Amarillo Armadillo
Greenbush Brewing Company

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 3/2/2018. Pours moderately hazy/cloudy golden orange/amber color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts. Thick soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, apricot, red apple, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, clove, pine, agave, wheat, cracker, biscuit, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/earthy hops, fruity/spicy yeast, agave, and pale/wheat malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, apricot, red apple, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, clove, pine, agave, wheat, cracker, biscuit, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, grassy bitterness; and peppery yeast spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, apricot, red apple, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, clove, pine, agave, wheat, cracker, biscuit, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/earthy hops, fruity/spicy yeast, agave, and pale/wheat malt flavors; with a great malt/bitter/spiciness balance, and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitter/spiciness and carbonation. Medium-high carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp, and creamy/bready/grainy/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 6.3%. Overall this is a very good hoppy American pale wheat ale. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/earthy hops, fruity/spicy yeast, agave, and pale/wheat malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and pretty refreshing to drink for the ABV; with the modestly bitter/spicy/drying finish. Nice Amarillo hop showcase, and very well balanced between all other flavors. A very enjoyable offering, and well made style example.

 

12 ounce bottle into a tulip glass. Bottled 11/1/17, had 12/17/17.

Pours a slightly cloudy golden color, with a one and a half inch foamy head with good retention and a good amount of foamy lacing. Aromas of bright Amarillo hops, some yeast, light agave, light malt. Smells grassy, floral. The taste is the hops- a little more earthy and grassy than the nose, wheat, malt, some agave, some light spices. A fair amount of hop bitterness, especially up front. Smooth, kind of refreshing, a good light to medium body, well carbonated.

This is good and enjoyable. The Amarillo hops stand out and the agave has a definite presence. Worth having a bottle or two.

I had this at Green bush brewery. It was a hoppy beer that had some hop in it. You can smell some fruitiness. It goes down easy with a light citrus taste. Some carbonation with a tad of bitterness. Light in body as well. With all the choices they have this beer was one and done. I think the name is pretty cool. Its definitely a summer brew..