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, wheat beer, Arcadia Ales on November 17th, 2007 No Comments »
As I mentioned before, Arcadia Ales of Battle Creek, Michigan focuses on English style ales. This beer however is a wheat ale, which is definitely not indigenous to England. Still, they don’t do a bad job with it.
I thought this looked a bit dark for a wheat beer. It’s a cloudy amber color, but is […]
Posted in miscellany, Arcadia Ales, scotch ale on November 1st, 2007 No Comments »
Like everything Scottish, this ale is a dark reddish-brown. I’m not sure what that means, but it sounded funny in my head.
Anyway, it starts out with a somewhat sharp, licorice-like taste, then segues into sort of a buttery, malty flavor, and then finishes with a definite bitterness. It produces a nice warmth, that suggests […]
Posted in pale ale, Arcadia Ales on October 20th, 2007 No Comments »
Continuing on my beer tour of Michigan, the next stop is with Arcadia Ales, from Battle Creek. Arcadia specializes in producing British style ales. They use only malted barley from England, and use authentic British brewing equipment.
Angler’s Ale is a cloudy orange with a thin white head. There is no yeast residue in the bottle, […]
