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Brewed by Cascade Brewery (CUB)
Style: Amber Ale
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

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RATINGS: 20   MEAN: 2.64/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.65   EST. CALORIES: 144   ABV: 4.8%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
During the Great Depression, Brewer Jim Stoner was a very popular bloke. Jim invited out of work labourers to bring their own drinking vessel to the brewery where they were furnished with a free beer! Understandably, large jam tins became very popular.
Brewed with a blend of three malts giving delicious toffee caramel tones, our Amber is well balanced with an extra gift of hops to give you an easy drinking beer. Enjoy by the bottle.. or the jam tin!
Food Matches: Ideal balance with the richer, flavoursome foods of the season.


2.5
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
MBison (548) - Southern Highlands, AUSTRALIA - FEB 24, 2008
Bottle (375ml). Poured brown with orange highlights and a small off-white head which was average lasting. Aroma was of sweet malts, toffee and brown sugar. Flavor was a very light bitterness with some sweet malts, toffee, caramel (mild) and a faint nuttiness in the finish. Light to medium bodied with lively carbonation, watery texture, dry mouthfeel and a short finish.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
gam (3689) - brisbane, AUSTRALIA - DEC 16, 2007
Weak head fine lace, good oxidation.Aroma cherry like,light honey,slight bitter and honey flavour,a pleasant cherry lemon finish to a pleasant drink.

2.5
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
Thylacine (526) - Tasmania, AUSTRALIA - JUL 2, 2007
UPDATED: JUL 15, 2007 375 ml bottle - Dark red in colour with an off white head. Thin to medium bodied with medium carbonation. Sweet, malty with a bit of toffee. A short, mildly bitter dry finish.

2.2
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
jkm (235) - AUSTRALIA - JUL 2, 2007
(375ml brown glass bottle) A reddish amber liquid with an off-white small head. Average carbonation. Medium bodied with a sweet bitter flavour. Short bitter finish.

2.1
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
motelpogo (7702) - Plzen, CZECH REPUBLIC - FEB 24, 2007
bottled. not too awful. amber enough with a caramel and raw malt aroma, quite fizzy for the style, faint nuttiness and a mild bitter finish

1.7
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
beerledgend (1196) - Waterloo, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND - JUL 3, 2006
Dark red in colour with small spritzy head, weak aroma of malt. A poor redention of an Aussie trying to be Seppo. (Bonus points for powerpoint label, sorry Neil, thought label was great)

3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
highlandlad (1443) - Blue Mountains, AUSTRALIA - JUN 5, 2006
A vast improvement on the brewer’s Four Seasons Autumn Amber. Can’t say I looked forward to trying this but it’s not bad at all - one of Cascade’s better brews. It looks... em... amber and failed to raise more than a thin film for a head, with moderate lacing. The aroma was more promising, with blackberry jam and quince paste bouncing on a fat bed of crystal malt. It’s very sweet-smelling but with an earthy undertone. In the mouth, it’s mainly chewy toffee with more quince paste before the mildest of dry finishes, In fact, it falls away at the end. Where’s that "extra gift of hops"? Reminded me of a bantamwieght version of one of the chewier US pale ales but lacking real punch. There’s a little pine in the mix here but it’s subtle. The more I drank this, the more I liked it. (375ml bottle, bb 22/5/06)

2.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
bridge (659) - Sydney, AUSTRALIA - APR 23, 2006
Lots of toffee malt in this, but it’s rather thin and sweet. The sweetness and bitterness seem to gang up on the tongue and, for me, make it rather unpleasant - mostly from the sweetness. However if I treat it more as a quaffing drink, which is probably the way it’s intended, the flavours aren’t so overbearing and it isn’t so cloying. Anyway, it’s good to see a macro brewery having a go at something different.

2.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
Lunkie (1620) - Glen Iris, AUSTRALIA - FEB 24, 2006
Malt hop aroma. Clear amber colour with fair head nad good lacing. Bitter malt flavour with hops. Smooth palate.

2.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 11/20
voota (765) - Melbourne, AUSTRALIA - JAN 27, 2006
Light amber in colour, with a thin white head. Aroma is quite rich with caramel, not bad at all. The mouthfull is however very thin and poor. The finish is weak, with very little bitterness anywhere in the beer. OK


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