American Amber Ale
Rogue Ales

American Amber AleAmerican Amber Ale
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From:
Rogue Ales
 
Oregon, United States
Style:
American Amber / Red Ale
ABV:
5.3%
Score:
86
Avg:
3.83 | pDev: 10.97%
Reviews:
730
Ratings:
1,470
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 06, 2020
Added:
Dec 26, 2001
Wants:
  74
Gots:
  173
American Amber Ale is the second-ever beer created by Rogue’s brewmaster John Maier. This tawny amber brew with a toffee aroma, delicate roasted malt notes and smooth finish displays what beer judges call the “perfect embodiment of an American Amber Ale."

Ingredients: C40, C150, 2-Row & Rogue Farms Dare™ & Risk™ Malts; Rogue Farms Rebel Hops; Free Range Coastal Water & Pacman Yeast.

13º PLATO
53 IBU
73.1 AA
23º Lovibond
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Ratings by wl0307:
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Reviewed by wl0307 from England

3.78/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Purchased from the Beers of Europe, a UK-based beer shop; coming in a 355ml bottle, BB 08/09, served mildly-chilled in a straight pint-size glass.

A: pours a lightly translucent reddish amber hue, coming with mild carbonation featuring sporadic large bubbles and a thick but fluffy light beige head to settle down gradually.
S: initially the aroma comes dense and pleasant on the side of caramely malts and lychee-flowery US hops, but soon the nose is overtaken by some rustic as well as flat sugary notes, sweetened black tea, and sweet citrus. While a swirl would still give rise to the deeper flowery hop alongside creamy malts, these seem to dissipate just as quickly.
T: the bitter-sweet caramely and burned-sugary malts upfront are followed by a rough-textured hop bitterness of aromatic citrus-fruits and lightly roasted tea-leafy aroma. The relatively simple caramely malt profile is consistently backed and balanced by the bitter hops that highlight pretty much the major part of the tasting, while the citric and a lightly dried longan-fruit edge in the mixture gives the hoppy theme a nice edge to remain refreshing as well as aromatic. The finish carries plentiful hop "tannins" to render a cheerfully chewy palate.
M&D: the texture comes rather soothing and never OTT on carbonation, while the body remains also moderate to go smoothly with the overall flavour. All in all, this is a likeable and truly drinkable ale, not far from a hoppy example of English Premium Bitter, albeit with a bit more hop aroma in dominance and thus less harmony or complexity.
May 14, 2009
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

3.5/5  rDev -8.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12 fl. oz. bottle, as Rogue American Amber Ale, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. The beer starts pouring out of the bottle by its own will. Dark amber colour, moderate beige head. Malty and bready aroma, notes of bakery and caramel, also some fruity hops, hints of spices. The flavour is malty and earthy with caramel and toffee, decent hops in the finish.
Dec 06, 2020
 
Rated: 4 by Velivolus1 from Vermont

Aug 03, 2020
 
Rated: 3.94 by smi69 from New York

May 25, 2020
 
Rated: 3.74 by imnodoctorbut from Texas

Feb 25, 2020
 
Rated: 3.79 by craigbelly from Iowa

Aug 20, 2019
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Reviewed by MaltsOfGlory from Oregon

3.63/5  rDev -5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
12oz bottle

Pours two fingers of barely off white head into a concave water glass. Pretty normal looking, with a little soapiness as the head starts to fade. Head retention is a little above average, a pretty good film still lingers, and good initial lacing. Body looks more like a dark burnt orange than an amber. Visibility is low, looks cloudy. Looks like a medium amount of bubbles coming up. Looks very nice so far.

Nose is not amazing. Kinda has a characterless bitterness, with a one dimensional pale malt aroma. Almost extracty aroma. Not really any caramel or bread notes going on. It doesn't smell all too great.

Flavor is better than the nose thankfully. Medium amount of hops are here, which is an appropriate amount. The malt profile overall is a pretty good deep flavor, with a little rough spot at the end, but that's ok. Not getting too much extract flavor, which is good. Pretty well balanced. Good flavor.

Mouthfeel is good. Body and carbonation are about medium. Bitterness is appropriate and doesn't linger. Sugars do not stick, and it's sessionable. Nice mouthfeel.

The drinkability is very good. It's a well balanced beer that isn't too heavy.

The appearance turned out decent. Spotty lacing, but not terrible. Pretty good initial pour and retention.

Overall an interesting revisit to this beer. The nose was way off, but the flavor was about what I remembered it to be. One of the better beers from Rogue's flagship line, not quite as stellar this time around, but still a good flavor.

Note: Couldn't initially find a bottling date, but on further inspection I could make out a bottling date of 4 months ago. In an amber, I feel like that shouldn't make a huge difference. But maybe it was slightly oxidized, and that explains the nose? Regardless, I bought this from the brewery, and they should not be selling old product.
Jan 04, 2019
 
Rated: 4.25 by MokouInvestments from Nevada

Aug 17, 2018
 
Rated: 4.37 by Kwright from North Carolina

Jun 21, 2018
 
Rated: 3.34 by TheCrowsEye from California

May 17, 2018
 
Rated: 3.93 by yaron73 from Israel

May 05, 2018
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Reviewed by rickyjreyes from California

4.82/5  rDev +25.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
This is my favorite beer!!! Granted, I had it fresh at the brewery in Oregon. I love Rogue beers and highly advise going to their brewery. It's small, quaint, and feels like the quintessential essence of nature. Not too strong and not too light, it's the perfect medium beer! I wish they would sell it at a large scale because I live in Cali and can never find it.
Apr 17, 2018
 
Rated: 3.5 by Pretendeer from Washington

Mar 01, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by brittanylicious from Indiana

Feb 11, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by heysuz from Indiana

Feb 11, 2018
 
Rated: 4.01 by brainscience from Washington

Jan 22, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by 1971bernat from Virginia

Jan 03, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by Velivolus from Vermont

Dec 24, 2017
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Rated by Big_Dog1 from North Carolina

4.1/5  rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Solid Amber/red, but might not be worthy of the $12 six-pack sticker price. Could use a bit more caramel.
Dec 05, 2017
 
Rated: 3.85 by shelby415 from Oregon

Nov 17, 2017
American Amber Ale from Rogue Ales
Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 1470 ratings