Amber Ale
Dark Horse Brewing Co. in Marshall, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale - American Regular|
Score
6.09
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While the malt and hops give this beer an amazing copper color, medium body, and a smooth mouth feel; it’s the yeast that sets this one apart from other amber ales. Inspired by Belgium’s beer, women and mussels we thought it would be cool to give our Amber a little Belgian touch. We accomplish this by using an “almost Belgian” yeast strain producing similar esters and flavors commonly found in more traditional Belgian beers.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle @ Delirium Hoppy Loft. Clear dark amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and moderate hoppy - fruity. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 190712
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jul 2012
at 07:46
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
tap at 9a ... amber ... thin white head ... soft zeztt floral fruit nose ... soft fruts ... mellow malts ... ok but just a bit blah
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jun 2012
at 04:22
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Beer Temple. Clear amber pour with an off white head. Aroma is floral and fruity. Flavour also fruity with a caramel malty backbone. Medium carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Apr 2012
at 10:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap @ Beer Temple. Clear amber color. Off white head. Aroma’s: grainy, caramel, some red fruit (mostly caramel retronasal). Flavor is caramel-ish, but hardly sweet. Light body. Finishes medium bitter with some caramel & red fruit. Maybe not very original, but clean & tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Apr 2012
at 13:38
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft @ Mikkeller bar, Copenhagen. Pours a slightly hazy pale amber orange color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty weak hoppy aroma. Fruity malty weak hoppy caramel flavor. Hasa fruity malty hoppy caramel finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Mar 2012
at 05:34
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
From tap at MikkellerBar. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Smooth fruity,yeasty and mellow light hoppy aroma. Mellow malty and light bitter. Seems a bit flat/tired on the hops and malt profile. Light peppery and dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Mar 2012
at 03:56
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, no bottle date. Pours slightly hazy reddish roange color with a small 1-2 finger fairly dense off white head with decent retention that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Slight lacing on the glass as you drink. Aromas of big orange, banana, biscuit, clove, pear, toasted malt, caramel, apple, and yeast spiciness. Nice and well balanced aromas here; was not expecting this to be a Belgian style amber at all. Taste of banana, orange, caramel, biscuit, clove, pear, pepper, toasted malt, and herbal yeast spices. Light spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of citrus, apple, banana, toasted malt, and yeast spices on the finish for a bit. Medium carbonation and body; with a slightly silky mouthfeel. Very easy and smooth to drink. Alcohol is well hidden with hardly any warming after the finish. Overall this is a very nice and enjoyable Belgian amber ale, with good complexity. Plenty of flavor and very smooth drinking. I would get this again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2012
at 19:18
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft @ Delirium Hoppy Loft, Brussels. Ambrée, col léger blanc. Bière légèrement houblonnée et citronnée rappelant ce côté feuille de thé, levure en fin de bouche, houblon fruité et herbacé pour une amertume modérée, le malt ne reste que très discret. En bouche, un malt grillé sur une pointe de biscuité rajoute un profile qui balance l’ajout de houblon. Reste légère, mais manque un peu de caractère, comme par exemple un malt plus en avant..
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Mar 2012
at 15:22
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sample at the brewpub. Pours a clear orange-amber color with a medium thin off-white head that dissipates steadily. Partial rings of lacing. Aroma of bready malt and yeast. Light to medium body with flavors of sweet malt, yeast and mild hops. The finish is sweet with a caramel malt and yeast aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
on 18 Feb 2012
at 20:02
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Well this was pouring a beautifully clear deep amber color, but I failed to realize this was bottle conditioned and the last little bit fell into the glass and muddied it up pretty good.Tightly bubbled white head shows moderate retention and lace. Smells a bit fruity with a fair bit of yeasty esters. Caramel and brown sugar round out the nose. Taste is sweet and malty with a Belgian flair to it. Sweet brown sugar and caramel mixed with a bit of tart dark fruit and a decent amount of earthy and yeasty esters. Medium body and level of carbonation with a sweet almost sticky mouthfeel. This is a different amber ale for sure, but quite tasty just the same. Ironically I poured this without knowing the brewers intent and had to look up the description on their website to make sure I wasn’t drinking an infected bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2011
at 17:52