Can pour into nonic pint glass from Redstone Liquors, Stoneham. Appearance is hazy dark amber-red with lazy, light sparkle, 1.5-finger width foamy, beige head with good retention and nice soapy lacing. Aroma is bitter pine and citrus over lightly caramel malts. Taste is bitter resinous pine over sweet caramel malts. Mouthfeel is medium side of light-to-medium bodied with thick texture, soft carbonation and more bitter than sweet finish as taste. Overall, the hops mainly take the form of piney bitterness rather than much in the way of flavor. Not terribly complex but well crafted.

Creamy off white head stayed on a rust coloured still body. Red berry, conifer & marmalade aroma. Medium bodied, sharp on the tongue with clean back. Bitter tangy tastes with a sweet malt underbody & sweet berry, pine, resin, caramel & hops.

American style amber ale from this reputed brewery in Chicago, can at Kantien in Ghent, shared with Davor. Frothy, medium thick, off-white, opening head lacing in dots over a bronze coloured beer with coppery hue, turning cloudy when poured out completely. Aroma of dried orange peel, dry biscuit, toasted garlic, wormwood leaves, brown bread crumbs, toasted peanuts, soggy paprika crisps, herb cheese, soap, dried mango. Cleanish, fruity onset, dried fig touch but remaining very restrained in sweetness, medium carb with a minerally accent, oily mouthfeel, relatively full for its ABV; toasty, wet-biscuity, peanutty malt core, leading to an oily, spicy hop bitter finish with lightly piney, oniony and grapefruity aspects, but biscuity maltiness lingers equally strong. Hop bitterness remains altogether relatively mild, indeed identifying this beer as a US amber ale rather than red IPA, but it also fails to add enough body to the finish, so that the ending gives a somewhat watery impression. Nothing wrong here, but I am surprised by the high scores here, though doubtlessly the sample I had was already past its prime (seven months old); of course amber ale has lost much of its popularity in the past two decades so I guess there aren't too many left to fill this website's top-50 with. in all, a decent, classically styled, tasty and very US style beer for sure.

Keg at BrewDog Camden. Fruity pulpy aroma. Hazy blood orange red. Thin translucent white head. Medium bitter. Herby. Hoppy kick. Light bodied. Thin. Fizzy carbonation. Abrupt finish. Highly drinkable.

Keg at BrewDog Leicester. Amber, clear with only the slightest ring of off-white head. Malty, resinous aroma, typical of the best American ambers but unfortunately more muted. Taste is similar: sweet with pine needle character but with a bitter hoppy balance. It's wonderful but I only wish there was more of everything.

Citrus, resin, grapefruit and a bunch of other old school hops. Not bad. 3.7

Can at THT January. Hazy amber with white head, vanilla, strawberry milkshake. Brakke fruitsap met veel havermout en bittere hop. --- Beer merged from original tick of Blood of the Unicorn on 29 Jan 2019 at 11:11 - Score: 7