Eel River Certified Organic Amber Ale

Brewed by Eel River Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Fortuna, California USA

12 oz bottle (has mfg date on case); poured a dark copper colr w/ medium lacey head. Has an earthy carmel malt smell w/ a hint of piney hops. Mouthfeel was rather thin. Tasted of roasted carmel barley w/ a nice lingering hoppy finish - really quite enjoyable. This is my 1st organic beer an I enjoy ambler ales. This is an above average amber ale, very pleasant, not overboard on alcohol content. Reminds me of a very good ESB

Reddish-copper. Nice nose, malty, a bit nutty, wispy cocoa. Very malty flavor, nice toffee, some light chocolate, sweet but not overly so. Mildly smoky and peaty, bit Irish Red-esque. Great palate, very rich and creamy. For something labeled an "amber", quite good.

This is a good organic brew, compared to Butte Creek. Ted’s done a really good job with this beer - soft hop character.

12 oz brown short neck simple label depicting ears of barley and a wreath of hops Very nice looking amber dark red almost a garnet colour when held to the light, small off white head doesnt last long but nice lace. veru nice strong aroma of malts and an aroma like fresh baked biscuits. Nice strong malty profile taste..and a good hop ending this is very well balanced..slightly salty..but nice. very good on the palate did all the right things! very drinkable amber. Eel River continues to impress me with their Organic beers..had three now and loved em all.Probably the best organic ales I have tasted anywere.

Very nice copper colored ale, it has a complex malt & hop flavor and aroma. I believe it is one of the better amber’s on the market and will surely buy it again.

Eel River Certified Organic Amber Ale is a clear red ale with a thin, eggy white head that leaves very good lacing. It smells malty and slightly sweet; fresh and herbal. It’s medium bodied and very smooth with a lively finish. It’s well balanced and pretty dry. It gets minty toward the finish. It seems like it was made for sessioning. Served in a mason jar at Farmer Brown’s in San Francisco.

Jun 26, 2004: From a 22 oz bottle. This shows you don’t have to get cute to make a very good amber ale . A multiflavored ale, with hints of fruits, nuts, hops.and malt. Very smooth, and easy to drink. I liked it a lot. Orig Raing: 8-3-7-4-13. Feb 24, 2007 Update: Been a while since I first rated this so I thoiught an update was in order. This is on-draft poured into a 16 oz glass from the brewpub in Fortuna, CA. Very clear amber color wtih a nice creamy off-white head. There is probably nothing like getting organic beers nice and fresh, and this was as fresh as you can get. While I not a big fan of ambers, this one had a great nose of caramel and hops. Smooth mouthfeel and nice tasee for an amber. Flavor was of malts, hops, and the finish was just slighty bitter. Again, I don’t know why more places don’t serve this. It is heads and shoulders above most other ambers. i have noticed a couple of recent raters have had problems. I wonder if you need to keep this cold or it might go bad.

Pours a nice ruddy copper color with a thin white head that evaporates relatively quickly. In the bottle, the aroma is pretty inconcequential, but once poured, it’s malty and VERY grassy. The flavor is VERY complex. It hits with a light nutty taste that opens up into a bitter hoppy smack which slowly fades away. But don’t take the second sip too fast, because once that bitter is gone, the nutty comes back stronger than before. It’s pretty cool!