7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On Tap at Old Chicago, cloudy redish amber with a good creamy head and heavy lacing. Aroma was very busy, floral, citrus and hops. Fairly sweet flavor with fruity, apricots and apple cider notes. Fairly hopy and the ABV seemed a little high. Very tasty and a bit unusual. Feel was moderately smooth and the aftertaste was a very subtle bitter woody flavor. Quite good.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Oct 2004
at 22:10
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at the Portland Brewing Co.’s Portland airport pizza pub, sampled 7 August 2004. I vaguely remembered this beer’s name, so I figured my recollection must have been purposeful. I was right- this was a great amber ale. Hazy orange body, thin off-white (light cream) head. Citrus, brown sugar, toasty, caramely aroma. Flavor was quite unusual for an amber ale, with rather intense citrus (lemon, orange) dominating the profile with little associated bitterness. Caramels rounded out the body. Had a nice carbonation "bite" that enhanced the body’s sweetness. One of the best amber ales I’ve tried...is it coincidence it doesn’t taste like any of the others?
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Aug 2004
at 15:06
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Middle of the road wheat beer...............................................
Tried
on 08 Jan 2003
at 20:10
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Deep brown with lasting tan head. Faintly fruity lightly roasted nose. Medium roasted malt palate with light fruit overtones. Light bodied but pleasant
Tried
on 07 Jan 2003
at 08:29
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cloudy orange brown. Interesting fruity estery nose.Fruit malt flavor perfectly balanced but just the right amount of hops
Tried
on 05 Jan 2003
at 19:22
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Finally, the long-awaited re-rate of African Amber! Cloudy, amber, nice thick head. Complex malt nose - toasty, woody, caramelly, like a really nice multigrain bread. The palate is similar, with toasty up front, lots of earthiness and a pleasurable amount of hop bitterness. Well-made amber.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Apr 2001
at 11:29