Slick Maui moderation. Toasted amber graining, peaty Fuggle hop earthiness and dank cellar fungi must linger longer than mild citrus bittering contrasting caramelized dried fruiting, retaining a tad too much astringency.
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SOMA TWO TOWNS AMBER ALE
On tap at The Office – Ridgewood, soft floral-daubed lemony orange spritz crackles atop grassy Fuggle hop earthiness contrasting delicate pilsner malt sugaring.
BLACK POND TEARS OF AMBER ALE
Tosted amber graining occupies (nearly) harsh red-orange-yellow fruiting and astringent leafy hops, picking up sour whims knocking back desolate caramelized sweetness.
SWITCHBACK ALE
On tap at Growler & Gill, Vermont’s #1 draught beer will please easygoing light-bodied lawn mowers. Sugary amber grain malting upends herbal hop musk and mild red-orange fruiting over nuttily toasted bread bottom. Smoothly well balanced old fashion reticence perfect for simpler macro thirsts moving on to better fare.
(CASITA) NEW ZEALAND NECTAR AMBER ALE
Celebrating New Zealand hops with its guava-passionfruit-kiwi souring digging into musky herbal spicing and caramelized Vienna malting of dark amber moderation.
RIVER HORSE DA’NILE AMBER ALE
Well integrated stylish hybrid utilizes vanilla-beaned molasses sapping and milky dark chocolate syrup above maple oats spine, picking up mildly phenol dark-roast hop astringency. Confectionery glazed hazelnut, spiced toffee and butterscotch illusions settle beneath richer, creamier, adjunct amber ale.
ANGRY DAD AMBER ALE
On tap at Taphouse Grille – Wayne, smooth off-dry flagship moderation saddles amber-grained caramel malt toasting with lemony orange-spiced spritz and gentle earthen wood hop astringency. A straightforward pale ale for bolder amber lager heads.
WOLF HOLLOW AMBER ALE
On tap at Centre Street Public House, straightforward flagship moderation brings toasted amber graining to dry Cascade hop astringency in familiar pale malt-spiced fashion.
14TH STAR VALOR ALE
Tropical citrus fruiting graces wood-dried grassy hop resin and wispy black tea-like musk above caramel-roasted amber graining of pleasingly midstream flagship offering. Juicy grapefruit rind bittering contrasts sweet orange peel tang for hop-forward IPA-derived ale.
LAWSON’S MAPLE NIPPLE AMBER ALE
On tap at Ambulance, subtle Vermont maple syruping drapes mild dried fruit spicing and milder caramelized brown chocolate malting. Maple molasses-sugared mocha fruiting, dewy hop foliage and wispy chestnut-pecan-acorn tease need better forward thrust.
HARPOON FLANNEL FRIDAY HOPPY AMBER ALE
Stylishly robust, copper-hued, “hoppy” amber ale combines spiced-up lemony orange peel tanginess with moderate piney hop bittering, leafy autumnal foliage and light herbal peppering above caramel-toasted barleymalts.
FIRE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE AMBER ALE
Random amber ale pleasantry contrasts mild caramel toasting against citric-soured phenol spicing and musty grain resin. Fading caramel-sugared honey nut sweetness restrained by latent alkaline astringency.
