New Amsterdam IPA
Matt Brewing Company / Saranac Brewery
- From:
- Matt Brewing Company / Saranac Brewery
- New York, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- +2 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.47 | pDev: 5.48%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 19, 2016
- Added:
- Sep 16, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by metter98 from New York
3.42/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.42/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
A: The beer is crystal clear light amber in color and has a slight amount of visible carbonation. It poured with bits of lacing on the surface and a thin collar around the edge of the glass.
S: Moderate aromas of toasted biscuit malts are present in the nose along with faint hints of pine.
T: Similar to the smell, the taste is rather malty for an IPA and has lots of flavors of toasted and biscuit malts along with hints of piney hops and alcohol. There is a light to moderate amount of bitterness.
M: It feels medium-bodied and a little crisp on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer tastes like a cross between an ESB and an English Pale Ale.
Note: The label on the beer says "Brewed and bottled by New Amsterdam Brewing Company
Glens Falls-Queensbury, NY". I'm not sure who brews this beer - F. X. Matt bought the New Amsterdam Brewing brand but then sold it to Chatham Imports.
Serving type: bottle
Jan 24, 2016S: Moderate aromas of toasted biscuit malts are present in the nose along with faint hints of pine.
T: Similar to the smell, the taste is rather malty for an IPA and has lots of flavors of toasted and biscuit malts along with hints of piney hops and alcohol. There is a light to moderate amount of bitterness.
M: It feels medium-bodied and a little crisp on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer tastes like a cross between an ESB and an English Pale Ale.
Note: The label on the beer says "Brewed and bottled by New Amsterdam Brewing Company
Glens Falls-Queensbury, NY". I'm not sure who brews this beer - F. X. Matt bought the New Amsterdam Brewing brand but then sold it to Chatham Imports.
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed by JerzDevl2000 from New Jersey
3.5/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Picked up this beer a few weeks back at the Whole Foods on Houston St in New York City. Had the New Amsterdam Amber recently and this tasted a lot like it. What threw me off was that this was listed under a different brewery but the label was nearly identical to the other one that I reviewed on here. This almost felt like an ESB and the hops and alcohol weren't really noticeable here, but this still went down relatively easily for a beer of this style.
Just like the Amber, this had an almond hue and tan head to the pour as the beer was nearly clear when held up to the light. Not a lot of lacing left on my glass once the foam settled down as this had caramel in the nose with a fair amount of Golding or Golding-like floral, bitter hops. This had a bit more resin in the mouthfeel with some additional caramel and a nice, floral aftertaste that fit in well with the herbal taste of this. Slightly leathery in tone, this had a nice warming effect to it to go with the tea-like spice that stuck around after each sip went down.
While not terribly strong, this had just about booze in it to be detected once I finished this off. Not a bad beer by any means but it was also not like other IPA's that I've had. Worth a go one for something different but after having two beers with "New Amsterdam" on the label, its easy to see why they're no longer being brewed.
Dec 23, 2015Just like the Amber, this had an almond hue and tan head to the pour as the beer was nearly clear when held up to the light. Not a lot of lacing left on my glass once the foam settled down as this had caramel in the nose with a fair amount of Golding or Golding-like floral, bitter hops. This had a bit more resin in the mouthfeel with some additional caramel and a nice, floral aftertaste that fit in well with the herbal taste of this. Slightly leathery in tone, this had a nice warming effect to it to go with the tea-like spice that stuck around after each sip went down.
While not terribly strong, this had just about booze in it to be detected once I finished this off. Not a bad beer by any means but it was also not like other IPA's that I've had. Worth a go one for something different but after having two beers with "New Amsterdam" on the label, its easy to see why they're no longer being brewed.
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