Natty Greenes Buckshot Amber Ale

Brewed by Natty Greenes Pub & Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Greensboro, North Carolina USA

Amber, with a white head. Creamy, malty toasty aroma. Smooth and bready, with a touch of hop bite in the finish. Definately more of a session ale. Sampled at Asheville Brewgrass 2007.

Date: 09/23/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, Asheville

crystal clear amber, fine off white head, light carmel malt aroma balanced with some floral hops, nice carmel malt flavor, just a hint of sweetness well balanced with some earthy hops, light bitterness in the finish
-------- /> Date: 12/19/2006
Mode: draft
Source: brewpub

the rating from the brewfest sample was spot on proving yet again you can accurately rate a beer at a brewfest

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.8/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *4

Draught at the brewpub. Pours amber with ivory head. The aroma is caramel and slight grass with some toast. The flavor is slightly toasty with some lemongrass twang. Very distant caramel sweetness lurks behind it. The flavor remains level, and doesn’t change into the finish.

on tap-pours an off white head and amber color. Aroma is mild light/medium malt. Taste is medium malt-sweet, faint/secondary hops bite.

Transparent amber pour with a light offwhite ring that laces the glass down. Sweet malty nose. Boisterous caramel and toffee notes, mixed with some weird light tortilla corn. This turns paler and more biscuit-like toward the finish. Adding decent bitters to the finish helps it from becoming slightly cloying. The body is medium, although could be cleansing, depending on the beginning or end of the pull. The odd pairings going on here makes for a "just ok" brew.

A great step-up for those looking for better beer, but very watery for an amber ale. Not a lot of mouth feel.

This aroma of this deep amber ale is rich with chewy malts, caramel with some toffee, and just a suggestion of sweet apples. Creamy mouthfeel. The taste delivers the maltiness that the aroma promises and has just enough bitter hopping to keep the sweetness under control. Nice.

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From notes 8/7/04: Pours a deep amber color with a fluffy off-white head. Each sip is demarcated by a ring of foam. Very nice. Aromas were wet with malty goodness. Caramel malts abound. Flavors have plenty of the aforementioned caramel, with the added bonus of biscuit and a splash of hops. Just enough hops to give some sort of order. Lingering malt finish, with some more hoppiness to try to balance it out. I enjoyed this.