California Amber
Ballast Point Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale - American Rotating|
Score
6.99
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Formerly Calico Amber
A rich, copper ale with a case full of gold medals.
Our California Amber takes its inspiration from traditional English ESBs. Four types of malts give it a bold complexity, and our proprietary yeast strain lends it a fruity, madeira-like richness. However, it’s the American hops that give this ale a distinct bite and floral aroma that have earned it just about every major beer medal.
A rich, copper ale with a case full of gold medals.
Our California Amber takes its inspiration from traditional English ESBs. Four types of malts give it a bold complexity, and our proprietary yeast strain lends it a fruity, madeira-like richness. However, it’s the American hops that give this ale a distinct bite and floral aroma that have earned it just about every major beer medal.
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8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
beautiful appearance of clear amber colour and huge creamy yellowish-beige-ish head; aroma of grape, bread, oatmeal biscuit with dried fruits, some grapefruit, floral-honey notes and maybe some peach notes; taste is the same with walnut notes; just simply amazing beer!
Tried
on 16 Jun 2016
at 13:37
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Three Beers. Caramel, bread, hay, nuts and some spices. Moderate sweetness and mild to moderate bitterness. Bitter and dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2015
at 14:12
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Nutty toffee malt and light hay aroma. Amber with moderate head. Sweet nutty toffee malt and moderately bitter herbal hay flavor. Medium body. A nice, easy drinking beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Oct 2015
at 18:48
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from BottleDog, Edinburgh. Hazy amber with a thin off-white head. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of toffee, caramel and apple pie. Flavour of honey, roasted malt and wood. Medium body with an oily texture. Light fizz. Low on hops. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2015
at 15:08
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sample at SBWF 2015. Amber with a white head. Kind of soft with grapefruit, caramel and malt. The body was medium as was the bitterness. An ok one.
Tried
on 05 Oct 2015
at 10:45
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
355ml bottle from Brewdog.com. Pours a reddish amber with off-white head. Overly syrupy and malty for an amber. Like other Ballast beers I’ve tried recently this definitely needs to be toned down a bit. Hard to finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2015
at 15:39
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught @ Taproom No307. Reddish copper color with small foamy beige head, fruity caramel aroma, low carbonation, sweet fruity taste, very little hops effect, long sweet finish. Too sweet and fruity for my taste.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Sep 2015
at 17:09
8/10
Tried
on 14 Jul 2015
at 07:11
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at Brewdog, Shepherds Bush, London. An amber coloured pour with a medium off white head on top. Hoppy, malty, caramel aroma. Tastes similar, hoppy, malty, slightly fruity, caramel.
Tried
on 05 Jun 2015
at 11:08
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
355ml bottle. Minimally cloudy, wonderful red amber colour with average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, off-white head. Fruity, hoppy aroma has notes of dark berries, cherries, hints of juniper berry spiciness, a touch of artificial, sugary fruitiness. Taste is moderately sweet caramel malty, hints of toffee, a good amount of hop bitterness, hints of artificial jelly baby cherry aroma. Ballast Point delivers regularly beers with an almost unique intensity of flavours, leaving me behind with a remainder of scepticism, as sometimes has been the case after dining at a star awarded restaurant, asking myself if this intensity of flavours is achievable using exclusively, albeit the best, natural ingredients. Howsoever, too flattering sweet in this case anyway.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 May 2015
at 12:42