McNeills Firehouse Amber

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

On draft. Deep amber/copper, slightly hazy with thin head and lace. Nose of caramel, citrusy/resiny hops, brown sugar and others. Huge caramel malt base with loads of resiny hops, the sweetness balances perfectly making this a damn drinkable brew. Will have to try again for I did not take notes.

Terrific ale! Lovely cloudy amber appearance with an average head. Well hopped with a nice bitter finish. Highly recommended!

Hazy, clouded amber hue. Frothy beige head. Malty, floral nose. Sweet first, light-footed, acidic, caramel, finishes with a neatly hopped, herbal, neutral bitter. Very nice balance in another tremendous offering from Southern VT.

really wasn’t impressed with this beer. too sweet, too citrusy, not enough hops. overall, pretty lame.

I ordered this on tap and im not 100% convinced they didnt mess up and give me a magic hat #9. Tasted quite similar. Decently hopped with fairly strong fruit undertones, not bad, but I wasnt too impressed.

homemade copying-machine label pasted on crooked only adds to the small town charm of this robust beverage. rufous orange brown-- like a fox squirrel or wood thrush; nearly clear. head was the buffy off-white of an older newspaper. speaking of newspaper, the head was about as thick as the arts and entertainment section of the the folsum prison gazette. pretty thin i mean. what’s lacking in head is more than compensated by a big woody, brown sugar, date, and whiskey malt aroma. moderately sweet with amiable but firm carbonation on first contact, nice bitterness radiating out from there. pecan pie carmelizing note adding to the whiskey and apple flavor. very tasty and it vividly leaves fore-tongue sweet, back tongue bitter. neat.

Deep amber color with a medium thick head. sweet citrusy aroma with very slight hoppiness. sweet flavor with hoppy dry finish.

A lightly cloudy deep amber color, the head is frothy, large, long lasting, beige, the lace in nice sheets to coat the glass. Nose is floral, malt, citrusy, clean and fresh. Front is sweet, the top light, lightly acidic and dry finish, well hopped and a decent drinking beer. Ranks #429 on my current 1000 beer master list.