Montgomery Riverboat Red Ale

Brewed by Montgomery Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Montgomery, Alabama USA

Date: 03/24/2005
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

clear dark amber, nice off white head, creamy body, light malt flavor, good esb like bitter finish, very drinkable with nice bitterness to keep it interesting,

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.8/5.0
Score: *4
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(GABF05) Crystal clear light amber body with white head. Aroma is medium sweet, caramel. Taste is medium sweet, earthy, caramel, light grapefruit. Light body.

(Draught) Pours a deep amber body with an average off-white head. Aroma of caramel, grain, and earth. Flavor of caramel malt, nuts, and mild hops (herbal, grass).

on tap-pours an off white ring for a head and amber color. Aroma is thin, sweet medium malt, faint herbal. Taste is thin, sweet medium malt, secondary herbal hops. Semi dry finish. Easy.

Tap at the brewpub. Medium copper body with a thin white head. The aroma was sweet and malty with some caramel. The taste was a little bit of dirt and bread crust. There was also some caramel.

Medium amber beer with slick-slided top. Caramel flavors, but watery. Mild hop finish. Bit too slick.

Draught. Pours copper-amber with an average sized off-white frothy head, somewhat lasting with good lacing. Aroma is average malt (bread, caramel), average hops (grass), average yeast (dough) with notes of pear and chocolate. Light bodied, sticky texture, soft carbonation and a chalky finish. Light acidity, bitterness and sweetness; bland flavor.

A little whiskey, dough and starchy aroma -- it was hard to tell -- the guy next to me fired up a cigarette. Not very red at all -- appeared like a helles or darkish lager in color -- lighter than their PA. Light nutty sweetness. Good moderation on the hopping, good ph, exceptionally clean drinking, as were all the beers that I tried here.