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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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home. Pours copper amber, light peach, caramel, sweet toffee, juicy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2014
at 08:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
A nice Amber ale, better than most. The confusing thing with this style is that most people expect a hoppy ale from the look of it, but it’s more balanced than that even approaching the maltier side of the spectrum. This one is well balanced with a nice floral hop aroma and flavor along with a cereal and sometimes hay or grassy malt backer.
Tried
on 23 Jan 2014
at 02:43
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught. Clear deep copper liquid with medium off-white head. Aroma of citrus, toffee, bread, pine, marmalade, sweet malt, candy and caramel. Taste is light sweet and light to medium bitter with notes of citrus, bread, biscuit, toffee and caramel. Medium bodied with medium carbonation. Quite nice.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Nov 2013
at 12:01
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle sampled at a tasting event. From notes. Bitter with grassy and citrus hops. Decent caramel malt backbone. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Oct 2013
at 18:02
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle pours out...well...amber and with a nice coarse tan head. Soft light toasted cereal grain aroma. Warm smooth malty flavor. A trace of bitterness. Not overly sweet. An amber with a little backbone. I like it
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2013
at 20:58
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
ours a reddish-copper, with smallish head. Some hops in the aroma, but mainly a sweet malty tang. Flavor is quite bitter, with some hops and tons of malt. Bitter aftertaste--almost like a cardboard or leather flavor. Rich and full mouthfeel.
Tried
on 21 Sep 2013
at 12:44
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
24.07.2013, 0,65l bottle sampled @ BBGTC "best-before-last-summer-tasting":
Slightly bubbly creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly oxidated, caramel malts, butterscotch, dried fruits, sugar, hops, grass, citrus peel. Taste is slightly oxidated and watery, caramel malts, grass, grain, butterscotch, dried fruits, cardboard. Medium bitterness, dry mouthfeel. Kind of nice oxidation in this one, but it’s still old and faded.
Slightly bubbly creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly oxidated, caramel malts, butterscotch, dried fruits, sugar, hops, grass, citrus peel. Taste is slightly oxidated and watery, caramel malts, grass, grain, butterscotch, dried fruits, cardboard. Medium bitterness, dry mouthfeel. Kind of nice oxidation in this one, but it’s still old and faded.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2013
at 02:26
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Fine on a hot day. Nice floral aroma. Pours red with thin white head and little lacing. All over the tongue malt flavor with a good hop edge
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2013
at 21:08
6.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 5.5
Clear, copper-red with a large, chunky tan head. Malty, fruity. Taste is mild, floral bitter, spice, softly hopped.....caramel. Not exciting, but quite decent.
Tried
on 27 May 2013
at 11:35
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours copper with small white head. Aroma contains sweet malt, some raisins and grapefruit. Taste is piney and hoppy with a long dry finish.
Tried
on 23 May 2013
at 03:45