Napa Ale Works All Malt Red Ale

Brewed by St. Stans Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Modesto, California USA

Red brown color. Small head. Aroma is malty and slightly sweet. Medium bodied red ale. Malts are slightly sweet, and a touch nutty. Hops are kind of mild and slightly citrusy. It a touch thin, but it has enough flavor to make it drinkable. Mouthfeel is a little thin. Finish is clean and crisp. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

Murky red in the glass with a head that vanishes quickly. Fairly hoppy, as befits an amber ale. Enough malt to balance things out. Bitter aftertaste. Typical quality West Coast micro that I wish we had on the East Coast, darnit!

Not much too exciting going on here, A decent tatsing amber but doesn’t stand up to the best of this popular but usually mediocre category. Some hops play a briefly intersting role while there’s an adequate malt support, but just not much depth. Seems a little too candy sweetish overall for my tastes.

If you like a good malt depth to the nose of your beer, this could be for you. Unfortunately, there is a thin-bodied, very hop deficient amber in the glass after the sniff. That being said, give it some props for rejecting the ’Hey, I’m an american amber, a relatively undefined style, so let’s just throw in a gigantic dose of hops for no reason’ attitude. Whoops, better as it warms.

This is an interesting twist on the West Coast micro amber. A bit better presentation, fine foam, deeper hue and good clarity. Aroma is mild Cascade, malt and honey. Nothing for hopheads but good mouthfeel and bitterness.

Iced tea with a touch of hops and caramel. Mildly sweet and soft palate with a clean finish.

It’s amber, it’s cold, wet, kinda sweet and it’s ale. Nothing to shout about, but drinkable

Quickly dissapateing head and very little apparent carbonation. Nose is simarly to being on a brewery floor, tons of grain a,d bread. Kinda thin in the mouthfeel with a sharpness on the tounge, malt and bread are the prevailing flavors but fairly simple.