Maritime Pacific Flagship Red Alt Ale

Brewed by Maritime Pacific Brewing Co.
Style: Amber Ale
Seattle, Washington USA

This was the last of the 3 I tried while visiting here. The appearance was very dark for a an amber, with an average creamy head. The taste is kind of peppery with ints of clove and ginger and cinnamon. A slightly sweet somewhat bitter aftertaste. This was very good, but again a mood beer.

Very good for a beer that is allegedly their best seller. It had a red-orange appearance under an average sized head. This medium bodied beer was crispy on the tongue and had a unique plum taste to it...slightly bitter finish....not bad.

Cloudy red amber. Faint carmel malt nose. Smooth malt taste with mellow hop finish. Note Significantly better on tap than in bottle

Aroma is slightly malty (caramel) with a lot of hops spicyness. Begining is sweet and finish bitter. Bitterness does not last very long. Nice amber color with a thin head. Maritime also has this dry hopped at the brewery - which makes the hops more hoppy, and me more happy. Arrrh.

7/13/02: Very light malty nose with a hint of fruit--very pleasant, but as Marinaro suggests, ’Sniff hard.’ Color is a hazy dark red-amber--head is moderate, rocky, lots of lace. Flavor starts with sweet malt, fairly mild, then a tang (from wheat malt perhaps?) accompanied by mellow hop bitterness. Not much top-end here. Finish is dry but fairly flavorless. Too bad, because this brew starts out very well, then seems to quit. Still, it isn’t bad, and its ultimate mildness might make it a good substitute for a blond ale or lager for the uninitiated palate...(again, cudos to the astute Marinaro). Re-Rate 10/13/02: The malt nose is noticeably more pronounced this time around, as is its presence as the leading flavor contributor...I liked this quite a bit better than in my initial exposure, with appropriate ratings adjustment...Ambers are not generally amongst my favorites, but this one now rates above average in this group.

Reddish brown color, small head. Roasted malts, some hoppyness. Finish is smooth. Aftertaste is crisp and slightly bitter

I must have gotten a off bottle because I was not impressed. Bitter and off flavor

very thin head over a deep amber beer. Not much in the nose, a bit of malt, but sniff hard. Thin and drinkable but not much to really write about. Probably a good choice to give to a macro-brew drinker (that’s exactly where the other one is headed...)