Dark Horse Amber Ale

Brewed by Dark Horse Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Marshall, Michigan USA

An excellent beer. Pours out to a cloudy amber in the glass with minimal head. Aroma is very light, with a faint yeast smell and malt as well. Taste. Here is where it shines. It has the wonderful malt taste prevelent with most ambers, but with a slight clove and spice taste associated with wheats. It finishes with a slightly sweet/spice to it that begs for another sip. It got better as it warmed up. I will be buying this again. Yum.

I’m not a big fan of Belgian beers. This was Kind of weird. The earthy and pepper flavor is what made this different from most. Rerate: It’s been along time since The last try. This brew is outstanding. My favorite amber by far. Fruity aroma/flavor. Slick refreshing palate. Wonderful!!!

On tap at Jerry’s. Orange-amber with big, foamy tan head / Caramel, banana, and malt nose / Light body with some creamy hops adding a nice balance, and with decent finish / Flavors of burnt sugar, banana, bubblegum, caramel, and sour malt / A very peculiar addition to the loose amber category. More of a Belgian ale.

Rusty orange color, softly clouded, firm and frothy finger high dusty whitish cap, keeps a good skim always present; lacing in moderate thin sheeting and strings. Aroma is fruity of lemon and pear and yeasty much like most pale Belgian ales. A bit bready and slightly spicy with lemon zest, white pepper, and clove. Taste follows suit, solidly spicy with pepper and clove, fairly zesty with a lemon spritz of peels, superb yeasty tones, great bready malts, fluffy and quite full body. Slightly dry finish with dry wood and yeast. One solid intrepetation of of hefe on steroids, I mean Belgian Pale. Good stuff.

On tap at the brewery. Murky, slightly cloudy bronze-to-orange in color. Best smelling amber ever - wood chips, cedar chests, honey, maple and sweet caramel. Hell yes. Sweet hops flavor. Vanilla and clover blends with lemons and nectar to form an ideal session ale. Light, smooth and the most unique amber I’ve had to date.

Amber/brown color with a short lived white head. Aroma of yeast, some spice and hops. Flavor of yeast, caramel, some spices and hops. Very unusual for a amber ale.

This is one of my favorite beers to drink at the Dark horse brewery, great for washing down a pizza.

Brew HaHa - Ahh - didn’t realize this was a Belgian influenced Amber when I sampled it last night. That explains the great fruitiness that works nicely with the caramel body. An interesting combo that works well in this situation.