Posted in amber ale, New Holland Brewery on November 17th, 2007 No Comments »
After my disappointment with the Arcadia, I was ready for a really good amber ale, so I decided to try the Sundog Amber Ale from New Holland brewery.
Again, I was disappointed. Despite what the label says, this beer tasted neither like the sun, nor like a dog. Why would you name a beer Sundog, and […]
Posted in amber ale, Arcadia Ales on November 17th, 2007 No Comments »
Another offering from Arcadia Ales. I was really looking forward to this one because I love the malty goodness of a well-made amber ale.
It pours a cloudy amber color with a thick, tan head. So far so good.
But then a whiff of it brings not a rich, malty aroma, but yeasty instead; foreshadowing further […]
Posted in miscellany, seasonal beer, amber ale, Blue Moon on October 8th, 2007 No Comments »
I picked Blue Moon’s fall seasonal brew Harvest Moon Pumpkin Ale a few nights ago while remembering the fantastic Pumpkin Ale we enjoyed several years ago at Raccoon River Brew Pub. What says fall better than a delicious pumpkin ale?
I have to say I was greatly disappointed. It was a clear amber and tasted like […]
Posted in ale, amber ale on August 8th, 2007 No Comments »
It’s not often I buy beer in a can. It’s even less often that I enjoy a beer from a can. However, Atlantic Amber is quite the tasty brew. It pours a nice clean and very clear reddish brown with a minimal head. The nose offers hints of a earthy maltiness, but it is really […]
Posted in ale, amber ale on May 26th, 2007 No Comments »
I’m not being cute with the name. That’s really what they call it. This ale, hailing from CA, pours a dark amber or “copper” color with a thin head. The nose is fairly nondescript. You can sense the hops, but otherwise there is little character to the nose. The start is all hops, and […]
Posted in amber ale, Breckenridge Brewery on December 22nd, 2006 No Comments »
And now back to our regularly scheduled programming.
As I mentioned before our little foray into one of the few (real) beer bars in this town, it was when we lived in Colorado that I first got into craft beers. One of the breweries that I regularly sampled from was Breckenridge Brewery. I recently picked up […]
