Zoe
Maine Beer Company in Freeport, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale - American Regular|
Score
7.71
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On a rainy fall day in 2009, my five year old daughter Zoe and I were wandering the streets of Bar Harbor and stumbled across the Whale Museum. Zoe loved it. It put a smile on her face. Hopefully our ale will do the same for you. Cheers!
Flavor Profile: Aromas of pine and raisin. Notes of citrus, black current, cherry, and fig with a malty backbone of toasted bread, dark chocolate, and caramel.
Hops: Simcoe, Centennial, Columbus
Malt: American 2-Row, Maris Otter Pale, Caramel 40L, Munich 10L, Victory, Carmel 80L, Chocolate
Flavor Profile: Aromas of pine and raisin. Notes of citrus, black current, cherry, and fig with a malty backbone of toasted bread, dark chocolate, and caramel.
Hops: Simcoe, Centennial, Columbus
Malt: American 2-Row, Maris Otter Pale, Caramel 40L, Munich 10L, Victory, Carmel 80L, Chocolate
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Great amber. MBC is two for two, so far for me, and I’d love to try more from them. Pours a deep reddish brown with a nice off-white head. The aroma is big on caramel and hops. Citrus and pine notes abound. Mildly grassy. It’s just a big mix of caramel maltiness and pine resin/orange/grapefruit hoppiness. Taste is drier than expected, a welcome change from many strong ambers. Aftertaste is all citrus rind and resin. Full mouthfeel but not outstanding in any particular way. A very easy beer to drink and to like.
Tried
on 23 Jul 2011
at 22:16
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Courtesy of Gillard. Pours murky amber with thin copper edges and off white head. The aroma has a nice mix of spicy hops, citrus hops, floral hops and some earthiness along with a bit of malt and cherry hard candy infused crystal malts . . . yes, all of that. The taste has a quick rush of hops from floral to spicy and citrus and then it rolls into roastiness and thin veins of earthy hops. Tasty with lots going on.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jul 2011
at 20:30
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Big beige big-bubbled lasting head. Deep dark red body with strong carbonation. Strong resiny tropical mango aroma with pineapple and wood notes. Dry-sweet wooden mango and resin taste with lacquer and spice notes. Fullish body. Mild, soft mouthfeel. Dry roasty minty mango aftertaste with dusty wooden notes. Nice. Highly drinkable, and full of flavour. Could perhaps be a bit drier. (0.5l bottle, Ølbutikken, Copenhagen.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2011
at 13:24
9.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
for a brewery that makes 2 beers, this is an unextected surprise, even though it shouldnt be because the spring ale was so good, but this rivals nugget nectar for the best amber ive ever had. perfect color and palate, and very close for the other categories, absolutely delicious, would have it everyday if it was easier to get, hint hint MBC, BREW SOME MORE!!!
Tried
on 08 May 2011
at 15:35
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
Pours a beautiful deep red color with a huge bubbly tan head that survived for the entire glass despite leaving lots of lace in its wake. Orange and other citrus fruits dominate the aroma. Hints of resin are mixed in there sparingly and mingle well with the caramel and bready malt aromas. Great smelling brew. Taste is mildly caramel and a little sweet. Think of bready malt mixed with citrus, orange rind and tangerines. Hints of chocolate and citrus in a long lingering but fairly dry finish. Medium to light body is maybe the only thing I could suggest to improve this one. I would have loved a touch more body. Smooth resinous and candy like sweet mouthfeel, medium level of carbonation. Wow, this is a fantastic beer. Not once did I notice the 7.2% abv. Smooth light easy to drink, if they could only find a way to make this more available I would buy this all the time.
Tried
from Can
on 01 May 2011
at 13:03
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours deep mahogany into a Sam glass. Off-white head with excellent retention recedes leaving spot lacing to coat surface. Dark roasted caramel and resin aromas. Full with upfront dark chocolate caramel covered pit fruit turning to a lasting resin and grapefruit finish.
Tried
on 29 Mar 2011
at 15:49
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle Picked up at Whole Foods in Portland. Pours out a dark amber topped with a nice cloud head. Aroma was very crisp a good combo of citrus and pine hops along with some sweet caramel malts. Taste more of the citrus hops showing through with the rich and thick malt backbone to hold it all together.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2010
at 18:13
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle at Chris’ Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia tasting. Best aroma so far at this tasting. Appearance is cloudy dirty brown mud. Thin beige head. Lovely hops. Hops are big and tasty and PNW, love the pine. Good malts to back it up. Toast. Great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2010
at 09:18
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22nd May 2010.
ChrisOs ’Blue Ridge Mountains Of Virginia’ tasting! Very hazy brown beer. No head. Light crisp palate. A little dry. Good aromatic piney hops. Grassy too. Not getting much fruit but bucket loads of aromatic hoppy goodness. Finishes dry. Original rating 3.8.
30th September 2011
On tap at Craft Beer. Slightly hazy amber beer with a big pale tan head. Light palate, smooth and airy. Delightful hops, sweet pine and mild sherbet citrus. There are subtle red fruits here as well along with mild seltzer like minerals. Background is a mild lacto creamy malt. Finishes smooth and mildly dry with a nice balance of mild minerals and bitterness. Really well joined up, complex and tasty beer! Marvelous!
ChrisOs ’Blue Ridge Mountains Of Virginia’ tasting! Very hazy brown beer. No head. Light crisp palate. A little dry. Good aromatic piney hops. Grassy too. Not getting much fruit but bucket loads of aromatic hoppy goodness. Finishes dry. Original rating 3.8.
30th September 2011
On tap at Craft Beer. Slightly hazy amber beer with a big pale tan head. Light palate, smooth and airy. Delightful hops, sweet pine and mild sherbet citrus. There are subtle red fruits here as well along with mild seltzer like minerals. Background is a mild lacto creamy malt. Finishes smooth and mildly dry with a nice balance of mild minerals and bitterness. Really well joined up, complex and tasty beer! Marvelous!
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jul 2010
at 11:48