Amber
Waterloo Brewing Company in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Lager - Amber / Vienna Regular|
Score
5.84
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When it comes to brewing, we take things slow. Our full-bodied Amber is slow-aged with Northern White Oak, bringing out the rich flavours of cluster and Hallertau hops, roasted rye malt and a special distiller's malt. Slightly woody and surprisingly drinkable, our Amber proves that crafting strong beer is an art form worth the effort – and the wait.
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5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Looks great! Nice big white head. Soft, doughy, bready aroma. Nice solid malting with some light earthiness. Flavor is sweet, and malty, but finishes with an odd macro veggie aftertaste. Medium bitterness, but the finish really showed i think this is a pig with lipstick.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:34
7.2/10
Tried
on 16 Jun 2023
at 12:12
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
473ml can. Pours a clear orange-amber with a small, creamy, short lived, off-white head that laces. Mild aroma of toasted grainy malt and caramel. Sweet flavour of caramel malt, toffee, orange, honey and overripe apple in a dry finish. Light to medium body with an oily texture and soft carbonation. A little too sweet. A malt forward Amber, almost like a malt liquor. Could use more hops to balance things out.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jan 2019
at 05:48
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can - Sweet toffee, caramel and some cola notes. Clear dark gold with a small white head. Orange, caramel with some toffee and a cooked orange finish.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Nov 2017
at 23:39
3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 2
Can: Poured a clear light brown color ale with medium size foamy head with OK retention and minimal lacing. Aroma of unrefined grainy malt notes is not very pleasant. Taste is also dominated by unrefined granny notes with light dry hops notes barely noticeable. Body is light with OK carbonation. Quite bad with low drinkability level.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Aug 2014
at 12:31
4.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
This amber poured a light amber colour with a big, off white coloured head. Rocky head. Scents include metal, dough and hay. First swig was very smooth but a little watery with flavours of honey, leaves and cereal. Finish is slightly sweet with honey/malt flavours lingering.
Tried
on 05 Feb 2014
at 16:46
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Canette 473ml. De couleur ambrée-cuivrée et claire. Nez de grains de malt sucrés, léger de maïs sucré et de miel avec des notes de houblon herbeux, de fruits (agrumes) et de biscuits. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture aux notes huileuses. Notes fruitées (agrumes) accompagné d’un léger goût de légumes bouillis sucrés et de traces d’épices (poivre) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût de grains de malt sucré et aux faibles notes rôties ainsi que des notes de miel et de biscuits. L’on retrouve également de faibles traces de pain et de maïs sucré. Parallèlement, des notes métalliques d’alcool sont présentes en arrière-goût durant toute la gorgée et une légère amertume de houblon herbeux vient de rajouter en toute fin de gorgée. Post-goût moyen et aux notes asséchantes, légèrement amer de houblon herbeux aux notes florales ainsi que des notes d’alcool métallique.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Aug 2012
at 17:20
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Single 473ml can at the LCBO from Brick’s "Seasonal Collection". Pours a clear golden-amber colour with a decent big tanned cap that has good retention and offers foamy lacing. Grainy aromas of mild roasted and caramel hops, alcohol with very light fruits and hops. Very smooth silky mouthfeel, but not much stick in the end. Soft sweet malt start with the hop kicking a bit after the middle and notes of rusty water appears in the finish. Gets better as you drink more. Interesting coming from Brick’s under their Waterloo name, but still not a top Oktoberfest.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Nov 2011
at 16:45
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Not bad, not super strong on the taste or anything but not bad. Decent touch of faint caramel.
Tried
on 22 Nov 2011
at 19:23