Evil Owl Amber
Branchline Brewing Co.

On tap at Yard House, San Antonio, TX. Pours amber with fluffy white head and nice lacing. Aroma is of herbal hops, ripe fruit and caramel malt. Body is medium and crisp. Herbal hops dominate the palate with caramel malt and red fruit in the background. Finish is long and hoppy. OK brew.

 

Appearance: Hazy medium amber in color, with a robust, somewhat coarse off-white head, which retains well. Scattered, patchy lacing adorns the glass walls.

Aroma: Dark caramel, toffee, toasted malt, and herbal hops dominate the aroma.

Taste: The taste begins with burnt caramel, toffee, and a strong flourish of herbal hops. AS the taste progresses, a toasted dark bread note presents, along with rather earthy herbal hops. Finishes with a lingering, mild herbal bitterness.

Mouth feel: Smooth and full, with just a hint of stinging carbonation.

Drinkability/notes: Very pleasant, reminds me a bit of the bottled version of New Belgium Fat Tire.

Presentation: Packaged in a standard twelve-ounce aluminum can, served in a Columbian-made (Cristar) Pilsener glass

 

 

 

 

Had it on draft at the Nao restaurant in San Antonio, a great place by the wat. It is a beautiful clear reddish brown with a creamy foamy head. Nice lacing as well. The taste was very good, slightly bitter but also with malty smoothness. It was an excellent compliment to the meal!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Definitely an amber/red hybrid. Pours a deep copper with decent head. Malty sweet smell that I liked. Flavor is caramel and a little citrus. Overall I really like this but I prefer ambers.

 

 

 

From a can. Infected. Drain pour.

 

A: Pours more Amber than "red". Good presentation and head, can tell it has a lot of carbonation.

S: None at all. Not really expected from this style of beer

T: no flavors overpower eachother, but I really get no taste at all. The taste I do get is more of a brown ale than an amber.

M: the mouth is extremely creamy. Get a lot of carbonation as well.

O: This definitely gets better as it warms up, but overall this beer is pretty forgettable. Doesn't match anything that I expect in a good Amber ale, but the aftertaste is definitely the best part.

 

 

Got this straight from the brewer as a gift. Six pack cans. Pours reddish-amber with a fine fluffy head. Poured into a standard chilled pint glass not frozen. Good lacing. This beer appears to be very fresh. Good carbonation for the style. Tasted 10 times better that a fat tire IMO with a lingering malty taste that I cannot describe. Overall this is a great local offering that could suppress those die hard amber ale fans at the local-regional level. I am not sure how wide the distribution is with this brew but it could cause waves in south/central Texas with adequate marketing. A very fine local effort . support your local breweries no matter where you are. Very sessionable, good for any occasion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Orange/red in color with a nose of spicy caramel with some earthy notes, Evil Owl pours to a clear body and flaunts a beige- colored head of foam. There is only a small amount of lace left on the glass as you consume- it drinks very cleanly and looks very clean.

This amber ale serves up flavors of caramel, spice, toffee, with a toasted, bready malt base. I get a faint flavor of molasses too. An earthy flavor presents itself as well and the beer finishes with a good, but not overdone, level of bitterness.

Evil Owl is my first Branchline experience and I can proudly say that my first impression has turned out to be a good one. I wasn’t blown away by this beer, but I did take to it rather quickly and liked it more when I got to a second can. The caramel malt taste, bitter/sweet balance, and other taste qualities make this an amber ale worth trying.

 

Fits the bill of a hoppy red pretty well.

Red and mostly clear with a pretty good head and lace.

Aroma and taste are hoppy up front, with a solid malty base. I found the aroma pretty appealing tho there was a tinge of alcohol in both aroma and taste, despite the pretty low alcohol (it's probably a sensory mirage, I'm not expertly trained on flavors and aromas). Hops are earthy, a little dank, piney. A touch of sweetness is present but is more of a background note.

Body is medium with a somewhat bitter, malty finish. Overall it's quite tasty, and I've enjoyed this sixer (well five, I still have one left). Good stuff.