Admiral Ambar
Canton Brew Works

16 ounce can into tulip glass, no can dating. Pours fairly crystal clear deep orange/copper/light reddish color with a 1 finger dense and rocky light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread dough, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, orange, grapefruit, lemon, peach, and citrus zest; with light notes of toffee, roast, pepper, pine, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready/light roast malts and citrus/light earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of big caramel, brown sugar, brown bread dough, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, orange, grapefruit, lemon, peach, and citrus zest; with light notes of toffee, roast, pepper, pine, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Mild pine, zesty, herbal, grassy, spicy hops; and roast bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread dough, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, orange, grapefruit, lemon, peach, citrus zest, toffee, roast, light pepper/pine, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/light roast malts and citrus/light earthy hop flavors; with a solid malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying flavors after the finish. Slightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, and lightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is great.Zero warming alcohol for 6.2%. Overall this is a very nice American amber ale. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/light roast malts and citrus/light earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mildly bitter/drying finish. Feels like Centennial hops or similar. Very clean, rich, and well rounded malt complexity with nice juicy hop presence; and mild bitterness against sweetness. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.

 

Served on tap at the pub. Deep amber/garnet in color with a half finger of foam. Malty, slightly fruited, caramel, raisin, fog, almond, sweetness balanced with floral hop finish.