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Hartford Better Beer Co. Arch Ale


 Percentile 
22
overall
Brewed by Shipyard Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale

Portland, Maine USA

bottling
unknown

on tap
available

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
112.66/5.02.69/5.0-18.3English pint, Shaker

Commercial Description:
Arch Amber is a complex infusion of 5 hops, 5 malts and a centuries-old English top-fermenting yeast. A tried-and-true recipe brewed with crisp and clear New England water. Real beer drinkers know that balance is the real challenge of great beer-making, not too much of one hop not too much of any one malt. Balance, complexity and freshness describe the flavors and the spirit behind Hartford’s own Arch Amber. Balanced, complex, traditional and everyday-drinkable. You didn’t ask for your taste-buds or your household finances to be challenged- you just want a fresh, reasonably-priced beer. So do your friends. Arch Amber is the right beer for local better beer drinkers. Arch Amber is a brewer’s better beer recipe for the discerning better brewing local better beer-drinking brewer who is looking for an everyday-drinkable beer.

Contract brewed by Shipyard for the Hartford Better Beer Co. www.hartfordbetterbeer.com

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 LilBeerDoctor (1480), East Setauket, New York, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/512/20
May 20, 2009  
On tap at Willimantic Brewing. Pours a clear brown/amber with a small white head. Aroma of sweet malt with lots of diacetyl. Flavor is more of the same with diacetyl and lots of sweetness. Definitely a flawed beer. Meh. 6/4/5/3/12 (3.0/5)


 fredandboboflo (1395), East Setauket, New York, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/511/20
May 20, 2009  
Tap at Willimantic Brewing. Aroma of syrupy-sweet malt, some leafy/earthy hops. Flavor has toasted malt with sweet fruits, as well as some odd candied earthiness...or something. Pretty thin. Not a favorite.


 PJClarke (609), London, Greater London, England
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/56/103/59/20
May 10, 2009  
Flat orange with a thin foam. Dull, fuddy cereals. Very meek. Strange oily booze flavours, candied fruits and those light coloured raisins (are they sultanas or something) that you find in cakes, which it also tastes a little like. Good finish. Very strange petrolly little beer. Not totally pleasant.


 jasonp (1504), Sterling/Dulles, Virginia, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/102/59/20
Nov 18, 2007  
Bottle, clear amber with off-white head. Light pear/apple in the nose. Notes of toffee then pear/apple - next comes a moderate level of noble hops. Light bodied with moderate carbonation. Eh.


 iowaherkeye (1832), Bakersfield, California, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/58/20
Nov 7, 2007  
12oz bottle, best enjoyed before: June ’07 thanks to jjpm74, thanks John. Clear orange brown with a 1 1/2 finger off-white head. Green apple and light florals in the nose, and that’s it. Green apple with some tang continues in the flavor with some buttery notes and light caramel malts. Minimal bitterness. Moderate to high carbonation with a light body. I see Shipyard brews this--now everything makes sense.


 mj (4973), Colorado, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/59/20
Nov 7, 2007  
Has a very noticeable nose of apple and butter, with very low hop presence and more of a malty-apple based flavor. Very plain overall, with a papery finish. I didn’t enjoy this one too much, and my lack of wordiness is proof.


 kmweaver (2396), Sebastopol, California, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Nov 4, 2007  
12oz bottle, courtesy of jjpm74 (I believe). Thanks, John! Pours a clear, orangish-amber color; off-white, large-bubbled head with patchy lacing. Butter / butterscotch in the aroma; some sticky sugar and overripe fruit; not very pleasant. More sticky sugar and maple syrup / dried fruits in the mouthfeel, but not much else; overripe and sticky and blase. Sticky sugar and dried fruits in a lengthy finish.


 boto (1319), Granby, Connecticut, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Oct 24, 2007  
12oz. bottle: This one pours a crystal clear amber color. There was just a bit of an off white head that drops away very quickly. The aroma is weaker but good, with mainly caramel and a touch of honey and earthiness. Somewhat bitter taste, with some earthiness and a touch of caramel. A little more bitter than I expected. Decent enough flavor and drinkability. A good everyday drink.



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