Pisgah Amber L.E.A.F. Ale

Amber pour with creamy white head and lace. Light caramel malt aroma with a bread chaser. Light caramel malt, toast, and a very light bitter. Just thin but very drinkable.

Bomber shared by Dave. Thanks. Nose is caramel, light hops. Color is amber. Flavor is lightly hopped. A nice, clean amber. Nothing too special.

Bomber. Pours a slighty cloudy amber with a really nice looking head. The aroma has hints of biscuits, toffee, and copper. It’s a bit metallic, but not overwhelming. What I really liked about this beer is the little chocolate note buried in the biscuity malt flavor. The hops are low. This was a decent drinking amber ale.

on tap @Barleys Taproom-pours an off white head and gold/orange color. Aroma is sweet light malt. Taste is sugary sweet light malt, slight hops bite with some tea.

Draft at the brew pub, but also picked up a bottle at Bruisin’ which I am enjoying now. Malty and clean with very little bitterness. A good drink, but not exactly a notable one.

Shared by ucusty. Pours an orange amber with a thin light yellow head. The nose is malty, earthy, sweet, caramel, definitive Amber character, mild hop aroma. The flavor is mildly leafy, malty, sweet, bready malty character. Palate is malty with a mild hop bitterness.

Bomber shared by ucusty at the Carolina Crew tasting - thanks, David! I wanted to like this one more because Pisgah is quite props-worthy, both in terms of quality of output and organic-brew mission. But y’know, it’s just a competent amber at the end of the day. Very full body, lively head, and a sumptuous body. But the flavors are pretty generic, made slightly memorable only by the dry-ish finish.

Bottle from Brusin’ Ales in Asheville, NC. Deep dark amber pour fluffy off white head and a thin spotty lace. Aroma of caramel and zesty hops. Flavor definitely follows suite with grassy and grainy notes. Crisp dry finish.