Great Dane Aarons 755 Amber

Brewed by Great Dane Pub & Brewery
Style: Amber Ale
Madison, Wisconsin USA

Date: 06/22/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub, Madison

clear dark amber, fine off white head, streaks of lace, sweet caramel malt aroma, lots of sweet dark caramel flavor, touch of toasted character, light hop flavor adds a bit of balance and a light bitter finish,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Tan color with a moderate light tan head. Lots of lace. Minimal aroma - more glass cleaner than malt. Dry irish ale flavor. Lightly acidic and boring. Yup, another amber.

Draught sample at the brewpub, early August 2006. Quite dark, clear amber with a bit of lasting head....carmel and bitter orange, fruity hops in the aroma, a bit of toffee and buttered toast, and hints of almonds, fairly interesting, but....on the tongue it’s impressively bland, watery and reminiscent of nothing more than sugar-water with a bit of caramel...fizzy carbonation doesn’t give this beer any more life. DOA.

On tap downtown. Poured a clear, deeper reddish/amber with a short cap of off-white head. Nose was clean and weaker... leaning toward fruity sugars.. with lightly-toasted caramel. Flavor was stronger with the toasty caramel and lighter fruity malts... accented by a mild herbal bitterness. Smooth on the palate and lighter-bodied.. with a crisp finish. Almost watery at the back-end. Not bad.

Draft at the brewpub (downtown location). Poured a clear dark orange-copper color. Head was thin and off white. Smelled of spicy malt. Dry on the tongue with ample carbonation. Body was disappointingly on the lighter side of the spectrum. Spicy, biscuity malt flavor with a touch of fruity grape candy. Not a bad amber, I’m just never overly impressed by the style.

Tap at downtown location. Pours to a very transparent chestnut brown body with a white head. The aroma is corn syrup and some sort of malt. Perhaps carapils or toasted pale malts. The flavor is corn syrup, lightly smokey/toasted malts, noble hops. Basic borin palate but not offensive.

On tap @ the brewpub (downtown): Poured amber with a white head. Aroma, earthy notes, some caramel, light citrusy notes. Flavor, some sweeter malts up front, but they are faint, an earthy, herbal bitterness is more dominant. So so.

Pours a dark, clear amber body with a good sized white head. caramel, nuts, grain and soft oak in the aroma. Soft smokey flavor, biscuits and something else i would describe as woodsy.