Heavy Hearted Amber Ale
Zaftig Brewing Company in Worthington, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale Regular|
Score
6.52
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4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle from vintage estate. Malty nose. Has a darker maroon attitude about the eye. Quite malty first impact. Yes, alky with a somewhat peat feel to it. More personality than most red ales. Gets a little difficult in the middle. Some back of throat interesting funny stuff. Yes, funny little leprechaun, heheheh. An Irish, or should I say a wee heavy Scottish ale for the doe-mestick crowd of the you, ess of aye! LOL. There, you have it, it finally ends with a milky malt finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2019
at 22:54
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at the Sandusky Kroger bar. Pours dark, reddish-brown, with a medium, frothy, tan head. The nose is pine, caramel, walnuts, and syrup. Sweet and a bit roasty, and almost a bit tart. Medium body, with a syrupy, astringent mouthfeel. Interesting and malty, but a bit dank.
Tried
on 17 Sep 2018
at 20:34
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 9/26/2016. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy ruby red/light copper color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, citrus zest, light pine, light toffee/roast, grass, and floral/toasted earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready malt and light-moderate citrus/fruity hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, citrus zest, light pine, light toffee/roast, grass, and floral/toasted earthiness. Light pine/citrus peel bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, citrus zest, light pine, and floral/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt and light-moderate citrus/fruity hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Slight dryness from lingering bitterness, lightly increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready, and slightly sticky/chalky/resinous balanced mouthfeel that is great. Fairly well hidden alcohol, a small warmth lingering after the finish for 8%. Overall this is a very nice imperial amber ale style. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt and light-moderate citrus/fruity hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV. Very rich and complex on malts; pretty juicy and not too bitter on hop flavors. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2016
at 20:25
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample at The Ohio Taproom. Dark amber color with a medium light beige head that dissipates slowly to a film. Sticky jagged sheets of lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasted malt, hops and caramel. Medium-bodied with flavors of caramel malt, candy corn and hops. The finish is sweet with a malty aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 May 2014
at 20:54