(Tap) clear, bright amber colour with a small white head; aroma of crushed weed, roast; balanced flavour with a long, light bitter finish

Tap at Marciero. Amber-red. Nose is caramel, pine, basic amber ale nose. Flavor of pine, cramel, nice bitterness. Decent enough amber, but not so exciting.

Draught @ Whole Foods, Hillcrest, San Diego. Aroma is quite nothing with some resin. Flavour has vanilla, berries, resiny malt and minerals. Finishes with lingering bitterness. Good.

Draught @ Whole Foods 7th Ave Pub, San Diego, CA

Pours reddish brown with a smooth head. Aroma of berries, hops, caramely malts and toffee. Taste is smooth, sweetish and malty with some berries, toffee, caramel and grassy hops. Finish is crisp, malty and caramely with some hops. Okay.

Note that the ABV is the Number of the Beast! Bomber from Bine & Vine. Pours ruddy amber with a slight white head. Aroma of lightly roasted (not very) malt with some chocolate notes. Med body, or nearly. Flavor is roasty malt and some chocolate notes. Maybe some fruit. Or not. The flavor is actually fairly substantial, and quite arguably bitter, but it’s very unusual to me. Especially for an amber ale. Hopefully this ale has no roots in a "Wall of Death".

22oz bomber pick up at the brewery pours with a rosy deep red body that has lighter hues of copper and amber and it supports a tan head. The aroma offers up malts, lightly roasted malts, a dash of nuttiness and then some nice earthy and spicy and resiny hops. The taste starts with a pleasing mix of lightly sweet malts, a dash of roasted malts and then earthy to spicy to resiny hoppy goodness. To midway and into the finish it picks up light chocolate malt notes as the hoppiness remains steady and yummy. The claimed 6.66% doesn’t come across at all and the body seems on the thin side for a beer with this abv heft but that it wasn’t thin enough to cause any issues with the experience. It is pretty nice as is, as it seems nearly sessionable. I like the way this one is going down.

Keg at Acoustic Ales tasting room, SD, 19/04/14. Clear reddish amber with a good sized off white covering. Nose is citric pith, bitter orange, rye bread, caramel malt, hops. Taste comprises light pine, orange pith, pink grapefruit, caramel, bubblegum. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close laced with subtle hop bitteress. Decent hoppy amber - red IPA, in fact an IPA, amber non style!