San Diego Amber

Brewed by San Diego Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
San Diego, California USA

Sample at the brewpub. This beer pours a clear orange-brown color with a medium beige head that recedes steadily. Stringy lacing on the glass. Faintly sweet malt and fruit aroma. Medium-bodied with bready malt and fruit flavors plus a hint of hops. The finish is mildly malty with notes of caramel and hops left over. Not bad, just not impressive on any front.

On draft at San Diego Brewing Company. Fairly bland, mild malt flavor. Non-offensive, but very average.

~Pours a dark brownish amber color with small head. ~Very light malt scent, can’t get much else. ~Taste is also hard to get, maybe some nuttiness and some sweet maltiness. ~Feels dry. Has a quick finish. ~It’s ok. Not getting much from it. Pretty boring beer.

On-tap. Pours amber with a thinnish off-white head, spider web lace. Smells caramelly malty sweet and slightly hoppy earthy. Tastes malty, more so than hoppy. The malts are slightly crisp and slightly caramelly, hops are earthy and pretty subdued, only slightly bitter on the finish. Once again, where’s the hops. Medium body, subdued carbonation.

Bright amber with a decent head. Hints of caramel and light fruit on the nose. Low bitterness. Some toast, slightly spicy hop. Quick and easy.

Draught at brewpub. Clear amber color, leaving lacing in even rings. Bland nose like the other house beers, partly faulted by tiny taster glasses but still...flavors are mainly nutty and lightly hopped. Soft mouthfeel. Bland and uninspired.

tap at the brewpub - The aroma of this amber ale is surprisingly hoppy. The flavor adds caramel malt and moderate hops intensity, which is high for an amber. For me it works well. This medium bodied beer is better than the rating here suggests.

on tap-pours a thin off white head and amber color. Aroma is medium malt-caramel, sharpness. Taste is medium malt-caramel, sharpness, dry hops.