Key West Sunset Ale

A slightly hazy orange beer with a light orange head. The aroma is sweet fruity with a slight touch of butter, while the flavor is sweet with notes of toffee, leading to a bitter end.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Pours a clear amber with a small, off-white head. Some caramel in the nose. Rather light-bodied with a vague, underlying tartness. Vague accents of caramel and a fruity whiff of peaches. Rather subdued bitterness. 250606

Date: 09/08/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

clear gold, fine white head, bits of lace, bready malt aroma with light floral hops, sweet cereal malt flavor, light bitterness, touch of tartness in the finish

Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 3/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 6/20
Rating: 1.9/5.0
Drinkability: 5/10
Score: 4

Amber colour, with a slight golden accent. Fruity nose, a bit muddled and unbright. Caramel palate is sufficiently watery so as not to be cloying. Some fruitiness. A little spicy in the finish, but a bit too sweet, especially for Florida.

12oz bottle acquired in trade with daknole (thanks!). Poured a medium and hazy amberish color with a small sized white head. Weak aromas of citrus, grains, and malts. Weak tastes of citrus, bready, and grainy. Not much in either the aromas or tastes. This one wasn’t ’offensive’, there just wasn’t really much of anything there.

Bottle... Clear golden ale with a small, fizzy, off-white head. Smells of stale perspiration, overripe, fallen, sun-baked fuzzy fruit and barely roasted malt. Overall, the nose is pretty unpleasant. Well-balanced flavor, but very boring with touches of oxidization and inappropriate tanginess. Light to medium-bodied and spritzy. Short, crisp, dry finish. Run, don’t walk, away from this one!

Pours a transparent orange amber with a thin ring of white head. Aroma of lightly sweet pale malt and a hint of tart fruit. Body starts fairly thin and uninteresting with a mild sweet pale maltiness and some mild earthy hop balance toward a thinner finish. Very drinkable.

12oz bottle-pours a foamy, off white head that retains well. Color is clear copper. Aroma is mild malt. Taste is mild malt, good carbonation. Best by April-no year.