Lancaster Amber Ale

Brewed by Lancaster Brewing Co.
Style: Amber Ale
Lancaster, Pennsylvania USA

Draft. Not sure who listed this beer, or how I became the first to drink it, but here goes. Deep coppery pour with ruby edges, and a great creamy, off-white head. Aroma of caramel malt, hops, vinous fruit, cherry, red grape, even some blueberry hints. The taste is caramel malty, fruity, vinous, with nice complexity and a nitrogenated mouthfeel. Very smooth and quaffable, I would have called this a red ale based upon its fruitiness, but lets compromise and call it a damned good brown ale.
Earlier Rating: 3/10/2006 Total Score: 2.9
Draft at brewpub. Coppery brown colored with some aroma of caramel malt, almonds, and sligh brown sugary fruit. The palate is medium to light, with malt, caramel, nut, and some brown sugar hints.

Deep red-copper color. Strong malty nose. British malt characteristics immediately apparent in nose. Malty flavor light at beginning, rising as swallow finishes. Fresh floral scent. mild lacing. Bitterness appears in mid swallow, and dissipates quickly. Deep tart finish lasts into aftertaste.

Aka Red Rose Amber. Faint aroma of brewed iced tea (Red Rose?). Looked like a brewed ice tea. Medium body, medium carb. Pleasing fizziness. Hoppy (not as much as brown ale) and malty, with some acidic bitterness. Smooth nutty finish. Almost a weaker version of the brown ale.

on tap-pours a thin white head and gold/amber color. Aroma is sweet malt, light fruit-apple. Taste is sweet malt, light fruit-apple, secondary hops. OK carbonation.

Re-named Red Rose Ale, on tap at the brewery. A nice amber/copper color. Some hop in the nose, but not much. Nice head that leaves a good lace. Not really outstanding in any way, but just a very nice, drinkable ale.

Very similar to the 4 grain, except more hop presence is noticed. Color is pale amber with a decent white/beige head. Smooth beer.

On draft at the brewery. Pours copper with a white head. Aroma of caramel and hops. The flavor is caramel, fruit, and slightly bitter. This is a good beer.

Sample at the brewpub. Medium amber, tinge of red...malty, fruity aroma, extremely smooth palate...flowers & honey, nice maltiness, just a hint of hops at the end. Not bad.