Idleback Amber
Slackwater Brewing in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Amber / Red Ale - American Regular|
Score
6.18
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This amber ale combines the best ingredients that Europe and North America have to offer. Belgian crystal malts provide notes of dark fruit and raisins and Cascade hops provide a slight bitterness and a hint of fresh pine.
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5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6
Texture 5
Overall 6
Can pour at East Side Beer Fest. Pours clear deep amber with off-white head. Dry caramel on the nose. Flavour has dry bready malts. Fairly tame, but decent enough.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Mar 2025
at 22:00
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
473ml can. Pours a clear copper amber with a small, foamy, short lived, beige head that laces. Mild aroma of toasted caramel malt, earthy yeast and floral hops. Sweet flavour of toasted caramel malt, raisin, plum, earthy yeast and light piney hops in a dry, mild bitter finish. Light to medium body with an oily texture and average carbonation. Could use more hops, but still enjoyable and easy to put back.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Mar 2023
at 03:59
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Rust and a little caramel. Burnt caramel. Dark amber pour with ok head. Light bitter end, bit pretty clean on finish. Tap at brewery.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Mar 2023
at 20:15
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Chestnut with loose beige head. Vague malt nose. Light malt with light late bitterness. Decent body
Tried
on 13 Oct 2022
at 00:39
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Poured from the tap. Clear bronze with off white head. Mild caramel malt, feint dark stone fruit, lacks depth, boring, but nothing wrong with it.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2022
at 23:32
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On tap. Pours a mahogany color with little head. Aromas of dry caramel and metallic toasted malts. Flavours of bread crusts, and caramel malts. Bitter finish
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jul 2021
at 21:28
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
On tap at Slackwater, pours a clear bronze / amber with a small off-white head. Aroma is a little vegetal, with toasted caramel, bready malt and herbal hops. Flavour is a bit better, with a decent balance of herbal hops and bready caramel malt. Still a little too vegetal but generally okay.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jun 2020
at 00:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours a really nice deep clear copper with big foam that has staying power. The aroma is soft biscuit with carbonated caramel hints. Flavour is deep biscuit, chewy, full. Simple but full mouthfeel, not too sweet. Nice and drinkable.
Tried
on 16 May 2020
at 20:14
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Looks a bit off, too yeasty and dull, messes with a nice amber colour. Not a whole lot of aroma. A bit sweet, a bit smoky, but kind of bland, too. Like when gringos try to make Mexican food.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jul 2019
at 02:16