Grindstone Amber
Broadhead Brewing Company in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Amber / Red Ale Regular|
Score
5.84
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
473ml can from the lcbo. Clear copper pour, with a small white head. Pleasant toasted, caramel malts aroma with some slightly piney, but mostly grassy hops. Mouth feel and carb are right on track. Finish is light to medium bitter with alot of grassy hops, and slightly biscuity malts, with light caramels and toasty grains. Nothing great, but well made.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 5
Aromas of roasted grains, hazelnuts, toast on a caramelized base.
Dark copper in colour with orange and red reflections.
Medium-thickness foam that holds up as best it can.
The taste is fruity on the palate with an overly subtle caramel.
Notes of red fruits with a slight acidity.
Hops are earthy and leafy rather than American.
Noticeable absence of caramelized notes as well as the use of American hops in this rather fruity and earthy Amber Ale.
Very moderately appreciated!
Arômes de grains rôtis, noisettes, toast grillée sur une base caramélisée.
De couleur cuivré foncé avec reflets orangés et roux.
Mousse d’épaisseur moyenne qui tient tant bien que mal.
Le goût est fruité en entrée de bouche avec un trop subtil caramel.
Notes de fruits rouges avec une légère acidité.
Les houblons sont terreux et feuillus plutôt qu’Américains.
Absence notable de notes caramélisées ainsi que d’utilisation de houblons Américains dans cette Amber Ale plutôt fruitée et terreuse.
Très moyennement appréciée !
saxo (29721) reviewed Grindstone Amber from Broadhead Brewing Company 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Tap 5.0% abv @ the brewery. Nice head with food duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, malt, hops, grass and fruits. Sweet finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
A safe and clean beer. Very mild flavours, just a bit of caramel on top of a light lager. Well made summer amber though. oakville beer store
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Can: Poured a clear amber color ale with a medium foamy head with OK retention and minimal lacing. Aroma of dry caramelized malt with light grainy notes is not the most interesting. Taste is also dominated by caramelized malt with grainy notes. Body is about average with OK carbonation. Boring amber ale that I can’t’ really say I would wish to drink again.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
This ale poured a amber colour with a minimal head. Scents include vanilla, cream, perfume and rubber gloves. First swig was a little watery with flavours of malt, must and a little hop. Finish is slightly bitter with flavours of malt and old books lingering.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pours a clean rich amber colour with a frothy warm cap, decent retention and lacing. Typical amber aroma with roasted malts, caramel, malts, grain and hops. The caramel does show a little more than most amber ales after breathing. It also shows up in the taste. Grainy finish with the mild hop lingering. Medium-bodied, so just a plain refreshing amber ale.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
This is decent for style. Average carbonation. Pours orange clear with decent head and lacing. Some hops profile with malt profile. Light bitter finish. Nice barley. C’est What Festival.
GRM (7524) reviewed Grindstone Amber from Broadhead Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 1
Glass, 4-ounce, draught, National Capital Beer Festival, savoured August 17 2012; eye: coppery, semi-hazy, tiny ring of tan head, light lacing; nose: boiled vegetables; mouth: boiled vegetables, acridness, finale in boiled vegetables with presence of acridness, medium-light body, average carbonation, thin; overall: once is enough FRANÇAIS Verre, 4 onces, en fût, National Capital Beer Festival, savourée le 17 août 2012; œil : cuivrée, semi-voilée, petit anneau de mousse fauve, légère dentelle; nez : légumes bouillis; bouche : légumes bouillis, âcreté, finale en légumes bouillis avec présence d’âcreté, corps moyen-léger, carbonatation moyenne, mince; en résumé : une fois, c’est assez
Lubiere (24459) reviewed Grindstone Amber from Broadhead Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
A reddish amber ale with a thin mocha head. In aroma, a weak nutty malt, a bit off. In mouth, a sweet nutty malt with grassy hops, a bit of solvent and wood extract, boiled veggies. On tap at National Capital Craft Beer Festival, August 17, 2012.