Harbor City Mile Rock Amber Ale

Harbor City Brewing Company
Brewed at Sand Creek Brewing Co. (Pioneer/Wisconsin Brewing Co.)
Style: Amber Ale
Port Washington, Wisconsin USA

Rich amber color with foamy white head. Nothing after that. Lacked any definitive aroma or taste. Watery and weak. Pathetic.

Amber colored, clear, with a nice white head that is mostly diminishing except for a balding film of off-white, loosely packed bubbles. Sweet, fruity and sugary aroma, like a mix between strawberries and juniper berries, mixed with cookies and fresh pine tar. Initially sweet flavor turns mildly hoppy (pine needles) for an split second, then wanes into weak sweet malt. Finish is sweet and slightly glassy. Lingering aftertaste is sour. Nice carbonation balance, but overall, it comes off as rather light in flavor and lacking in character.

Aroma has some kind of fruitiness in it like raspberries (barely detectable). Also has some light milk chocolate hints in it. Has a redish gold hue in the body. Feels slightly watery, but not too bad, as the body is well enough there. Has a light earthy type of malt to it, with some hops also. There's defintely more hops in the taste than the aroma. And actually, it is quite well-balanced, albeit light in flavor.

amber color, thick and frothy light beige head. aroma is dominated by citrusy hops. flavor has a mild citrusy quality, with chocolate and a light roastiness dominating the flavor...not bad for a standard amber! flavor is a little bit thin, but not bad.

This is a fairly nondistinguishing amber, but nonetheless is a nice drinking ale. Aroma is fairly nonexistent with a small head. Brilliant amber in appearance. Caramel malt flavor with a nice hoppy balance. A little tingly on the tongue. Not too bad.

Mild aroma, pours with little head. Dark honey color. The beer is quite drinkable and nonoffensive. The finish is a tad hoppy, but there is little aftertaste at all; it's a clean-finishing beer. We had heard that this was supposed to be similar to Fat Tire beer (apparently the cousin of one of the brewers of Fat Tire) but, after drinking the two beers back-to-back, I'd say the Fat Tire is better (although still over rated).

the aroma is mostly hops with a little malt; nice dark, cloudy amber color, but only a tiny head; the flavor is like the smell - mostly hops with a bit of malt

Bottle pours an amber color with a decent head and good lace. The aroma is of hops. The flavor is hoppy and somewhat off. The palate is OK. Overall, this is average at best.