Lightning American Amber Ale

Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of sweet malt and carame, as well as lighter notes of alcohol. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and alcohol, leading to a dry strawy finish.

Bottle. According to the label this is a US attempt at a ESB. Pours with a medium sized bone colored head over a hazed amber (no better word for it), hued body. Aroma is malt forward with pine needles, light fruit/banana esters, toffee, ad vanilla. Taste is copper, vanilla and toffee, a bitter metallic note, raisins, light hops, and autumn leaves. Very good, but not a hop based experimentery(sp? at this time of the evening) amber ale. Light bubbles, but thin.

Unclear amber of color with a weak orange head. An aroma of malt, hops, grapefruit and liqurice. A flavor of mlat, hops and grapefruit.

On tap at The Local in SD. Pours an amber color with a light beige head. The aroma is massively buttery with outrageous amounts of diacetyl. Has a tart sourness from the disastrous brewing mess. This is indeed shite. I like the Local because the folks there are really nice, so it’s disappointing to see them serving a crap beer like this.

Taster at the brewery in Poway. Pours a slightly hazy amber body with a thin, off-white head that leaves a light lacing. Aroma is bready with some toasted toffees, nuts, melons, and citrus. Flavor is quite tasty. Lots of distinct flavors including a nice amount of bitterness. Toasted breads, caramels, assortment of fruits, and a bigger than anticipated hop bite. Moderate lingering aftertaste after a dry finish. Full bodied and smooth. Overall, definitely my favorite sampling of the day. Lots of flavor and a very enjoyable bitterness. Good stuff.

This beer was obviously amber in color, transparent, hardly a head to speak of. The smell is faint malt and cereal but is almost non-existent. The flavor is very malty, not any distinct hop flavors but there is a bitterness to the beer. The label says this is an ESB (albeit American style) and a so I don’t see why it has to be 7.5%. To its credit, the alcohol is not noticeable. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 03-22-2008 02:37:56

Pours a hazy amber color with a good sized head. aroama of toasted malts, nuts, and some citrus. flavor is of citrus, carmel malts, toasted bread, and toffee. high abv is well hidden. finish is medium with a nice bitter flavor. for a amber, this is a pretty good beer.

22oz bottle. Poured a medium and slightly hazy amber color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of toasted graininess, nutty, some citrus, and a little bready. Tastes of citrus, toasted caramel, and toffee. Lightly bready in there too. Light alcohol finish.