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Amber Ale
Grolsch Bierbrouwerij N.V.
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- From:
- Grolsch Bierbrouwerij N.V.
- Netherlands
- Style:
- Altbier
- ABV:
- 5.3%
- Score:
- 75
- Avg:
- 3.21 | pDev: 17.76%
- Reviews:
- 97
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Aug 25, 2021
- Added:
- Dec 06, 2001
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 8
No description / notes.
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Ratings by AlexJ:
Reviewed by AlexJ from North Carolina
2.68/5 rDev -16.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.68/5 rDev -16.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
This beer pours a perfectly clear light amber color with a surprisingly thick, but brief head of pure white.
The nose is subtle, with grainy malt, mild grassy hops, and an overall bready, pilsneresque profile.
Taste is about the same, rather balanced, but certainly a tame example of the style. Eager carbonation and a med/light body. Easily forgettable.
Apr 17, 2005The nose is subtle, with grainy malt, mild grassy hops, and an overall bready, pilsneresque profile.
Taste is about the same, rather balanced, but certainly a tame example of the style. Eager carbonation and a med/light body. Easily forgettable.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
2.82/5 rDev -12.1%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
2.82/5 rDev -12.1%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
Outside of light amber ales, this is one of the lightest colored amber ales I've ever seen. Has an off white head, 1/4". Aroma is an interesting mixture of like, Dutch barns, red malts and mild noble hops.
Taste does reveal a little more, the hops aren't there as much as in the nose, the malt is heavier than the appearance looks. Carbonation is low, those swing tops. Smooth, keeps bitterness down, kind of like a brown ale and red ale mash up. Similar to an alt at times.
I prefer the other Grolsch beers.
Dec 24, 2016Taste does reveal a little more, the hops aren't there as much as in the nose, the malt is heavier than the appearance looks. Carbonation is low, those swing tops. Smooth, keeps bitterness down, kind of like a brown ale and red ale mash up. Similar to an alt at times.
I prefer the other Grolsch beers.
Reviewed by Brenden from Ohio
3.26/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.26/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
This alt is darker than amber, on the darker end of the style at a dark sort of brownish-red that's bright and completely clear but for the darkness. The head is creamy, sort of an eggshell white color. It achieves a full finger on top of the beer and remains pretty steady there, falling but very slowly. A sturdy rind of lace is left at the top of the point where it's settled, followed by some good patching.
The aroma is fairly light, malt forward with some dry, wheat-like malts but with a bit of herbal leaf showing a light hops presence as well. There's a mix of vague things, including vaguery in sweetness and spiciness with a sort of tangy twang that detracts a bit.
It shows a little less of the tang, which comes off as a weird note on the nose that doesn't quite fit. It's got some toasted grains on the tongue while remaining pretty wheaty, and the light hops comes through, this time a bit grassier.
It's lighter in body that expected, though it actually fits fairly well and isn't watery or overly thin. It does lean a little too much in that direction, but not heinously so. It's definitely crisp, with a fair smoothness off of even carbonation.
Apr 04, 2014The aroma is fairly light, malt forward with some dry, wheat-like malts but with a bit of herbal leaf showing a light hops presence as well. There's a mix of vague things, including vaguery in sweetness and spiciness with a sort of tangy twang that detracts a bit.
It shows a little less of the tang, which comes off as a weird note on the nose that doesn't quite fit. It's got some toasted grains on the tongue while remaining pretty wheaty, and the light hops comes through, this time a bit grassier.
It's lighter in body that expected, though it actually fits fairly well and isn't watery or overly thin. It does lean a little too much in that direction, but not heinously so. It's definitely crisp, with a fair smoothness off of even carbonation.
Amber Ale from Grolsch Bierbrouwerij N.V.
Beer rating:
75 out of
100 with
145 ratings
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