Unhappy Amber
MadTree Brewing
- From:
- MadTree Brewing
- Ohio, United States
- Style:
- Imperial Red Ale
Ranked #61 - ABV:
- 8.6%
- Score:
- 85
Ranked #27,757 - Avg:
- 3.76 | pDev: 11.7%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 15, 2022
- Added:
- Apr 10, 2014
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
More malt. More hops. Less happy. Just right.
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Reviewed by puck1225 from Texas
4.19/5 rDev +11.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.19/5 rDev +11.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
I miss this style of beer that was so popular several years ago. Nice hoppy, malty mess of a beer but I like it.
Had this beer at the brewery poured from tap into a tulip glass. Nice brownish red color with a creamy white head and great curtain lacing. Toffee, bready malt smell and taste. Birch. Pleasant!
Mar 15, 2022Had this beer at the brewery poured from tap into a tulip glass. Nice brownish red color with a creamy white head and great curtain lacing. Toffee, bready malt smell and taste. Birch. Pleasant!
Rated by ErbtheBEERgod from Ohio
4.37/5 rDev +16.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
4.37/5 rDev +16.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
Great beer...good aroma, flavour, and after taste. Highly recommended. High Alcohol by volume.
May 13, 2017
Reviewed by damndirtyape from Ohio
3.88/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.88/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On tap at Barrel House in Dayton OH. Shared a 32oz pitcher with friends in globe snifters.
Appearance: Clear copper-amber with a off-white head. Plenty of persistent lacing in fine strands and small islands all over the glass.
Smell: Fresh cut citrus, more orange and sweet in character.
Taste: Nicely hoppy balanced with a solid dose of malt. Hops were citrus (orange, lemon) with a hint of tropical fruits and berry notes. The malt was nicely sweet to counter the hops, but not cloying. Bready and bringing a sweet-tart like note from sip to sip. The finish was again citrus like in character, with a bit of piney bitterness to counter the sweetness in the middle.
Mouthfeel: Just right carbonation. A bit sticky on the teeth.
Overall / Drinkability: A very tasty and fully flavored amber which had aspects of a DIPA to it considering all the malt. This was billed as an imperial Amber and it certainly fits the bill as a much stronger amber, but approaching the character of a balanced DIPA (not a hop bomb of a DIPA). Dangerously drinkable and perhaps more so due to the special on this beer - 32oz mini-pitcher for $5. Definitely something I would have again. Well crafted from start to finish. The only potential drawback, and it's minor, is a light aroma.
Mar 05, 2016Appearance: Clear copper-amber with a off-white head. Plenty of persistent lacing in fine strands and small islands all over the glass.
Smell: Fresh cut citrus, more orange and sweet in character.
Taste: Nicely hoppy balanced with a solid dose of malt. Hops were citrus (orange, lemon) with a hint of tropical fruits and berry notes. The malt was nicely sweet to counter the hops, but not cloying. Bready and bringing a sweet-tart like note from sip to sip. The finish was again citrus like in character, with a bit of piney bitterness to counter the sweetness in the middle.
Mouthfeel: Just right carbonation. A bit sticky on the teeth.
Overall / Drinkability: A very tasty and fully flavored amber which had aspects of a DIPA to it considering all the malt. This was billed as an imperial Amber and it certainly fits the bill as a much stronger amber, but approaching the character of a balanced DIPA (not a hop bomb of a DIPA). Dangerously drinkable and perhaps more so due to the special on this beer - 32oz mini-pitcher for $5. Definitely something I would have again. Well crafted from start to finish. The only potential drawback, and it's minor, is a light aroma.
Rated by herrmaurer from Indiana
2.49/5 rDev -33.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
2.49/5 rDev -33.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
Aftertaste lingered way too long too strong unhappy is right
Feb 15, 2015
Rated by drdiesel9483 from Ohio
4.21/5 rDev +12%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev +12%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
I really like the happy amber but think this Unhappy Amber is better. Wish they had this year round!
Jan 14, 2015
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