Ski Bum
Ellicottville Brewing in Ellicottville, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale Regular|
Score
5.73
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Ellicottville is home to two of the East’s premier ski resorts, which means we are also home to a colorful bunch of ‘ski bums’. These folks make the first tracks in the morning, catch the last chair of the evening, and still make last call. Our smooth auburn winter ale is a cheers to them! Brewed with centennial hops, moderate bitterness.
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6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 6
Texture 5
Overall 6
s: grassy | crisp | biscuits
a: clear copper coloured body | nice tan head
t: bitter | nutty | rustic grains
p: toast | light stone fruits | floral end
o: rounded | malt-forward | metallic finish - decent after skiing in Ellicottville (Holiday Valley)
12 ounce bottle | Red Eye Beverage Company: Salamanaca, New York | 02-February-2025 | US$2,38 | bottled: 05-November-2024 | sampled: 28-February-2025
6.0,7.5,6.0,5.0,6.0 (rb)
a: clear copper coloured body | nice tan head
t: bitter | nutty | rustic grains
p: toast | light stone fruits | floral end
o: rounded | malt-forward | metallic finish - decent after skiing in Ellicottville (Holiday Valley)
12 ounce bottle | Red Eye Beverage Company: Salamanaca, New York | 02-February-2025 | US$2,38 | bottled: 05-November-2024 | sampled: 28-February-2025
6.0,7.5,6.0,5.0,6.0 (rb)
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2025
at 22:03
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Sampled on draft at Urban Tap this beer poured an orange-amber color with a medium sized foamy orange-white head that left good lacing. The aroma was stone fruits, malt and a touch of medicine. The flavor was malty with light apricot, mild astringency. and an off medicinal note. Medium length finish. Medium body.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Jan 2019
at 21:36
3.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 2
Bottle; market district. First taste is near cloying amber ale. Thick strong alky laced ale, fer sher. Difficult ruff rude ass ale, totally on style for a big alky malty ale. Near sterile volatile nose. Big nasty thick viscous mouth coating rude ass ale to the hilt. Medicine alky laced mouth coating near dizzying effects to the knoggin. Over the top in personality, really gitz in yer face and on the nerves. Hoppy bold giant dull kick in the head. Yes, this beach bum is gittin mellowed out, dude. Finish is kick ass full of hop boldness bullshitter. What is this? An amber that wants to be just another IPA? Could not appreciate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2018
at 03:33
4.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Bottle. Weedy toffee malt aroma. Amber with large light tan head. Mildly sweet toffee malt and moderately bitter quinine/hay/orange peel flavor. Okay body. Harsh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Apr 2017
at 20:05
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle: (label says 6%) Clear, deep amber with a tall beige head. Caramel, grain aroma. Taste is mildly bitter, caramel malt, and a bit of mineral bittering. Overall.......bland and uninteresting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2017
at 15:58
6/10
Tried
on 19 Nov 2016
at 12:08
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5
Bottle @ home, picked up at Boulder Liquor Mart. Pours a hazy dark reddish orange appearance with a cream colored head. Bland, bitter hops in the nose. Very light citrus, a little pine, caramel. A little chalky in the mouth. Moderately spicy. Medium plus bitterness. Moderate sweetness. Toasted bread, light pine, dough. Boring.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2015
at 20:30
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12oz bottle from Wegmans, West Seneca, NY. A hazy amber pour with a scummy white head that laces the glass completely; citrus aroma with perhaps a trace of pineapple; big citrus hop taste, quite bitter and with a touch of spice; and a dry moreish finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2015
at 17:45