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RATINGS: 13   MEAN: 2.49/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.58   EST. CALORIES: 159   ABV: 5.3%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
A traditional amber ale and the brewer’s flagship brew. This amber ale is made of five varieties of premium malts. Brewed with generous amounts of Cascade hops, this ale has a classic fruity beginning with a hoppy finish.


1.5
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 7/20
JK (5135) - St. Louis Park, Minnesota, USA - AUG 19, 2012
From a bottle. Light aroma and mild flavor. Some grain, it tastes like beer, but there is very little going on here.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
Guerde (1233) - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA - DEC 23, 2010
(bottle) Pours a hazy dark golden amber with a medium white to off-white head that retains very well. Perfect appearance for an amber ale. Aroma is surprisingly good, with ample caramel, vanilla, bread dough, and some hints of orange zest as well. A bit of cracked pepper in here too. Regrettably the great complexity in the aroma doesn’t translate over to the flavor. Taste falls really flat, and the doughy, rounded malt scent I detected in the aroma fails to appear at all here. Some slight caramel, and a bit of grapefruit pith bitterness are here, but it’s muddled together. The finish is dry, lightly bitter and bready. Hint of tea leaf. Mouthfeel is medium and carbonation is perfect. This bottle could be quite old, as it says Black River Falls, WI and I believe this is where Mantorville was previously contract brewed before moving up to Lake Superior Brewery, so the age was probably detrimental to this beer. I will have to try a fresher bottle again.

2.5
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
BVery (8222) - Plymouth, Minnesota, USA - MAY 22, 2010
Bottle. Semi hazy amber pour with a thin white head. Mild aroma of sweet malt. Taste is malt, caramel, watery, and a bit sour.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Alopex (56) - Crystal, Minnesota, USA - APR 27, 2010
Poured an amber color with a nice foamy off white head. Aroma was of toasted malt and a thin piney note, much like the taste actually. I thought it was pretty good.

4
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 20/20
jomammy (1) - USA - JAN 6, 2010 does not count
I don’t know what I’m tasting, but I enjoy these aspects: This bottled beer has plenty of flavor upon first taste, holds up well when kept in the mouth to enjoy it’s malty flavor. A nice caramel-blend of flavor, very slightly bitter, but not in a bad way, and not overpowering caramel like a Schell’s Winter Ale (2009 version). Full-flavored, but still light enough to enjoy. I wouldn’t change a thing. They’re close to here, so I might consider getting a barrel of it.

2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
esjaygee (3903) - Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA - FEB 13, 2009
Gusher, must be old. Light amber with a thin white slowly fading head. Aroma of bread, forced sweetness, burnt match, not very good. Lively palate is all malt with some mild lemon, no hops to balance things out. Body is thin and grainy.

2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 6/20
hopdog (10105) - Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA - AUG 7, 2008
12oz bottle. A little bit of a gusher (just a little). Poured a medium and hazy orangish color with a large sized off white head. Aromas of toasted grains, caramel, and some wet grass. Watery tastes of caramel and grains. Thin and watery body. Some lacing left on the glass.

2.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
Ughsmash (7408) - Pewaukee, Wisconsin, USA - JUL 27, 2008
Bottled, thanks to Bob! Gushed out of the bottle, but settled nicely into the glass.. mostly clear medium orange with a moderate cap of well-retained off-white head. The aroma picked up toasty caramel and and lighter fruits surrounded by light floral and piney hoppage.. simple and non-offensive. The flavor was along the same lines.. toasty caramel again with some drier cardboardey notes.. light fruity bitterness.. meh. Light-bodied and somewhat tacky on the palate.. on the drier end end a lingering finish that I didn’t much care for.

1.3
   AROMA 1/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 4/20
cykyc (28) - USA - APR 26, 2008
@ Arborfest 2008, on draft. Slightly opaque, amber-red appearance. No aroma. Watery viscosity. Very slight malts and no hops. Disliked.

2.9
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 14/20
tyler_mn (1475) - SLP, Minnesota, USA - FEB 7, 2008
UPDATED: FEB 8, 2008 12oz bottle sample from my distributor. Toasted malt, browned biscuits and light grassy hops on the nose. Pours bright clear copper with a thin white head. Sweeter toasted malt, some grass and hay on the tongue. Slightly watery with mild hoppy finish.


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