Grays Rathskeller Amber Ale

Brewed by Grays Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Janesville, Wisconsin USA

Thin head of fine bubbles. Soft malty aroma with a bit of sweetness in there. Lots of caramel, dough and some raisins. Color is a dark amber brown. Light to medium bodied with a noticable bit of fruit in the flavor. Pasty roasted malts, some more sweet caramel and a hint of maple. Finihses sweet and creamy with a slight bit of grit. A decent amber ale and better than expected.

On tap. Pours a copper color with a small off white head. Aroma of caramel malt, faint hops, bread dough and spices. Taste of yeast, malt, and caramel. Finish is dry and grainy.

Pours an amber body with a white head, moderately malted with a soft creamy texture midpalate, finishes slightly hopped with a sweet touch at the end. maple syrup perhaps.

Amber with medium off-white quickly diminishing head. Aroma of caramel, bread and maple. Creamy smooth texture with next to no hoppiness. Taste is pretty week too, a little caramel in the taste but not much else.

Pour was dark amber with an aroma of strong molasses and malt. Taste was again of molasses with a bit of a butterscotch taste as well. Liked this a lot. Deserves a bit more than a 21 on the ratebeer scale. Would perhaps buy again.

12 oz bottle. Poured a clear dark orange-brown color. Aroma was malt-dominated. Mostly molasses with hints of soy and husky grain. Slightly sweet on the tongue with molasses, husky grain, and a bit of plum. Pretty hum drum.

Bottle and served in ye olde pint glass: Yep it is amber with a fading frothy head and okay lace. Yep is smells like caramel and bread with a dash of floral hops and some acidic fruits. Yep the taste is rather ordinary with sweet malt and some apple like acidity supported my very light bitterness. Yep the mouth feel is just there, not offensive nor exciting either. Yep this is a run of the mill Amber, yep.

Picked up a six-pack from Bob McFarland’s Liquors in McFarland, Wisconsin. Pours a brown coppery amber brew with a fast dissolving iff white head that leaves behind a fine film. No lacing or ring after dissolve. Aroma of caramel malt, flowery hops, and a touch of overly ripe apples. Taste is medium bodied, light carbonated, with dark bready malt, some oatmeal and a touch of leather. Finish is slightly dried citrus peel, some soy sauce and a metalic texture in the aftertaste.