 stefanje (609), (Santee) San Diego, California, USA
Jun 28, 2008 Updated: Oct 7, 2008
12 oz bottle from SBD. Pours a dark brown color with red highlights. The head is khaki colored, small and soon recedes to 1/4 inch and holds. The aroma is relatively mild and overtly sweet with caramel, wood, hazelnuts and sweet roasted malts. The flavor is hops forward with biter cascade, the hops are a bit harsh; also present in the taste is a bit of chocolate, caramel and pine. The mouthfeel is full and malty with lively carbonation. The finish is medium in duration with biter-sweet hops. Overall: This is a hoppy amber ale, but I’d probably peg it as an APA. And, its a very good one.
jrob21 (915), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Sep 10, 2008 This one come in from fordest. Thanks for this fine drink from one of my favorite brewerys right now. Deep brown color and a piney resiney hop aroma. Caramel malt flavor. Crisp citrus hop flavors as well. Nice faint bitter finish. Very nice and well made beer.
Ofortuna (318), Grafton, Wisconsin, USA
Aug 15, 2008 Many thanks to Ughsmash for the bottle! I completely agree with your review in that it hardly fits an amber style.<br /><br />
Anyway, yeow! Great amount of kettle caramelization which I’m a whore for. Gorgeous head retention. Thick lucious mouthfeel. How is this only rated at a 3.7? I’m guessing if this wasn’t called an amber that it’d be rated higher. Reminded me alot of Bells third coast old ale with that burnt malt taste. Hops were a bit odd and really stood aside the malt backbone. You think IPA in hop bitterness and then think old ale with the caramelization. Odd, but very tasty!
doubleo (966), San Diego, California, USA
Aug 13, 2008 12oz bottle, won at a poker game. What a surprise! Great brew. Pours clearish dark brown with red highlights. Thin, crisp, offwhite head. Smells slightly malty with a nice, sweet, fruit hoppy nose. Tastes sweet and slight grassy hoppy. Red fruitsweetness with a good balance of caramel malt flavor as well. Medium body, good carbonation.
Nik925 (176), USA
Aug 6, 2008 Awesome front taste of overmalt and overhop somehow balanced. Mellows to slightly overmalt taste overhop aftertaste. Pretty good, but a little bit too under fermented ( = to much syrup texture).
dmac (916), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
Jul 18, 2008 12 oz bottle from Padrefan98, thanks buddy. Pours a deep dark red with a very large creamy on top but foamy on the sides off white/light beige head. Aroma started with a big hit of citrus hops, then the chocolate malts start to kick in followed by a slight hint of smokiness. Medium bodied with aggresive carbonation a very full mouthfeel and a bitter finish. Flavor of chocolate and burnt malts, citrus from the hops and touch of smoke. Really good stuff. This is like a stepbrother of Arrogant Bastard or at the very least a cousin.
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