Tröegs HopBack Amber Ale

Brewed by Tröegs Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania USA

12oz bottle (thanks to The Epeeist) poured a clear amber with nice head. Aromas of rich caramel malts and some floral hops. Taste is strongly malted with a moderate amount of hop bitterness and flavor. Smooth and very easy drinking, but with a name like Hopback I would like to see more of a hop finish.

Got some strong malts and hops in the aroma.Pours dark copper with a medium off white head.Prety good balance of malt and hops.Medium mouthfeel with with a bitter finish.

Pours orangy pink hued amberwith whit head, diminishing head. Fruity malt and floral hops round this aroma out. Smooth and slightly sweet. Subdued carbonation, but a smooth creamy body. Not liquidy at all. Nice for a session in terms of body though. The flavors are a step down from the aroma. Fruity and floral hops, with light caramel malt. There’s some toast in here. The finish is fruity,while the aftertaste toasty. Not a bad beer, but nothing remarkable. I don’t see how their Nugget Nectar is an amped up version of this beer.

Bottle. Intense hop oil aroma over slight caramel. Amber pour with a creamy and foamy beige/tan head. Starts off with normal Amber character, mild and caramelly with a lightish body, and promptly changes into something of a miniature hop bomb with balanced bitterness and caramel - appropriately named! Quaffable, session stuff. Dusty hops. Touch of dry yeast in the smooth aftertaste. Darkish maltiness. Mf is creamy smooth and a bit sudsy. Floral sudsiness. Rounded and controlled. Might be the dryest Amber I’ll ever taste, esp. in a style known for sweetness. Somewhat original, quite an achievement.

MAN this is yummy! Up two-tenths.

From a 12 oz bottle to a shaker the brew exhibited a light amber- orange color with a frothy tan head. A definite NW US hop aroma is present (cascade? centennial?). The first taste results in a medium bodied beverage with a creamy texture. A very hoppy taste with a finish that is long and gently diminishing. The head has shown a lasting ability with nice lacing down to the end. As a self-proclaimed "hophead", I must say that this is an excellent introduction to more seriously hopped brews.

Poured from a 12 oz. bottle. Reddish, golden-orange color. Off white head that died down quickly. Nice, hoppy aroma with pine and floral notes. Crisp bitterness but well balanced. A good all around brew where hop flavor and aroma are featured.

Medium brown-amber with a good, tall beige head. Aromas of nuts, toast, grapefruit, and malt. Medium bodied, with a well-gauged amount of carbonation. Flavors are lively, dry but not drying to the palate. Bitterness is restrained until the finish. A well-rounded brew for hopheads.

Bottle. Ruby, reddish-orange in color. thin to no head. Hoppy with notes of brown sugar to the nose. 2-part taste: tart, thin, crisp bitterness on the tongue offset by honey, lightly malty after taste in the back of the throat. Solid.