 kp (8500), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Nov 7, 2009
Name: Espresso Amber Ale
Date: October 27, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Total Wine, GA
Appearance: cloudy dark amber, fine beige head, drippy lace
Aroma: rich coffee aroma with a background caramel sweetness
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, lots of caramel sweetness, balancing bitter coffee richness, long bitter finish
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4
porterhouse (1162), Alna, Maine, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 20, 2009 (22 oz. bottle from Rising Tide) Pours cloudy very dark amber. Tall tan head is big and persistent. Eventually settles to a foamy, rocky cap. Aroma of lots of coffee with some caramel. Mouthfeel fairly smooth although slightly pebbly, slightly thin. Lots of sloppy, foamy patches and rings of lacing. Flavor of coffee, strong coffee - not from roasted malt but from real coffee, so it differs in flavor from a stout. Has a bitter coffee finish. A bit of caramel flavor is intertwined but the coffee dominates, probably a bit too much to make this a really inviting beer but interesting.
jcwattsrugger (5572), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Dec 13, 2009 @NH Brewers Fest–on tap-pours a retaining thin tan head and copper color. Aroma is espresso. Taste is espresso-medium/dark malt, erthy hops bite.
Travlr (787), Washington, Washington DC, USA
| 2.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 9/20 |
Nov 4, 2009 This sounded like an odd concoction, and it lived up to expectations. Cask at Churchkey. Very cloudy copper colored with no head to speak of. Aroma of dilute Starbuck’s. Taste was pretty similar, light coffee. No balance, no complexity.
jgb9348 (2515), Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia, USA
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 11/20 |
Sep 22, 2009 Deep copper tinted amber coloured body with a very nice two centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of nuts, roasted malt, caramel, pit fruits and a dose of metal. Medium-bodied; Assertive aggressive roasted malt flavours with tons of nuts and caramel coming through. Aftertaste shows a bit of coffee, although not much at all, but the roasted malt and bitter nuts really cuts through. Overall, a pretty mild and rather plain amber ale with a hint of coffee but more hints of nuts and caramel. I didn’t like this that much and would definitely pass on another. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Chevy Chase Wine & Spirits in Washington, DC on 25-July-2009, sampled at home in Washington on 22-September-2009.
rman18 (201), South Amboy, New Jersey, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 24, 2009 Nice, Dark beer with a strong flavor. Pours like a stout with lots of head (think Guinness). STRONG coffee flavor, palate a little heavy.
Nice, but couldn’t drink more then one at a time.
Damico (182), Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 7, 2009 A strong smell of espresso! This delicious beer tastes like a mix of both beer and coffee - a delicious ale.
hellbilly (1534), scottsdale über alles, Arizona, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Aug 3, 2009 bottle bb jan 09 shared by psprings...
pale amber pour with a soft light tan head.
it smells like truck stop coffee... nutty, sour, lactose, malt and a touch of chocolate.
it tastes... well, like crappy over steeped coffee... very little malt, odd dry soured finish and much more coffee than amber. weird, not terrible. it just doesn’t make much sense.
light to medium bodied... a bit watery. 6/3/5/3/12/2.9
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