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MacTarnahans Amber Ale (Macs Ale)

MacTarnahans Amber Ale (Macs Ale) - Amber Ale

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Brewed by Portland Brewing Company (Pyramid)
Style: Amber Ale

Portland, Oregon USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
3463.17/5.03.16/5.05.1%79English pint, Shaker
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Commercial Description:
Rich, amber hue and full-bodied flavor begin with roasted, domestic caramel malt. It’s sweetness is then tempered with genuine Cascade hops, which are added again at the end of the boil for a distinctive, citric-floral aroma.

Canned version brewed/canned by <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Ratings/Beer/ShowBrewer.asp?BrewerID=721>Pacific Western Brewing.
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 ROGUE (621), Newark, Delaware, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/104/512/20
Nov 5, 2009  
12oz bottle. Pours a deep reddish gold color with a thick foamy white head. Aroma is sweet malts and lightly toasted grains with faint hops. Sweet malts dominate the flavor up front with bitter notes of oily hops and citrus. The mouthfeel is light to medium and is quite smooth.


 Barreras (121), Diamond Bar, California, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/102/511/20
Nov 4, 2009  
Pours a clear brown color with minimal tan foam. Aroma of sweet caramel and slight fruity hops. Tastes a little bitter for an amber ale. The beer got better as I drank it but overall I wasn’t too impressed. An okay amber ale with nothing special about it.


 poisoneddwarf (153), Rathdrum, Idaho, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Oct 30, 2009  
22 oz bottle. Smells...hoppy. A little strange for an amber. I was expecting a more malty aroma. Also smells of citrus. Pours deep copper with a decent head, decent lacing. Tasting: more like a pale (in the Sierra Nevada tradition) than any amber I’ve had. The hops clearly overpower the malt. I like hops more than malt, but given that this is labelled as an amber, I think it’s a bit...confused. Maybe it should just come out of the closet and admit that it’s a pale.


 Papsoe (14642), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Sep 5, 2009  
On tap. Clear, pale amber with a small off-white head. Lightly sweet malty nose with a whiff of perfumy hops. Medium-bodied, roasted malt and caramel accents before a dry and lightly hoppy finish. 250709


 ditmier (1021), Boise, Idaho, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/514/20
Sep 1, 2009  
2009 Bottle - Pours clear brown with a small tan head...aroma is biscuity malt and a bit of grain, some hops as well...flavour is similar, decently bitter, with a little nut and some grain as well...hard to make a passable amber, this was decent, still probably won’t buy again just because the style isn’t great...I’ll know a great amber when I feel like drinking it more than once...


 wcampbell (572), Central, South Carolina, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Aug 25, 2009  
Decent for an amber, but otherwise weak and boring. Lots of caramel malts with a little balance from faint hops. Lightly sweet, but not too much. Needs something else to be good at all. A little watery and thin. Not terrible, fairly drinkable.


 badlizard (2325), Berkeley, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Aug 9, 2009  
Clear golden with a fizzy white head. Simple clean sweet malt aroma. Fairly well balanced taste with evident hop bitterness and a clean finish.


 yespr (11645), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jul 28, 2009  
From tap at the Pyramid location in Walnut Creek. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is mild hops fruity, light peachy. Sweet malt flavoured, fruity, distinct peachy. Mild bitter and quite fruity flavoured finish.



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