Amber Apparition
Henniker Brewing Company in Henniker, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale Regular|
Score
6.02
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4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 2
12 oz can bought in NH. Clear dark amber pour with a large creamy khaki head and great retention. Good lacing. Where's the caramel flavor? This tastes more like a hefe than an amber ale. Pass.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Oct 2017
at 21:14
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Keg pour at powder keg beer and chili festival. Aroma is fairly nondeScript but with a faint rubbery smell(?)--not very good. Appearance is light brown pour with mild sparkle, tiny head with poor retention and minimal lacing. Taste is basically mild bitter without provoking any other flavor. Palate is light bodied with thin texture, mild to lively carbonation. Overall, not too much here and not much to recommend.
Tried
on 09 Oct 2015
at 12:16
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Rcvd in trade.
The appearance has a dark rusty amber/red colored body with a one and a half fingered white foamy head that lasts for a good minute before gently dieing into the body, some light speckled lacing sticks nicely to the sides of the glass.
The smell has some earthy caramel malts and light bitter hops that round out a nice sweet aroma with some toffee coming through.
The taste has mainly a sweetness running through the caramel malts. There is some toffee that comes through with a light nuttiness to it with a light caramel/nutty aftertaste and a dry sweet finish.
On the palate, it sits about a light to medium in the body with a decent enough sessionable aspect to it that could assist in going with its respected food. Carbonation is somewhat smooth but still there’s a decent harshness to subside the palate a bit longer as there’s the element of a slight creaminess rolling over the mouth and tongue.
Overall, I would say this is a nice American Amber/Red Ale well worthy of coming back to and well worthy of having it with its respected food.
The appearance has a dark rusty amber/red colored body with a one and a half fingered white foamy head that lasts for a good minute before gently dieing into the body, some light speckled lacing sticks nicely to the sides of the glass.
The smell has some earthy caramel malts and light bitter hops that round out a nice sweet aroma with some toffee coming through.
The taste has mainly a sweetness running through the caramel malts. There is some toffee that comes through with a light nuttiness to it with a light caramel/nutty aftertaste and a dry sweet finish.
On the palate, it sits about a light to medium in the body with a decent enough sessionable aspect to it that could assist in going with its respected food. Carbonation is somewhat smooth but still there’s a decent harshness to subside the palate a bit longer as there’s the element of a slight creaminess rolling over the mouth and tongue.
Overall, I would say this is a nice American Amber/Red Ale well worthy of coming back to and well worthy of having it with its respected food.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Feb 2014
at 12:56
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Paid $7.39 for a 22 oz. bottle at Top Shelf Brews Hampton, NH. Poured dark hazy brown color with an average white head that was mostly lasting with good lacing. Light toasted malt and pine needle aroma. Flavor is medium to sweet toffee with a light Earthy hop bitterness of low duration. My expectations may have been a bit high on this one. I find myself drinking a lot of amber ales recently. Honestly I don’t know why.?..? They tend to be real average, like this brew. Not bad in anyway just boring.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2013
at 19:02
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
22 oz bottle-trade with mcox90 thanks!-tight lt tan-dk copper. A-roasty/cocoa/peat-med/dk malt, earthy. T-roasty/cocoa/peat-med/dk malt, earthy hops. towards a brown ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2013
at 18:13
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours a deep garnet brown color with a smallish khaki head that that quickly dissipates to a cap on top. Smells of caramel and toffee with a hint of earthy citrus hops. The flavor is English inspired with a lightly chalky sulfur and caramel toffee maltiness with hints of earthy spicy hops that barely provide balance. Is that a bitter butterscotch I am getting in the flavor? Medium body with a moderate level of carbonation and a sweet slick mouthfeel. A new NH brewery and I sooo wanted to be blown away. This one is OK, but really nothing special.
Tried
on 30 Jan 2013
at 17:02