Fiddlers Green Amber

Brewed by Matt Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Utica, New York USA

Not a lot to report here. Thin and not a lot of flavor or body. Faint hop bitterness and caramel flavors. Color is a clear copper color but this one could have a lot more to it.

Courtesy of Degarth. Thank you sir. Had this one directly after the Upland Amber.....not such a great idea. Pour is light amber, bordering on pink, small white head with no retention or lacing. Who slipped me a pumpkin beer? Oh wait, this just smells like one. Actually, this smells more like a Marzen or pumpkin beer than several of the ones I have had recently, I’m just not sure that’s what they were aiming for. Nose of nutmeg, malts, clove, cinnamon and allspice. Flavor is more of the same, a bit subdued, no hops anywhere to be found. Medium to thin bodied, somewhat sticky palate, decent mouthfeel. Average carbonation. Finish is watery, medium length, sweet malts and finally some hop bit at the bitter end. Below average.

(12oz bottle) Small off-white head atop crystal clear amber body. Aroma is medium sweet, caramel, some bread, light butterscotch. Taste is medium sweet, caramel/bread, light grassy/earthy, sourness. Light-medium body, light acidity.

Deep amber color large foamy white head, lots of carbonation. Malty sweet aroma, corn syrup notes. Bitter, watery, bit of a burn. Malty sweet taste.

Purchased on sale at Total Wine. Wished I hadn’t. The beer tasted uneven. Boring and broken. It tastes like you mixed different beers together and they don’t get along. Mouthfeel was off. Color murky. Smelled the way it tastes and looks: Murky.

A little yeasty on the nose and little else, maybe grass. Amber color, thick yellowish head, good lacing. Yeast and tin taste. Tinny hops in the finish, and not bad. Gets less yeasty during warming. My impression improved several times during the course of the bottle.

Pretty boring. Could use more hops. I guess its OK for an every day beer but not for a special occasion.

Mild amber with sumptious frothy, creamy head. Light intermingling of malt & reserved hops bespeaks balance. Easy complement of malt & hops in flavor, finely balanced. Not exceptionally flavored, but right on for the style. A solid session amber.