American Amber Lager
Dundee Brewing Company (Cervecería Costa Rica - FIFCO) in Rochester, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Amber / Vienna Regular Out of Production|
Score
5.57
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JW Dundee’s American Amber Lager has a complex malt character that is masterfully balanced by a distinct American Hop aroma and flavor. We use 5 different malts to create the complex malt flavor in this beer. We start with our 2 Row Pale Malt as our base and then add 4 different types of Crystal Malts. It is the combination of the four Crystal malts that define the complexity of the beer. Although the malt is showcased in this beer, the hops play an important part in the balance of flavors. We use Simcoe, Cascade, and Magnum hops to create the hop profile that balances the complex malt character. This balance creates a beer that has great depth of flavor while still being very drinkable. JW Dundee’s Amber Lager is flavorful enough to satisfy craft beer drinkers yet is still accessible to those looking to find a beer with a little more character than their normal beer.
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5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12oz bottle-pours a rich off white head and amber/copper color. Aroma is medium malt, tea-herbal, some spice. Taste is medium malt-caramel, tea-herbal, some spice hops. Some metallic tannins distract from beer that seems to be a cross of an Irish/American amber. Soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2008
at 15:07
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Lightly roasted malt aroma. Dark amber clear pour, with a thin yellow head, good lace. Metallic sour malt. Grain on the palate. Too sour for the style, but I don’t mind it. Not very balanced, but not a bad every day beer, especially in the spring.
Tried
on 26 Apr 2008
at 17:10
4.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Tasted with ilovedarkbeer. Pretty bad. Aroma is light malt with some copper. No real head, a nice clear copper body. Flavor is malt and water. Metallic and fizzy tasting.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2008
at 22:39
4.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle: Pours a copper color with a moderate, creamy white head. Nose is mild of florals and maltiness. Flavor is crisp, yet lacks real hops. Malty and light cardboard.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2007
at 14:06
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Clear amber body with a small creamy off-white head. Sweet caramel aroma. Sweet malty flavor, some caramel and toastiness.
Tried
on 20 Oct 2007
at 17:37
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
bottle - Pours clear amber with a one finger head that leaves a bit of lacing. It has a light, sweet malt aroma and tastes of caramel malts with a very mild hops presence. It’s watery and goes down easy. Lacking.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2007
at 21:50
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 7
I just finished rating the original and this is also an american dark lager. The original was pretty good. Why have I never rated this tho it is near my fingertips at every store? I spend so much time seeking out craft beers and it’s hard to respect anything that is so obtainable, you take it for granted it will always be there. I have always, for some reason thought of dundees as a macro. Finally, in the right place at the right time I picked up a craft pack. This one had five in it. Twist off 12 oz bottle, nice packaging. Perhaps a sweet aroma in the background of flowers. Pours a little sparkly then the bubbles and lacing disapear. Brown orange brown in my steeler stein. Has more bitter hops in it than the original and the original has none, so this is just a teeny more personality. Also, it seems to be a bit roasty. Though there is a lingering finish in the background of maly hang-on, it’s nothing like the offense implied by La Rossa. This brew is easy to accept, it reminds of of some bocks or octoberfests in a strange sort of way.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Dec 2006
at 17:26
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle picked up at Majestic, Bicester, in a case that showcased three each of four types of beer from the brewery. Light amber coloured beer, some hops and malt on the aroma, which follow through into the taste. Pretty good but not the best of the four.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2006
at 01:47
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Poured a dark amber color with a creamy white head. Very sweet hoppy malt smell throught. Very sweet malt flavor of caramel yet still spicy.
Tried
on 14 May 2006
at 20:03
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Very sweet/syrupy malt aroma. Reddish dark amber color with small head. Mildly sweet malt flavor - long lasting - not nearly as sweet as the aroma would lead you to believe. Nice brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2006
at 15:22