Amsterdam
Mast Landing Brewing Company
- From:
- Mast Landing Brewing Company
- Maine, United States
- Style:
- American Amber / Red Ale
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- +1 rating needed
- Avg:
- 3.77 | pDev: 6.37%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 07, 2023
- Added:
- Feb 22, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by puboflyons from New Hampshire
3.76/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.76/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
From a 16 oz. can dated 09/23/22. Sampled Nov 10, 2022.
The aroma emits crackers and fruit malts but there is like a perfume character in there too. Musky. I'm not sure how else to describe it.
The mouthfeel is medium and smooth.
The flavor is sweet and malty like fresh fruit and crackers combined. Mildly dry. Easy to drink. Better than average.
Nov 10, 2022The aroma emits crackers and fruit malts but there is like a perfume character in there too. Musky. I'm not sure how else to describe it.
The mouthfeel is medium and smooth.
The flavor is sweet and malty like fresh fruit and crackers combined. Mildly dry. Easy to drink. Better than average.
Reviewed by GratefulBeerGuy from New Hampshire
4/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Keeping it totally random... This is going to be my 2000th BA review!! I had a break for a couple years from BA due to me not being able to log-in! LOL. So here it is....
Canned on: 9/28/20 Batch #2. Opened and reviewed on: 12/18/20
Opaque brown color, no light getting through this one. 3" robusto foamy head has a whipped but bubbly look.
The nose is very nice, soft fruity sweetness from the hops and sweet chocolate malty aroma draws you in. Herbs and pepper are detected in a subtle way.
A zippy and very clean feeling first sip, leaning to a very crispy brown ale over an Amber Ale style wise. Smooth and round in the middle as the earthy tones from the dry hopped technique kick in. Herbal and peppery malt is also mildly chocolate with a dry leafy punch.
Decent complexity but very clean and super easy to session. I'm glad this was #2000 for me, because I'm giving this a straight 4.0/5 which just happens to be the score of my very first BA review on 5/20/2006.
Dec 18, 2020Canned on: 9/28/20 Batch #2. Opened and reviewed on: 12/18/20
Opaque brown color, no light getting through this one. 3" robusto foamy head has a whipped but bubbly look.
The nose is very nice, soft fruity sweetness from the hops and sweet chocolate malty aroma draws you in. Herbs and pepper are detected in a subtle way.
A zippy and very clean feeling first sip, leaning to a very crispy brown ale over an Amber Ale style wise. Smooth and round in the middle as the earthy tones from the dry hopped technique kick in. Herbal and peppery malt is also mildly chocolate with a dry leafy punch.
Decent complexity but very clean and super easy to session. I'm glad this was #2000 for me, because I'm giving this a straight 4.0/5 which just happens to be the score of my very first BA review on 5/20/2006.
Reviewed by ichorNet from Massachusetts
4.01/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.01/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
This is my second addition today of a Mast Landing beer to BA, and it's not even the second unique Mast Landing beer in my glass today, either! Just one of those days, it seems. Amsterdam is a dry-hopped amber ale clocking in at a surprisingly-tame 5% ABV. I do not know what this was dry-hopped with, as that information does not seem to be available, but I do know that this beer was inspired by the employees'/brewers' trip to Amsterdam this past December. Not sure how this being an amber ale plays into that inspiration, but okay.
The pour is a ruddy deep amber color with very little light penetration, though as it pours, it definitely seems to be an amber color, perhaps like a 25-27 SRM, though I could see it getting to the 30s for sure. When held up to light, Amsterdam is a decent-looking beer with a hazy but not overly-dense body. The head is mighty nice, though; measuring about two fingers with a vigorous pour, and bearing excellent legs and solid lace, I have to say that Amsterdam is good looking for an unfiltered American amber. The hazy appearance might disturb purists, but... meh.
The nose is caramel and bready overtones crossed with some herbal, piney, and citrusy hops, almost in turn. The forward hop notes are definitely green and grassy, with a touch of light earthiness followed by resin and white grapefruit/tangelo afterwards. A bit of black pepper and dankness plus some unusual mossy notes add a little character here. Overall, I'd say the balance between fruity, grassy, herbal, and piney hops with some elements of sweet malt seem in-character here considering this is a 5% amber at heart.
On the tongue, Amsterdam nicely melds notes of caramel/crystal maltiness with pine backings joined by light notes of rindlike citrus, papaya, passion fruit, and underlying stone fruit. It's kind of a complex beer for the ABV, but the feel is certainly heavy and intensely-yeasty for a beer in that realm as well, so it's kind of a trade-off. In terms of 5% beers, this may well be one of the most filling I've had recently. There's just a lot to it, and none of what it does it very subtle. It's not exactly hiding the hops, for example, and the recipe seems both malt-driven and, yet, strikingly geared towards the intense dry-hop charge. I actually enjoy this a lot. It's an exercise in balance that just happens to hit my palate correctly. I assume it is not like that for everyone, but I do encourage people to give this a try. It's not a hazy IPA, sure, but it has some of the same hop elements, and the malt backbone pushes it in an unusual direction. Worth a shot.
Feb 22, 2020The pour is a ruddy deep amber color with very little light penetration, though as it pours, it definitely seems to be an amber color, perhaps like a 25-27 SRM, though I could see it getting to the 30s for sure. When held up to light, Amsterdam is a decent-looking beer with a hazy but not overly-dense body. The head is mighty nice, though; measuring about two fingers with a vigorous pour, and bearing excellent legs and solid lace, I have to say that Amsterdam is good looking for an unfiltered American amber. The hazy appearance might disturb purists, but... meh.
The nose is caramel and bready overtones crossed with some herbal, piney, and citrusy hops, almost in turn. The forward hop notes are definitely green and grassy, with a touch of light earthiness followed by resin and white grapefruit/tangelo afterwards. A bit of black pepper and dankness plus some unusual mossy notes add a little character here. Overall, I'd say the balance between fruity, grassy, herbal, and piney hops with some elements of sweet malt seem in-character here considering this is a 5% amber at heart.
On the tongue, Amsterdam nicely melds notes of caramel/crystal maltiness with pine backings joined by light notes of rindlike citrus, papaya, passion fruit, and underlying stone fruit. It's kind of a complex beer for the ABV, but the feel is certainly heavy and intensely-yeasty for a beer in that realm as well, so it's kind of a trade-off. In terms of 5% beers, this may well be one of the most filling I've had recently. There's just a lot to it, and none of what it does it very subtle. It's not exactly hiding the hops, for example, and the recipe seems both malt-driven and, yet, strikingly geared towards the intense dry-hop charge. I actually enjoy this a lot. It's an exercise in balance that just happens to hit my palate correctly. I assume it is not like that for everyone, but I do encourage people to give this a try. It's not a hazy IPA, sure, but it has some of the same hop elements, and the malt backbone pushes it in an unusual direction. Worth a shot.
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