Wild Goose Amber

Brewed by Wild Goose LLC (Flying Dog)
Style: Amber Ale
Frederick, Maryland USA

Bottle-Pours an amber/copper/ruby red color with a foamy, fair sized light brown head. Roasted malty aroma w/a bitter taste, smooths out as you drink it. Long finish, maybe somewhat metalic, but not unpleasently so. Some hops & sweetness to balance it out.

Very decent malty flavor. Great amber - coppery color. Not much in the way of hops - but it doesn’t really need them - good beer.

Bottle. Pours a dark amber with a large frothy off-white head that diminished slowly. Medium sweet hoppy aroma. Medium body with a slick texture. Moderate sweet balanced flavor with a small bitter finish of short duration.

While not on par with the Oatmeal stout this is a decent Amber Ale from a great brewery. Nice balance between the hops and carbonation that leave this beer drinkable with nice notes of summer tastes.

Bottle. Ruddy amber color with a small white ring around the edge of the glass. Nose is malty, light honey, light cocoa, and hints of caramel. Mild hop profile as well. Taste is slightly hopped and malty. There’s some dried fruit notes, light nuttiness, yeast, some earthy notes, and some toffee. Not bad at all! Body is light and smooth with minimal carbonation feel. Finishes with more sweet malts, light yeast, some toasty notes, hops and dried fruits. Decent stuff!

Clear, pale amber pour was attractive, but flawed due to a small to nonexistent head. Smell was very sweet; almost like honey. The taste was pretty much similar, with an underattenuated, apple juice like sweet-tart taste. Not a lot of hop bitterness when the beer was cold, and what was there was more of a metallic and earthy variety. As it warmed up, the hops got more pronounced and decidedly spicy. Mouthfeel was rather sticky and juicy, and aftertaste was better than the foretaste, with a fading mineralized dryness and a lot more of the yeast effects apparent. It was still a little too sweet for its own good, but serviceable at warmer temperature.

So, this is what an "English-style amber ale" (according to the Brewer) tastes like... I don’t know what that means. It has a very fruity nose, apples & cherries, along with some herbal hop aromas. And it is amber, along with a slender white head. The creamy brew has a rich, caramel malt flavor supported by a generrous doage of earthy, herbal hops. Quite tasty.

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I agree with the description of a full malty body, but I don’t think this beer is being honest when it claims to have a robust hop flourish. There is a lot to like about the malt, but little in the area of hops. A decent pour and a good beer, but nothing to rave about.