Sackets Harbor War of 1812 Ale

Brewed by Olde Saratoga Brewing (Mendocino Brewing Co.)
Style: Amber Ale
Saratoga Springs, New York USA

(12oz bottle) Clear amber body with large off-white head. Aroma is medium sweet, biscuit, floral. Taste is medium sweet, caramel, cookie, biscuit/toast, light floral/earthy. Light-medium body.

Slightly hazy light amber. smallish white head. Grainy malt nose, minimal toastiness, mostly apple flavors. Faint earthy hops procure an easy drinking floral dryness that pairs along decently with the very grainy malt backbone. Moderate carbonation, light bodied.

Amber ale with a sweet malty aroma and grass. Sweet malts in mouth, with some boiled corn (DMS?). Very little hops. A little nutty in the end. Lighter bodied.

Bottle (12oz). As War of 1812 Ale Amber. Slightly cloudy reddish amber, golden on the bottom, average diminishing white head. Almost non-existent dry straw and light orange juice aroma - noseful of nothing, really. Taste is sweet, grainy, a little dry - just not much there, it goes down easy but has no character. Mouthfeel is quite watery, fairly flat - forgettable.

Light yellow body, with a little head that dissipated rapidly. Aroma was fresh, but not too distinct of grassy/hops. There was little taste to this beer. Light body, some grassy notes mainly, slight tinge of sweetness on the palate with a hint of hops at the finish. Nothin special here.

Pours a mostly clear light copper with a thin white head. Aroma is toasty, light diacetyl, and some caramel. Even more bland flavor with some toast, nuts, caramel and hints of hops. Relatively clean but finishes pretty bland and abrupt. Meh.

(Draught) Sampled at the brewpub. Oddly less alcoholic than the "light beer"??? Fully-dissipating, white head with a copper body. Malty yet with some banana tones. Very bland.