Amber Ale (Macs Ale)
Portland Brewing Company in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.37
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Rich, amber hue and full-bodied flavor begin with roasted, domestic caramel malt. It’s sweetness is then tempered with genuine Cascade hops, which are added again at the end of the boil for a distinctive, citric-floral aroma.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12oz bottle thanks to Uly
Appearance: Clear amber with a nice foamy white head and some lacing
Aroma: Malts, caramel and floral
Taste: Malts, pine with a slightly bitter finish
A decent Amber, especially for the price and easy drinkability
Appearance: Clear amber with a nice foamy white head and some lacing
Aroma: Malts, caramel and floral
Taste: Malts, pine with a slightly bitter finish
A decent Amber, especially for the price and easy drinkability
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2010
at 16:34
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Ice Tea colored pour in the glass. Somewhat spicy amber, probably because it’s a "Scottish Style". Light bodied. Rated 3/25/03
Tried
on 06 May 2010
at 22:13
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottled (thanks Kalevi Kurronen!). Amber colour, not much head. Aroma is wood, some sourness as well as mild notes of grains. Flavour is sour wood, some grains, mild notes of some grass.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2010
at 12:02
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled
Reddish, dark amber color, small off-white head. Light hoppy, fruity (grapes) aroma. Crisp carbonation. Pale malty, slightly fruity, finish is nicely hoppy, some white pepper. Good balanced amber ale, although not really interesting.
Reddish, dark amber color, small off-white head. Light hoppy, fruity (grapes) aroma. Crisp carbonation. Pale malty, slightly fruity, finish is nicely hoppy, some white pepper. Good balanced amber ale, although not really interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2010
at 12:01
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
6 oz sampler pour at the Seattle location of the brewery. Pour is clear golden amber with a minimal white head. Despite this, nice lacing appears after a few sips. Aroma is light caramel malt and a sweet tangerine fruitiness. Fresh nose. Taste is the nose reversed, tangerine and orange fruit up front followed by a mildly resin grain cereal malt. Hint of very mild diacetyl in the back. Palate is thin, towards watery. High carbonation and a clean finish make it easy to drink. Nice enough. The sampler also had a nitrogenated version of the beer and it pretty much killed it - I would put it at about a 2.5 nitro style.
Tried
on 13 Jan 2010
at 12:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
22 oz bottle. Smells...hoppy. A little strange for an amber. I was expecting a more malty aroma. Also smells of citrus. Pours deep copper with a decent head, decent lacing. Tasting: more like a pale (in the Sierra Nevada tradition) than any amber I’ve had. The hops clearly overpower the malt. I like hops more than malt, but given that this is labelled as an amber, I think it’s a bit...confused. Maybe it should just come out of the closet and admit that it’s a pale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Oct 2009
at 21:17
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap. Clear, pale amber with a small off-white head. Lightly sweet malty nose with a whiff of perfumy hops. Medium-bodied, roasted malt and caramel accents before a dry and lightly hoppy finish. 250709
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Sep 2009
at 10:11
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From tap at the Pyramid location in Walnut Creek. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is mild hops fruity, light peachy. Sweet malt flavoured, fruity, distinct peachy. Mild bitter and quite fruity flavoured finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Jul 2009
at 17:15
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft at the alehouse in Walnut Creek. A dark golden (more than amber) beer with a thin white head. The aroma is sweet with notes of malt, elderflowery hops, and some caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of elderflowers, malt, and caramel, leading to medium bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jul 2009
at 18:02
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle as shown. Pours a clear amber color with a medium frothy off white head that leves behind good sticky lacing along the glass. The aroma is a fruity malt with floral and lemon zest. Medium mouthfeel with a sweet grain taste with lemon and citrus with a bitter finish. A good amber ale from PBC.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2009
at 02:33