Amber Ale

Peak Organic Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸

Brewed at/by: Shipyard Brewing Company
Amber / Red Ale Rotating

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5.66

ABV: 4.9%

IBU: 37

Ticks: 23

Our Amber Ale is designed to start bright and lively from an abundance of Crystal Malts. We establish a strong contrast between front palate and back palate by adding generous amounts of Munich Malt, which provides a distinct toasty finish.

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5.3

Sebletitje (15913) reviewed Amber Ale from Peak Organic Brewing Company 17 years ago

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

courtesy of cigarcitybrew. Pours amber, tan head. Aroma and taste. Hoppy with wheat. Had a nice caramel matly, almost cookie-toasty mouthfeel. Refreshing, could notice light nutty touch.

Tried on 10 Dec 2008 at 14:24

4.4

cheap (9607) reviewed Amber Ale from Peak Organic Brewing Company 18 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5

Brown like iced tea. Infectious mild bitter ale. Decently carbonated. Mild bitter building to a medium bitter. Certainly not a peak experience, but above average for an ale.

Tried on 25 Jan 2008 at 16:52

5.1

Clarkvv (16760) reviewed Amber Ale from Peak Organic Brewing Company 18 years ago

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

2007 bottle drunk on 7/8/07
Amazing amount of sediment seeing as how this is fresh and sterile filtered at Shipyard, not sure the cause. The usual large, frothy head that quickly recedes to a ring, leaving minimal lacing. Orange-tangerine body with some stronger dark amber hues.
Surprisingly, you can actually smell some hops in here, and not your usual dull/dirty English variety that you usually get from Shipyard. This one actually has a some punchy tangerine-like fruity hops to go with the vanilla-short bread aroma of the malts and the smidgeon of butter (diacetyl). Fairly thick aroma, at least, which is better than the usual lacking and/or metallic and/or fully buttery aroma you usually get. Still nothing that I would call particularly pleasant.
Sweet cream, light butter and vanilla-caramel notes comprise the flavor profile, being about as straightforward as you could imagine. The maltiness is actually pretty strong here, however, especially for this brewer, who usually gives you thin, watery beers. The butter is not easy to get around, but there is a slight creaminess and fairly honest amber ale-flavor that you’d expect. Carbonation is medium, somewhat pesky and large-bubbled, but again, relative to what this brewer usually puts out, this stuff is world class.
I still poured out most of it.
The people at Shipyard are SOOO far out of touch with craft brewing it’s scary.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Aug 2007 at 12:39