Aroma’s went green and grass. Appearances average with a small white head and some lace and a very pale yellow color. Flavor is bittersweet and bland. Carbonation is good but body is a touch on the inside decent finish.

On tap at The Cooper’s Tavern, Madison. Clear medium copper under a small off white head that fades quickly leaving some fine lace. Nose is citrus and tropical fruit with light caramel. Taste follows the nose with a light sweet caramel under a moderate citrus bitterness. Mouth is medium slick with average carbonation. Nice. 8/4-/8-/4-/15

Keg at the Riverhouse. Described by the bartender as some kind of non-velvety version of Velveteen Rabbit. Clear golden, large foamy white head, good retention. Aroma of mint, earth, pine, pale malt. Taste is pine, mint, earth, sage like notes, pale malt, yeast. Medium bodied. Interesting, quite good.

Keg at the Riverhouse. Dark ruby, small fizzy tan head, fair retention. Aroma of roast, chocolate, nuts, grain. Taste is toffee, chocolate, berries. Medium bodied, warming. Nice.

Keg at the Riverhouse. Clear pale golden, large foamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of pale malt, grapefruit, onion, pine, mango. Taste is mango, grapefruit, pith, pale malt. Medium bodied, strong lingering bitterness.

Keg at the Riverhouse. Clear amber, large creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of toffee, pine, melon. Taste is pine, melon, papaya, caramel malt. Medium bodied, lingering bitterness.

Keg at the Riverhouse. Slightly hazy golden, thin fizzy offwhite head, good retention. Aroma of doughy malt, white bread, snappy, grassy, herbal hop. Taste is lemon, bready pale malt, grass. Medium bodied, mildly bitter finish, highly drinkable, could be just a touch crisper and drier.

Poured into a becher pint glass, the appearance was a sturdy red color with a finger’s worth of sly white foamy head. Stringy lace.
The aroma started off with some roasted malty nuts. Some toffee/caramel sort of cleanliness hits some bitter citrus to piney hops.
The flavor takes the malts and leans them up against the bitter hops, somewhat there and somewhat not. Crisp sort of roasty malts and hop burn in the aftertaste and that hits the finish somewhat dryly.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Mild carbonation. ABV felt appropriate.
Overall, even with the hop burn in the aftertaste and finish, I like this one. Seems like mostly everything fits, but also perhaps an amber ale that some may need to get used to.