The Duck-Rabbit Amber Ale

Brewed by The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery
Style: Amber Ale
Farmville, North Carolina USA

Very nice amber ale that tastes sweet, with lots of caramel and creamyness to the hop profile. The malts are especially nice in this beer and provide a great backbone for the hops to stick to.

12 oz bottle. Hazy copper color, creamy light tan head. Aroma of malted grain, bread, and mud. Flavor is of dark malted sour dough bread. Sour and metallic.

Murky copper with a large rocky beige head. Aroma of grain, cereal, bread and earthy hops. Taste of caramel and roasted malt. Somewhat metallic, astringent and sour with a mild bitter finish.

12oz. pours copper with small off white head. aroma is mild and a little nutty, yeast, and some metallic. mouthful is carmel, nutty, and a nice smooth finish.

Courtesy elmatador00. Pours a clear copper color with a huge, foamy tan head that sits there for awhile. The aroma is of toasted caramel malts, some floral hops, and some bready yeast. The flavor follows suit with the toasted caramel malts up front with some bittering hops on the back end. Medium bodied and decent sweet taste that leads to a bitter finish. Not bad for an amber ale, but not the best I have had either.

12oz bottle from Total Wine, Durham. Full disclosure: I’m not really big on ambers these days, but I figured I’d give DR’s a try after a long spell. Very handsome pour, crisp and lively carbonation bringing the copper brew to life. The aroma is actually a bit nutty, with mild fruity notes in there among the expected malts. Playful on the tongue, very much more hops than I’d expected, and they combine nicely with the nutty flavors. Good one.

A weird apple or banana in the aroma. there is something not right with this bottle. I has hops in the finish, but overall the flavor seems a bit off; damaged.

12oz bottle, kindly given to me at BCTC by FrumptyDumpty. Thanks again, Ryan! Pours a clear, amber brown color; light tan head with decent retention and solid, fine-bubbled lacing. Good amounts of nougat, dried fruits, and caramel in the aroma; solid, nougaty nose. Medium, malt-driven mouthfeel: again, nougats, caramel, and lightly roasted malts upfront; some light citrus acidity at the tip of the tongue; touch of chocolate at the core; solid, enjoyable maltiness overall; the balancing mineral bitterness appears after a few sips. Definitely strikes me as more of a nicely hopped brown ale than an amber, but drinkable and reasonably tasty in any case. Medium finish: bready malts, toastiness, and a bit of chocolate and very light roast.