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Widmer Brothers Drop Top Amber Ale

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
2892.81/5.02.81/5.04.85%29.9English pint, Shaker
Commercial Description:
A creamy, flavorful Amber that's smooth and easy to drink. Drop Top is fermented by an American Ale yeast to produce beer with a clean flavor and fruity aroma. The velvet texture is from the use of Honey malt and a touch of milk sugar. The Magnum bittering hops provide soft bitterness, while Simcoe, a newly developed hop variety, adds unique hop flavor and aroma.
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 Hinez57 (129), Clinton, Mississippi, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/101/55/103/511/20

May 24, 2009  
If this is an attempt at an American Style Amber ale it’s a miserable failure. If it’s intended to simply be a smooth drinking amber it’s greatest value would be as an introductory bier for newb craft bier drinkers, but the odd malt bill might throw many off. This is the most Lager like ale I’ve ever drank. Yes it’s VERY smooth and drinkable, but it’s also borish. It reminds me of a Marzen.

 arventresca (341), Greenville, North Carolina, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/512/20
Dec 9, 2009  
Tap. Amber color with nice aroma. Taste wasn’t to strong. Typical Amercian ale I’d say. Similar to the AB product.


 ChristianScheffel (4535), Odense, Denmark
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Dec 5, 2009  
Amber with a small white head. Weak aroma of oranges and malt. Sweet malty flavour with a faint citrus note


 Dedollewaitor (3737), Odense, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Dec 4, 2009  
Bottle @ J.C.G. Pours clear orange with a small off white creamy head. Sweet malty - toffee and buiscuit. Taste is dry and has a bit more hops than aroma (thank god). Medium bodied. Pleasant and average drink.


 Rynoplasty (536), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/515/20
Dec 2, 2009  
Pours light amber with a smallish off white head. Aroma is caramel and lightly roasted malts. Flavor is malty caramel, with a very slight fruity presence and light hop finish. Not bad.


 FROTHINGSLOSH (2015), GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Nov 26, 2009  
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a dark orange-amber color with a small orange-beige head. The aroma was malty, nutty and tangy with a light fruity hop presence. The flavor was dryish, nutty and bitter with notes of caramel and fruity hops. Medium length bitter, fruity and nutty finish. Medium body. Ok.


 wingman333 (244), San Antonio, Texas, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/510/20
Nov 24, 2009  
Kind of like a Belgian amber ale. Reminds me of something I had recently called Pamlico, but this is much better, less thin, a little more depth here. Fizzy, orange flavor on the initial sip, with some bread. Decent.


 cheapdark (2017), Monacatootha, Pennsylvania, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/510/20
Oct 24, 2009  
From a 12 oz bottle. Brownish, clear and no head. Smells sweet. Sizzling mild carbonation greets the palate. Pretty good kick without being very annoying. Decent beer personality without the rudeness of so many ales. Could drink again. Overall all-right beer drinken experience.


 LinusStick (1846), Moon Twp, suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/515/20
Oct 19, 2009  
A delicious amber ale....a style I don’t appreciate often. Aroma was OK...caramel malt with an odd ginger ale-ness to it. Pour was a good medium amber with a thin off white ring for a head. Taste was nice and malty. Caramel malt with a hint of roastiness. Hops come out in the aftertaste but just enough to balance out the malt. Nice beer.



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