Organ Grinder Amber Ale
Mankato Brewery in North Mankato, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale Regular|
Score
6.44
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superspak (10160) reviewed Organ Grinder Amber Ale from Mankato Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Got in a trade with The-Adjunct-HIppie. 12 ounce can into pint glass, best before 6/4/2019. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy medium orange/amber/light copper color with a 1-2 finger dense and creamy/rocky cream colored head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big caramel, brown sugar, toffee, toasted biscuit, nuts, brown bread/crust, raisin, plum, peach, pear, and red apple; with lighter notes of roast, wood, herbal, floral, grass, pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness. A bit too fruity/yeasty aromas, but not overwhelming. Nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready/light roasted malts, light-moderate fruity yeast, and light earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big caramel, brown sugar, toffee, toasted biscuit, nuts, and brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of roast, raisin, plum, peach, pear, red apple, wood, herbal, floral, grass, pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal, floral, grassy, peppery, roasted bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, toffee, toasted biscuit, nuts, brown bread/crust, light roast/fruits, wood, herbal, floral, grass, pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/light roasted malts and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready, fairly sticky, and lightly chalky mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 5.6%. Overall this is a delicious amber ale. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/light roasted malts and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mildly bitter/drying finish. Great soft feel. Nicely clean/rich dark/Munich malt complexity; with solid noble hop presence/balance, and restrained fruity yeast. Light residual sweetness with lingering bitter dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and impressively well made style example. A bit more English feeling than expected.
shrubber (15804) reviewed Organ Grinder Amber Ale from Mankato Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle. Weedy hay and toffee malt aroma. Amber with small head. Mildly sweet toffee malt and moderately bitter weedy grass flavor. Okay body. A tad harsh.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle: Almost clear amber with a thin, off-white head. Slightly nutty, caramel malt aroma. Taste is fairly rich caramel malt, a slight bit of smoke/toasted malt, nuts. Nicely bodied.....I thought it was a good, tasty example to style.
JK (8181) reviewed Organ Grinder Amber Ale from Mankato Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Tap at the beewery. Light red color. Flavor is muddled and a little messy. There is sugar and dry malt flavors.Hop flavor is very low. Malr finish..ok. the sort of red ale you find at every brewpub in America.
deyholla (22727) reviewed Organ Grinder Amber Ale from Mankato Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap. Pours a clear light amber with a near white head that dissipates slowly to the edges and laces. Aroma has a decent amount of bread and grain with a slight nuttiness underlying. Flavor has a bit more of a sweetness from the grains but finishes with bread and nuttiness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle poured into a shaker. Pours a slightly hazy light amber with a figner of off-white head. Aroma of caramel with just a hint of milk chocolate. Taste is light bitter and follows the aroma. Medium bodied with a decently creamy texture. Lively carbonation and a decently long finish. Overall, not bad. Drinkable and enjoyable, but nothing to seek out.
nuplastikk (10473) reviewed Organ Grinder Amber Ale from Mankato Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
12oz bottle. Some chill haze, but looks to be a filtered orange-tan body with a thin off-white head. Amber malt forward all the way. Chewy sweet cherry wood flavor. Middle of the road.