Amber Ale
The Shed Restaurant & Brewery

 

From 08/27/10 notes. Had on tap at the Shed in VT.

a - Pours a dark amber color with light carbonation.

s - Smells of caramel malts and citrus hops mostly. Hints of floral hops.

t - Tastes of citrus, fruity malts, and caramel malts. Hints of bready malts too.

m - Medium body and low carbonation.

d - An ok amber ale with a nice mix of citrus hops and malts. Would try again.

this beer pours a brown color with little to no head. the aroma provides a bit of sweet malt and a touch of citrus hops. the taste is decent with a good bit of citrus hops a nice sweet malty finish. the medium body is nice but the carbonation seemed a little lacking on this beer for some reason. i could sip a few of these, but it's not going to become my new favorite beer. oh the abv was listed as 5.0

Poured a medium amber hue with a half finger foamy white head. There was decent retention and lacing.

The smell featured a citrusy cascade hop with a grainy malt.

The taste consisted of a citrusy hop and a slightly sweet malt. There was a noticable fresh hop finish.

The moutfeel was of average fullness for the style and clean.

Overall a very drinkable and hoppy amber ale.

Not a bad amber, but less substantial than either the IPA or Mountain Ale, both of which are much better brews. The beer pours a lightish ruby color with a decent head and lacing. The aroma was nice, quite floral, and sweetish malts. The beer is quite well balanced, but it lacks some of the peaty quality to make it a more genuine red ale. This seems to be more of a typical American amber made with cascade hops.

There is a sweetish caramel undertone and roasted notes in the mid section of the beer. This is a reasonably crisp beer, but less creamy than what I would have preferred. It's light to medium bodied. Not a bad brew, it comes in the sampler. Worth a try. I'm not sure if you can pick up a growler of this on the way out.

Quite simply, a very tasty amber ale. More hops than most ambers, and smooth and sharp at the same time. It tastes very fresh and goes down smooth. Has a similar taste to the IPA and Mountain Ale. I don't like it quite as much as those, but ambers are almost never as good as IPA's and strong ales. I just got back from Stowe and plan on killing the growler while listening to the new Mudcrutch album, which everyone should pick up.

On tap at the brewpub. Malt job, with an dd bitterness. Very light brown colour, tea-ish. Touch of lace. Thinnish whisp of head.Malty aroma.Above average carbonation. 5% a.b.v. Fairly weak and low drinkability. If I drank a growler, I may get some fruit in taste but I can't.

Light honey color with an off-white head that lingers and leaves nice lacing around the glass. Absolutely no aroma. Mouthfeel is watery at first, but leaves a slight tingly finish. Flavor likewise is watery at first, but leaves a slight hoppy finish. Is this beer or seltzer?