Tied House Amber Light

Brewed by Redwood Coast Brewing Company
Style: Pale Lager
Mountain View, California USA

On tap. Clear pale amber with an off-white head. Lightly nutty aroma. Thin and watery, lightly sweet malt and caramel. Absolutely no bitterness. 250709

From tap at the brewpub. Pours clear and light golden orange to amber with a small white head. Aroma is pinewood hoppy and vague malty. Flat malty flavoured, rather vague hops flavour. Dry, light toasted and flat malty flavoured into a mild finish with no bitterness.

Draft at the brewpub. An amber beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma has note of sweet malt and caramel. The flavor is sweet with a boring malt profile as well as a touch of caramel. The body is thin.

On tap at the Tied House in Mountain View. Not a terrible light beer. Color is a light amber with a white head. Can definitely notice the presence of some Cascade hops one the aroma. Flavor is sweet malt (somewhat subdued) and more Cascade hops that redeem this beer somewhat. The absence of the usual hint of fresh piss that you expect in light beers is also a plus. Flavor is a little weak and it’s watery, but hey, it’s a light beer, and those don’t get too much better than this.

I am getting "dirty" smells - maybe this comes from the hop choice. Or, possibly the enzymes used break down the residual sugars? In either case, this aroma follows through to the pallete. Not very enjoyable

Date: August 17, 1998
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: golden, frothy off-white head
Aroma: light sweet malt aroma
Flavor: light sweet malt flavor with a quick finish, just the slightest hint of bitterness.
Overall: best light style I’ve ever had

Date: July 12, 2009
Mode: draft
Source: brewpub mtn view
Appearance: clear gold, fine beige head
Aroma: sweet malt aroma, light floral hops
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, unfermented wort character, light floral hops, light bitterness
Overall: no longer the best light style example, but that was 11 years ago

Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 8/20
Rating: 2.3/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *+/4

An amber light... hmmm. Overall the aroma and the appearance are entirely like that of Cascade amber. After that, the flavor is incredibly weak and os disappointing. Stick to the normal amber.

On tap. Appearance, aroma and taste much similar to a average pilsner with an exception for a little hint of cascade hop in both aroma and taste. Not bad, but not very interesting either.