McNeills Firehouse Amber

Brewed by McNeills Brewery
Style: Amber Ale
Brattleboro, Vermont USA

Draught pint at redbones 7/26/06. Pours a light copper color with a small off white head. Nose is very fresh fruity hops. Palate is crisp and very refreshing. Flavor is full flavorful hops. Lots of fruit and freshness with a very light malt backround. Very easy drinking and crisp but lacks any complexity as hops dominate everything.

Hazy amber-orangeish hue, with a frothy beige head, with nice lacing, the nose is one of floral hops, with a peachy fruitiness accent, and some leafy, piney notes, with caramelized malt in the aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a yeasty, smooth caramelized malt character coming first, with flowery hops, some herbal notes, a peach fruitiness, leading towards a leafy bitterness finish.

(22oz bottle) Purchased at Winooski Beverage in Winooski, VT. Pours a clouded, deep amber body with a medium, white, frothy head. Nose of English malts with a mild orange hop undertone. The flavour is of an old-style English Amber - thick on malts with a subtle orange peel bitterness and slight spices. Very impressed that the McNeill bottling is so much better this year... and the selection at Winooski Bev.

03.12.06 Bomber via trade with TURDFERGUSON, thanks Sam. Well, it’s as unpredictable as might be expected for a McNeills brew, but certainly not terrible. Harsh and dry, bitingly bitter, perhaps overly so. Very nice hop aroma is clean, earthy, twiggy, and seasonal. More bitterness. It’s brutal, maybe others are into this sort of punishment. Lingering dms. It’s a mess.

From 22oz. bottle. Pours a dull orange, with nice white head and great lacing. Nose has citrus and some malt. Flavor has a lemon bite upfront, moves into a decent malt body and a clean bitter finish. Not bad, but not real well put together.

Courtesy of gputty. Hazy, dark orange/amber, white head. Citrusy nose. Awesome lacing! Nice carbo. Pretty good.

Pours caramelly with a thin white head and some visable carbonation. Tastes chewy and caramelly with some peppery notes and a bitter finish. No discernable aromas to speak of.

Amber colour body with abundantsoap bubble transparent head. Hops and malt in aroma. Hoppy brew with thin head. Hoppy like a good English pale. Quite drinkable as thirsty. Went well with fish, I believe its 5.2% alcohol, so just over the session beer bar. Enjoyable and serviceable even though not a big beer, but would not go out of way to get it again.