Sleeman Amber Ale

Brewed by Sleeman Brewing & Malting Co. (Sapporo)
Style: Amber Ale
Guelph, Canada

What kind of commercial description is that? "...a bolder, lighly darker beer..." Good looking amber. Flavors of rich roasted malts...caramel and toffee...with some mild hop bitterness...mainly PNW type citrus-type hops. But the flavors fade quickly and the body is way too thin to sustain any real interest...and there is that slight metallic aftertaste that nobody enjoys very much...

Poured a shady brown with fluffy head. Aroma had some caramel and some skunk. There’s a small smack of hop bitterness and even a bit of roasty maltiness vaquely reminiscent of pitch/charcoal. It would be a real stretch for me to say this was tasty, I rated it at room temperature.

Clear copper body with a slender beige head. The aroma is faint, a lightly toasted amber malt. No hints of hops here. The flavor is a lightly roasted malt with an odd rusty taste, leaving a not too pleasant metallic aftertaste.

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nice color and pallet, goes down smooth but leaves something to be desired, possibly a stronger hop flavor. No noticable aftertaste

Great tasting beer that went down very smooth with some pizza and apps. Would have this beer anytime if a more hoppier beer was not available.

Good Canadian style beer. good flavour, good appearance, good pallet, no bad aftertaste.

Worked really well for me. This is my pick of the Sleeman range. Good balance. A head that holds well. A certain boquet of flavours present in both malt and hops. undertones of chocolate and citrus.

Thanks to my future sister-in-law for this bottle. Ok! Bad sign. Clear bottle. Had the Heineken smell when first opened. Once you get past that. It’s a boring beer. No character to it. Tasted like a beer.