Marin Albion Amber Ale

(Draught) Pours a deep amber body with a small off-white head. Aroma of caramel, nuts, earth, and roastiness. Flavor of roasted malt, caramel, and hops (grass, earthy) with a bitter finish.

Sampled at the brewpub. Transparent copper with a creamy white head. Sweet, doughy nose with some caramel sugar. Flavor has a nice orange citrus hop flavor with most of the caramel and some nice toasted notes. Dry finish.

On tap. Clear orangey brown with an off-white head. Lightly sweet caramel in the nose. Medium body, sweet burned caramel and perhaps a whiff of nuts, but also a strange unclean edge of something that’s a bit off-putting. 110709

From tap at the brewpub. Pours clear and deep amber golden with a fully gone head. Roasted caramelish aroma. Mild caramelish and sweet fruity flavoured. Smooth to light bodied. Mild fruity and bitter hoppy finish, light bodied.

Name: Albion Amber
Date: July 11, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear dark amber, wispy beige head
Aroma: sweet caramel malt aroma, light earthyness
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, lots of earthy hops, long bitter finish
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

RBSG09 on tap at the brewpub. Pours a deep brownish amber with a thin tan head. Aroma is crystal malt with some tangy hoppiness. Flavor is big on iced tea with an obnoxious sweetness, the typical result of too much crystal malt. Some caramel and C-hops with a light roasted character and a bready dry finish.

Draught at the brewpub Deep copper. Aroma with some weird coffee-ground and some chocolate. Metallic in flavour with coffee. Dry and pretty harsh, medium bitterness.

From a 22 oz. bottle purchased locally. Amber with a slight red hint to it. Puffy light tan head. A slight haze to it. Aroma is fruity with a slight floral character. Slightly musty in the background. Taste is "old bottle been in the warm truck and warehouse too long before being placed on the store shelf with fluorescent lighting for even longer" It’s the lemon iced-tea flavor I’ve found before in many a pale ale, amber, red and other big hops/big malt beers. Too bad. Medium bodied and smooth carbonation but with a sharp acidic bite to the finish. If this beer was in good shape I’d beet it would be pretty tasty. Too many good beers are ruined between the brewery and the glass.