Maritime Pacific Nightwatch Dark Amber Ale

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

Name: Nightwatch Dark Ale
Date: September 17, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Jolly Roger Taproom
Appearance: clear dark amber, fine beige head, drippy lace
Aroma: lightly sweet caramel and chocolate aroma, balancing earthyness
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, dark caramel sweetness brings out a nice chocolate character
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: ** /4

Tap@The Jolly Roger. Caramel and toast are the main flavours, failry hoppy finish. Not much else to report other than it was a fairly pleasnt ale.

on tap-pours a retaining creamy tan head that laces and mahogany color. Aroma is dark malt-chocolate/molasses, roasty. Taste is dark malt-chocolate, roasty, nutty, some smoke, hint of hops bite.

Draught Beautiful dark mahogany colour with a clinging, fine & dense yellowish head. Greenery nose (parsley), and sweet malts - lots of them. Some sugar syrup and a touch of tobacco and moccha. Sweet taste, bit of licorice, ripe pears-like flavour. Just not great in any way. Sweet drinking ale. Achilles heel: very watery texture and like body, unsufficiently fed by the dark malts and restsugars. What is known as a "workmanlike" performance: it’ll do the job, but you cannot love it;

ruby mahogany with off white head & lots of lacing. The aroma is lightly roasty with some chocolate & fruit. The flavor is balanced like a mild or a schwarzbier. tasty! finishes light & sweet with some residual hops.

Bottle shared alexsdad06. Poured a clear brown color with a large frothy off-white head that was mostly lasted and had very good lacing. Good roasted malty and small hop aroma. Medium body with slick smooth texture and soft carbonation. Moderate well balanced smooth flavor with a medium bittersweet finish of moderate duration. Good complex session brew.

Draught @ Jolly Roger Taproom, Seattle. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a rosted malty caramel aroma with some hoppy hints. Sweet malty caramel and chocolate flavor. Roasted malty caramel finish.

on tap at the jolly roger. solid amber, some porridgey graininess, light bitterness. anyways