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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7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours cloudy dark brown with a medium tan creamy head that dissipates slowly with great lacing. Aroma is hoppy, resin, floral, caramel. Flavor is about the same, lightly sweet, light bitter. Medium body, somewhat creamy. Decent but nothing special. Unfortunately, although the owner told me they just came in, this has an 09\30/12 bottling date. Guess i need a fresh one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2013
at 18:17
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Location: .5 L bottle from Buy Rite, 1/13/13
Aroma: The nose has lots of grapefruit hops, with some other citrus, pine, and caramel notes too
Appearance: Pours a dark amber-brown color with a thich, frothy, lasting beige head and sticky lace
Flavor: The taste is plenty hoppy, with lots of pine and grapefruit like the nose, there's some citrusy sweetness, caramel and bready malt notes, and it ends with a fresh, juciy, and rather hoppy bitterness
Palate: The body is medium, it is smooth, creamy, and extremely drinkable, with a dry, silky finish
Overall Impression: This is a heck of a beer. What is there to say about Zoe except that this one has just about everything I'm looking for in a beer. If there is a better Amber out there I can't name it. Maine is quickly moving up my list of best breweries, the quality and hop profile in their beers is spot on.
Aroma: The nose has lots of grapefruit hops, with some other citrus, pine, and caramel notes too
Appearance: Pours a dark amber-brown color with a thich, frothy, lasting beige head and sticky lace
Flavor: The taste is plenty hoppy, with lots of pine and grapefruit like the nose, there's some citrusy sweetness, caramel and bready malt notes, and it ends with a fresh, juciy, and rather hoppy bitterness
Palate: The body is medium, it is smooth, creamy, and extremely drinkable, with a dry, silky finish
Overall Impression: This is a heck of a beer. What is there to say about Zoe except that this one has just about everything I'm looking for in a beer. If there is a better Amber out there I can't name it. Maine is quickly moving up my list of best breweries, the quality and hop profile in their beers is spot on.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2013
at 12:43
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 6
Overall 9
It poured a very dark red with some light brown edges. A small white head appeared for less than a minute. The lacing was light and stuck to the pint glass for a good minute then gently slid down the sides of the glass. The smell was the hops and caramel, some pine and citrus enter in the background. The taste was sweet and bitter between the hops and caramel with some spiciness. The palate was well carbonated with a slightly creaminess coating the mouth and still had a dry finish. Overall, this was impressive.
Tried
on 29 Dec 2012
at 11:28
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Strong grapefuit peel nose, pine needles as well. Clear brown, thick tan head, good lacing. Dreied leaves ever-so briefly on the front of the palate, then a rush of pine needle and ash. Moss and soil subtle but there too. This is an IDA, not an amber. Too hoppy, ABV is too high, and it is too dark.
Tried
on 22 Nov 2012
at 13:48
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Half liter bottle from Whole Foods Market Charlottesville. Pours a hazy bronze color with about 2/3 glass of a foamy tan head.Good head retention. Aroma of toasted caramel malts, stone fruits and a mild hoppiness. The taste is herbal hops, toasted caramel hops and a faint fruitiness. Medium bodied, well balanced. Nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2012
at 18:20
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours dark amber brown with an off white head. Nose and taste of toffee malt, caramel, grassy hops, grapefruit, coffee and earth. Medium body. Dryish grassy hop finish. Slight mineral notes at times.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2012
at 16:32
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a clear deep amber color ale with a large dirty white head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of intense hops is quite interesting with nice floral undertones. Taste is a great mix between intense hops presence with limited bitter notes and some really good citrus and earthy hops notes. Malt backbone is quite solid and not too sweet to cut through the hops profile. Body is full with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Solid offering with great dry-hopping execution.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2012
at 12:23
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ Steve’s house, courtesy of lukaduke. Thanks! Dark orangish brown appearance with a light brown head. Toasty caramel malty, cracker, mild cracker, herbal, a bit resiny hoppy aroma. Toasty toffee, bitter, herbal, a touch woody, spicy hoppy flavor. Very tasty beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2012
at 17:29
8.5/10
Mild spicing, deep , rich, sweet hops, candied sugar mixed with brown mixed with caramel and pine needles.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Aug 2012
at 17:21
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
An amber, a style I’m usually not fond of, but this stuff is nice. Huge hop nose. Big toast and nutty malts ending with huge hop presence. This is what an amber should be. Awesome.
Tried
on 23 Aug 2012
at 16:36