CaliforN/A Amber
Bravus Brewing Company
- From:
- Bravus Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- Low-Alcohol Beer
- ABV:
- 0.5%
- Score:
- +1 rating needed
- Avg:
- 2.69 | pDev: 26.77%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 9
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 12, 2021
- Added:
- May 06, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by flagmantho from Washington
3.28/5 rDev +21.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.28/5 rDev +21.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Poured from 12oz can into a dimpled mug. Best by 3/2022.
Appearance: medium golden-amber hue with a clear body and a thin cap of tan foam. The color is quite good, though a little more head would be nice.
Smell: quite caramelly and biscuity, with a hint of perhaps vegetal hops on the side. Although perhaps not my favorite composition, it's really quite convincing for an amber ale, if a little bit watered-down.
Taste: there's a fair bit of caramel character in here, with relatively high sweetness and a little bit of bitterness. It's missing ... something, but that's not too unexpected for NA. Not too bad under the circumstances.
Mouthfeel: light body with a big carbonation and a halfway-decent creaminess. This beer has more body than is usually achieved in NA.
Overall: while this is not my personal favorite style, I think this is a relatively good execution of the task. This is reasonably convincing as a beer, if a little sweet and a little bit watery.
Oct 12, 2021Appearance: medium golden-amber hue with a clear body and a thin cap of tan foam. The color is quite good, though a little more head would be nice.
Smell: quite caramelly and biscuity, with a hint of perhaps vegetal hops on the side. Although perhaps not my favorite composition, it's really quite convincing for an amber ale, if a little bit watered-down.
Taste: there's a fair bit of caramel character in here, with relatively high sweetness and a little bit of bitterness. It's missing ... something, but that's not too unexpected for NA. Not too bad under the circumstances.
Mouthfeel: light body with a big carbonation and a halfway-decent creaminess. This beer has more body than is usually achieved in NA.
Overall: while this is not my personal favorite style, I think this is a relatively good execution of the task. This is reasonably convincing as a beer, if a little sweet and a little bit watery.
Reviewed by CanConPhilly from Pennsylvania
2.7/5 rDev +0.4%
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
2.7/5 rDev +0.4%
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
L - 2-finger dense offwhite head is slow to recede. Body is a near-opaque blood red.
S - mushrooms, dirt, a little citrus. Smells like their other beers.
T - mushrooms, carrots, cabbage, with a drizzle of caramel. Why do all of their beers taste vegetal?
F - medium-light body with average carb.
O - I’m sorry Bravus, I just don’t like your beers. They all have an offputting malt taste that I can’t get past. Still have one left to try.
Feb 07, 2021S - mushrooms, dirt, a little citrus. Smells like their other beers.
T - mushrooms, carrots, cabbage, with a drizzle of caramel. Why do all of their beers taste vegetal?
F - medium-light body with average carb.
O - I’m sorry Bravus, I just don’t like your beers. They all have an offputting malt taste that I can’t get past. Still have one left to try.
Reviewed by tigg924 from Massachusetts
1.79/5 rDev -33.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
1.79/5 rDev -33.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Pours clear, dark amber in color with one quarter inch head. Nose is awful, medicinal. Taste is toasted malt, brown sugar and pale malt. Light bodied, sweet with moderate carbonation. I cannot get past the smell here. Sorry, can't finish this. A drainpour.
Feb 01, 2021
Reviewed by descobar from Florida
2.97/5 rDev +10.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
2.97/5 rDev +10.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
look: pours medium amber/copper with a thin white head. perfect clarity. slight lacing.
smell: sweet, toast, burnt caramel, toffee maybe
feel: medium-full body, moderate carb, astringency absent, creamy, oily texture
taste: on the sweet side of a balanced malt character. too light on the bitterness. finish is smooth but unremarkable would like a little more complexity
overall: not great. expected more because the word is that great strides have been made in NA techniques. where does the basic bitterness in these NA go? away (burnt off?) with the alcohol, I assume
May 03, 2020smell: sweet, toast, burnt caramel, toffee maybe
feel: medium-full body, moderate carb, astringency absent, creamy, oily texture
taste: on the sweet side of a balanced malt character. too light on the bitterness. finish is smooth but unremarkable would like a little more complexity
overall: not great. expected more because the word is that great strides have been made in NA techniques. where does the basic bitterness in these NA go? away (burnt off?) with the alcohol, I assume
Reviewed by Skywave from Oklahoma
3.76/5 rDev +39.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.76/5 rDev +39.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Appearance:
Deep amber/copper, thinnish head, some lacing, slight haze
Aroma:
Toasted malt, slightly burnt brown sugar or marshmallow, leafy, earthy hops.
Flavor:
Malty, toasty but in a weird way--think roasted marshmallows--, moderate spicy/earthy English hops. Leans to sweet/underfermented but not unpleasantly so.
Mouthfeel:
Moderate CO2 and light moderate body. Feels like a real beer.
Overall:
You could fool some people with this Amber. It tastes enough like real Amber ales I have had in the 3 to 4% abv range that are mashed at higher temperatures to limit fermentability. It tastes as good as a lot of lower alcohol Ambers out there. Reminds me of the defunct 1990's Tulsa Brewing Co.'s Route 66 amber. I read that Bravus recently revamped the recipe. Whatever they did, keep doing it.
Mar 29, 2020Deep amber/copper, thinnish head, some lacing, slight haze
Aroma:
Toasted malt, slightly burnt brown sugar or marshmallow, leafy, earthy hops.
Flavor:
Malty, toasty but in a weird way--think roasted marshmallows--, moderate spicy/earthy English hops. Leans to sweet/underfermented but not unpleasantly so.
Mouthfeel:
Moderate CO2 and light moderate body. Feels like a real beer.
Overall:
You could fool some people with this Amber. It tastes enough like real Amber ales I have had in the 3 to 4% abv range that are mashed at higher temperatures to limit fermentability. It tastes as good as a lot of lower alcohol Ambers out there. Reminds me of the defunct 1990's Tulsa Brewing Co.'s Route 66 amber. I read that Bravus recently revamped the recipe. Whatever they did, keep doing it.
Reviewed by teromous from Virginia
2.42/5 rDev -10%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5
2.42/5 rDev -10%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5
The top rim of the can says "DRINK FRESH" but it does not appear to have a date listed anywhere.
Appearance: The body is a tea golden brown color with haze and numerous tiny suspended solids. It momentarily forms a short white head that instantly fades to a thin ring. Small spots of lacing. The surface of the beer is lifeless.
Aroma: It smells like caramel and buttered toffee. The aroma is fairly subdued.
Taste: A light toffee flavor comes through at first, followed by only a hint of herbal character in the middle. The herbal flavor tastes a bit like sage and peppery tobacco but it is so faint that it is hard to really put a finger on the flavor.
Mouthfeel: Watery and light bodied with a wet finish.
Overall: The beer doesn't have much to offer. It is lacking as an Amber Ale. The can states this is a "NEAR BEER" and even for that category it doesn't offer much. I wouldn't recommend it or drink it again.
Jan 28, 2020Appearance: The body is a tea golden brown color with haze and numerous tiny suspended solids. It momentarily forms a short white head that instantly fades to a thin ring. Small spots of lacing. The surface of the beer is lifeless.
Aroma: It smells like caramel and buttered toffee. The aroma is fairly subdued.
Taste: A light toffee flavor comes through at first, followed by only a hint of herbal character in the middle. The herbal flavor tastes a bit like sage and peppery tobacco but it is so faint that it is hard to really put a finger on the flavor.
Mouthfeel: Watery and light bodied with a wet finish.
Overall: The beer doesn't have much to offer. It is lacking as an Amber Ale. The can states this is a "NEAR BEER" and even for that category it doesn't offer much. I wouldn't recommend it or drink it again.
Reviewed by southack from Maryland
3.04/5 rDev +13%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
3.04/5 rDev +13%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
Look: Amber but a little cloudy, fine bubbles, light head that dissipates in a minute.
Smell: Malty
Taste: Overall decent but with a malty/unfermented taste.
Feel: Good mouthfeel, medium weight ale
Jan 10, 2020Smell: Malty
Taste: Overall decent but with a malty/unfermented taste.
Feel: Good mouthfeel, medium weight ale
Reviewed by Quorocker from Texas
2.99/5 rDev +11.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
2.99/5 rDev +11.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
I read one review that said this was horrible.I disagree and for an NA beer it's pretty tasty.The smell is odd,but once past that I'd recommend it highly for those looking for a decent NA
Jan 08, 2020
Reviewed by bret27 from California
1.29/5 rDev -52%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5
1.29/5 rDev -52%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5
Dark side of amber. Fair head retention. Strange smells can not identify. Bad mushroom/plastic/chemicals. Taste is same making it undrinkable. Mouthfeel ok.
Overall: worst NA beer I’ve had so far. Couldn’t even finish 1/4 can. Sadly the brewery sent me a free batch when I let them know this. I had hoped something went wrong with the first but this one was the same.
Oct 28, 2019Overall: worst NA beer I’ve had so far. Couldn’t even finish 1/4 can. Sadly the brewery sent me a free batch when I let them know this. I had hoped something went wrong with the first but this one was the same.
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