a frothy white head. Fruity, mineral green apple notes in the nose, and the flavour holds a pleasant light malt sweetness and mild hop bitterness in the finish. Solid, well-crafted all-malt lawnmower/fishing beer - nothing more, nothing less. Perhaps a golden/blonde ale? Seemed a bit light for an amber...


schlomo (5), Agawam, Massachusetts, USA
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2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/55/103/512/20
Jul 20, 2008  
Poured from bomber. Pure white head with tight white small bubbles that dissipated quickly. Moderate lacing. Smells fresh and non-complex. Not as hoppy or deep as other Southern Tier beers that I have sampled. I purchased this in Chautauqua County, NY. Supposed to be only for sale in this area. Can be found on draft in many of the local restaurants in the area. Good fresh simple drinking/summer beer.


 JohnQPublic (387), Brooklyn, New York, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20
Jul 19, 2008  
Draft at the Southern Tier Brewpub (The Empty Pint). Poured a clear a light golden amber with a bit of a fizzy white head. Aroma is light, crisp malt. Taste is clean and light - bit of grainy, slightly biscuity malt with a very light grassy hop bitterness. Finish is clean, not much lingering flavor to speak of. Decent session beer.


 Bockyhorsey (2525), Mesa, Arizona, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Jul 15, 2008  
Bomber courtesy of cbkschubert. Corn and somewhat skunky aroma took me by surprise seeing bottle stated it was an amber ale. Yellow body with white head. Wet maled corn swill flavor that had a mediun bitter bite. Cool bottle with the big eagle on it.



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