Tag: Amber Ale

New Belgium – Fat Tire Amber Ale

New Belgium – Fat Tire Amber Ale, 2017, 5.2%ABV, 355ml can.

Drank on 8/12/2017, from I.B.S.

Appearance: 2.5 – Nice, clear, amber, Nice big head on pour, nice lacing.

Smell/Aroma: 3.5 – Bready lovely wholemeal malts, all malts, no hoppy smells, no yeastyness.

Taste: 3.5 – Malty, almost rich, bready, a light good balanced bitterness. A slight sweetness initially, A slight alcohol warmth that just sits well with the malt, Nothing overbearing. There is a hop bitterness but it is light balanced and purely bittering hops, sits on the back of the tongue.

Mouthfeel/Palate: 3 – Soft, nice, not cloying or bitter. Nice carbonation.

Overall: 3.5  – This is great, its lighter on the malt than something like an Anchor or Kona Brewing beer (which I usually find are very malt forward, and excellent), but its still malt dominant and balanced and really good.

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Beers – 19/11/16

Bootleg Brewery One Offs Barrel Aged Amber Ale.Has a bit of a musty smell, it tastes dead-hops bitter, maybe oxidized, like it may be quite old. Apart from the bitterness I think I can taste coconut which may be a residual of the vanilla flavour meant to be in here.

Bootleg Brewery One Offs Black Market Black IPA. Ok this is better, nice strong hoppyness, not too overbearing, nice dark malt flavour, not too roasty or burnt as can be common with this style. Good carbonation. Its black, opaque.

Mash Brewing Freo Doctor Lager. Had this on tap a few weeks back, cant say there is much difference between it and this bottled one, maybe a little funk?. Very Aussie lager, has a good “real” malty taste, compared to the mass produced stuff. Not overbearing, very sessional, Nice hoppy bitterness too. This is good.