St. Stans Amber

Brewed by St. Stans Brewing Company
Style: Altbier
Modesto, California USA

Red-brown. Light bodied, salty with toffee aroma

Name: St. Stan’s Amber
Date: January 04, 1996
Mode: Draft
Source: Taco Mac, Sandy Springs
Appearance: golden ammber
Aroma: malt aroma, strong lasting malt/hops
Flavor: bitter aftertaste

Name: St. Stan’s Amber
Date: March 09, 1996
Words: ii to
sweet, clean, tangy carbonation, just a touch of hops

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0

The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.

Tasting Notes from Fall 2000: Not very flavorful. Just sits there

Medium brown color. Crisp and refreshing, somewhat malty. Nicely hoppy. Good balance. Finish is clean. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

Altbier style with sweet aroma, low carbonation, and heavy malt flavors. Smooth and mellow. Caramel flavors exude. Nice Tettnang ’bite’ in the finish. Personally, I thought it was a pleasant beer.

The beer pours an unblemished copper color, the head a semi-creamy light tan, modest in size and as it erodes a fine and satiny curtain forms to seal off the glass. Nose is mostly malt; sweet as is the start, top is light in its feel to the palate. Finish is delightfully hopped, mellow in its acidic bite, very dry aftertaste, but just a bit too thin-waited to rate much more than average, would make a decent session beer I believe.

Now this is one of the best ’Alts’ I have enjoyed to date. Hoppier than I expected in the aroma Dept. SOme hints of smoke. toasted malt, some nuttiness and substantial bitterness. A crystal clear amber color. As Venom states, this is definitely more enjoyable at cellar temperature. Had in a beer club near a year ago and just found some old notes. How could I forget such a classic?

Decent beer, very very thin, slightly bitter, quickly dissapating head. Seems pretty well balanced, but does seem like your typical amber beer.