Pisgah Amber L.E.A.F. Ale

Brewed by Pisgah Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Black Mountain, North Carolina USA

22 oz bottle courtesy of Suttree. Fall 2009 on label. Pour is a slight hazed orange, copper and brown with a nicely formed 2 inch off white head. The head falls slowly and loosely with some lacing. Aroma of dusty grain malt with some cereal / caramel sweetness. Not much else, a bit faint. Taste is the sweet caramel and nutty malt followed by some of the dustiness of the nose, and not too much past that. Palate is thin, almost watery with low to medium carbonation. Finish is clean and brief. Overall a tad on the dull side, but constructed well enough and easy to drink. Thanks for sending this my way Phil.

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.