Sleeman Original Dark

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

Bottle. Poured clear brown with a large frothy off-white head that was mostly lasting with good lacing. Moderate roasted malt aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture. Medium sweet toasted flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration. Sweet drinkable beer.

From the bottle... marked Sleeman Original Dark 50. Nice foamy head with good retention, plesant reddish amber color, sweet malty aroma. Interesting flavor, decent balance of malt and hops. Good drinkable beer.

The first thing I noticed was the thick, foamy head. I could only pour two glasses in a 36 oz mug. I could taste the alcohol, it had a little bit of a bite.

This dark lager pours a medium amber color from a 33cl bottle. Small to medium sized white foamy head. Aroma is caramel and sweet, touch of toast. Light to medium bodied lager. Malts are caramel and sweet. Hops, ) There are hops here?) are slightly earthy. Tastes like a bunch of other macros. Not really objectionable, because there is no flavor here. Bland, bland, watery and boring. Perhaps a little more flavor than a diet coke, but not much. Mouthfeel is thin. Finish is clean and crisp. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.

Rating for Sleeman Dark Amber 50

Pours dark amber in color with moderate carbonation & a short whitish head that fades to cloudy islands. Stale caramel evident from the neck of the bottle, while mild hops come off as vegetal after the pour. Flavor of a stale, semi-oxidized dunkel. There is a sweetness detached from otherwise flat malts. And there is the peaty, slightly alcoholic presence of a Scotch Ale. Confusing. Lightly syrupy in the mouth with a spicy lilt.

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Pours clear orange/copper with a nearly medium head. A liitle lace. Aroma is very lite, a little caramel malt and almost indescipherable roasted malt. Taste is sweet caramel malt, molasses and very little (bitter) hops. Medium body. Medium molasses finish.

Poured from a bottle into a shaker, from the Sleeman variety pack. Pours a dark brown, but certainly not a very dark ale. Thin white head, fades fast. No lacing at all. Aroma of malt. Slightly less carbonated than the other Sleeman products. Finishes clean with a slight bitter aftertaste. So far the best of the variety pack, which isn’t saying that much.

Pleasant amber color, with a slightly off-shite head. Relatively faint, roasted malt aroma. Balanced hop and malt flavor. Finished cleaner than I thought it might. Quite drinkable, and probably one of the better Sleeman offerings.