Heavy Seas Brewing Company Cutlass

Cutlass

 

Heavy Seas Brewing Company in Halethorpe, Maryland, United States 🇺🇸

  Lager - Amber / Vienna Regular
Score
6.05
ABV: 5.3% IBU: - Ticks: 36
This malty lager is our most award-winning beer: it took gold, silver, and bronze medals at the Great American Beer Festival from 2006 to 2010. Cutlass Amber has a toasted, biscuity character. The slight sweetness comes from Crystal malt. Vienna malt contributes a remarkable smoothness and Munich malt gives an amber color and delicate aroma. Tettnang hops infuse the beer with a slight earthiness. Formerly named Heavy Seas Märzen, Cutlass Amber is our second best-selling beer. In 2012, Cutlass Amber won a silver medal at the World Beer Cup in the Vienna Lager category.
 

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4.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Bottle. Not very good beer. Color is a very pale amber. Some head. Aroma, very weak. A soapy, dough aroma. Taste is a bland, nasty taste.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Mar 2025 at 04:39



6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5

Malty smell golden Amber pour. Taste of malt and slight taste of hops. Decent beer.

Tried on 21 Jun 2019 at 00:57


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12 ounce bottle into lager glass, best before 1/12/2017. Pours slightly hazy golden orange color with a 1 finger dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings down the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of honey, cracker, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness, light pepper, floral, and herbal/toasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of bready malts and light earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of honey, cracker, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness, light pepper, floral, and herbal/toasted earthiness. Light herbal/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of honey, cracker, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness, and herbal/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice robustness and balance of bready malts and light earthy hop flavors; with a good malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Very clean on lager flavors; with minimal fruity yeast notes preset. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/grainy, and slightly sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.4%. Overall this is a nice Vienna lager. All around good robustness and balance of bready malts and light earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink. Was hoping for a bit more noble hop character and bitterness; but this is a nice showcase of Munich/Vienna malt flavors. A nicely enjoyable offering.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Nov 2016 at 19:14


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Plastic cup on first Fridays in HdG, outside the bar. Clear orange amber color. An inoffensive amber. Aroma is thicker biscuit malt, a little orange hop. Mf is light with ample carb. Low bitterness with light indistinct hops. Fine for the available options.

Tried on 09 Sep 2016 at 10:56


4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 2

Not a lot of aroma here other than faint barley. Pretty much a pale lager in terms of experience. Golden pour. Some mash sour finish. Tap at Rosslyn brewpub.

Tried from Draft on 06 Jul 2015 at 16:30


5.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle 12fl.oz. [ As Heavy Seas Cutlass Amber Lager ].Clear medium orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, sweet malt. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, sweet malt, pale malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20150116]

Tried from Bottle on 28 Jan 2015 at 06:09


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Clear golden with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and light hoppy. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. 160115

Tried from Bottle on 16 Jan 2015 at 15:57


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle, 5.4%. Clear amber with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, caramel, toasted, grainy and a little hay. Flavour is malt, fruit, caramel, grainy, hay, medium sweet, hop and a little bitter.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Jan 2015 at 15:55


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

4 oz draft pour at Heavy Seas Alehouse in Baltimore. Clear golden yellow to light amber with off-white head. Aromas of wheat, caramel, light floral notes. Tastes of wheat, sweet malt, caramel. Medium body with a dry finish. Medium carbonation.

Tried from Draft on 11 Aug 2014 at 20:10