Lengthwise Triple Hop Red Ale

Brewed by Lengthwise Brewery
Style: Amber Ale
Bakersfield, California USA

Deep copper and ruby color, nearly translucent. Heavy carbonation results in a thick light beige head that laces nicely. The nose is bittersweet, with notes of caramel, flowerbed, light toasted grains, lavender water, pine and orange pith. the flavor is well balanced but unexciting. Excitement could just have easily come in a subdued, mellow form, though nothing about the taste seems worth noting except a good middle ground being reached concerning sweets and bittering. Acidity is moderate, alcohol barely detectable. Finishes dry and moderately bitter, creamy caramel and florals lingering. Mouthfeel is light-medium to medium bodied, stale and more or less average. This beer is average.

Bottle via irishboy, thanks richard! Pours a brwonish-amber color with a medium sized tan colored head. Aroma is caramel, floral hops, citrus. Flavor is a nice punch of sweet caramel malts, citrus, sweet fruit. Palate is medium bodied, medium carbonation, finishes bitter. A very nice amber with a decent punch of hops! Solid.

This amber ale pours a deep red color from a 22oz bottle. Medium sized white foamy head. Aroma is caramel and sweet. A medium bodied amber. Malts are fruity, caramel and sweet. Hops are grapefruity and slightly piney. Nice balance. IT malty sweet like an amber, but it has some hope bite and some beer character to it. i.e. ‘It ain’t really an amber ale wink wink nudge nudge.. A west coast amber? Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

Sampled at the O-Town throwdown. Pours amber to brown with tan head. The aroma comes off as candy caramel and sweet citrus. The flavor however doesn’t seem to hold the same caramelness. It does however taste like tart chalky roasted malts with a grapefruit hop bite. Nice drinkable beer.

Notes of caramel and musty hops in the aroma. Pours a light amber. Alright malt character with what i can only descibe as a dirty hop flavor with some grapfruit.

NorCal tasting Feb 07 - It was hard to give this beer any good remarks because the taste and aroma was so oxidized it made it hard to get past anything else. Wet soggy papery nose and taste. If you dig a little deeper past the wet paper, there is a hop profile buried under the oxidized rubble which isn’t bad. Pours out a clear amber color with a tannish colored head.

Valley Brew tasting Feb 2007 - Aroma is very malty with a sour floral hoppiness that seems a little off. Flavor matches with a cardboard and dirt aftertaste. The tartness is as much from an infection as from the hops. Not something I could drink very much of.

Sampled at Dutch 70’s "Tasting in the Woods; Part Deux." Dark clear amber with a white head. Only a lightly floral and hoppy nose - nothing that stands out really. Flavor of toasted/caramel malts, bitter grapefruit, citrus and some pine. Very resinous. Medium to light bodied with light carbonation. OK but could use less bitter hops and more flavor/aroma hops IMO.