Twisted Pine American Amber Ale

Brewed by Twisted Pine Brewing
Style: Amber Ale
Boulder, Colorado USA

bottle. light orange tan body with a nice grayish white head. sweet oramge nose with a bit caramel. the sweetness in the flavor is a bit indistinct, i taste the grtains, but can’t really put a name to them, is it caramel? is it toffee? is it vanilla flavored lemons dipped in some caramel and butter sauce? yeah, i think that is the closest i can come here. i like it, i think this one might become a staple, balanced well, a relaxed enjoyable flavor and i could see this going well with a lot of the food i cook at home.

The beer’s texture seems to start off crisp and effervescent, but it becomes a little thicker – and perhaps even chewier – toward the finish. At any rate, it’s really easy to quaff, and it would make a pretty decent session beer. It also tastes great with a barbecued burger ... brings out some of the beer’s woodsy and earthy notes. Malts provide a toasty, cookie-dough sweetness laced with caramel undertones. Malts are balanced by a complementing hop presence (light pine and spruce with a little citrus) that has a nice bitterness level to it (not too much, not too little). Flavorful aftertaste lingers like a welcomed guest. Nicely made beer. It’s best consumed fresh.

4 oz sampler at the brewery, 4/15/06: Dark copper color. Slightly sugary but with a nice little metallic-hoppy bite. Categorized as a ’good’ American amber.

on tap-pours a thin lumpy white head and amber/copper color. Aroma is sweet medium malt. Taste is sweet medium malt balanced with light, flat, biting hops. Good carbonation.

Clear light brown to rusty orange color. Thick foamy cream colored head. Grapefruit and sweet apples in the aroma over toasted bread. Thick medium-dark malt backbone, slightly nutty and spicy. Hop bitterness on the back of the tongue keeps it in check. Nice hop aroma, nice malt flavor. A little thin palate.

White, frothy head. Good amber color. Hoppy, a little metallic in taste. A little watered down, which seems to be typical of Colorado beers.

Stong nose of fruit and caramel, with a sticky sweet mouthfeel, and just a bit of piney resiny hops. Decent easy drinking amber.

average amber with smooth finish and bitter finish, i like it but i dont need to have another.