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STONE LEVITATION
On Tap at Blue Ribbon Tavern, highly respected hop-forward amber ale compares favorably to sessionable IPA’s with its bright fruited frontage and resinous floral pining. Up-front, red apple and pear...
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LAGUNITAS FUSION 24: COUCH TRIPPIN’ AMBER ALE
On tap at Ambulance Brew House, engaging limited edition one-off (2014) brings dry-hopped wood tones to bittersweet grapefruit-pineapple tang. Black-peppered seasoning contrasts smoky caramel malting....
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CRAZY MOUNTAIN AMBER ALE
Well balanced moderate-medium body contrasts floral-spiced West Coast hop varietal with majestic mocha malting and light cookie dough continuance for crisply clean sedation. A light cardboard edging...
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PARISH SOUTH COAST SESSION AMBER ALE
Easygoing honey-grained caramel toasting and spicy yellow-orange fruiting given light hop prickle. Simple, yet effective. …
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BOULEVARD/ODELLS SILVER ANNIVERSARY ALE
Soft-focus 25th anniversary celebrator (2014 strong ale blending Odells Golden with Boulevard Golden) brings honey-spiced caramel sugaring and sweet fruit tang to cottony hop astringency. Light-bodied,...
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NARRAGANSETT LOVECRAFT HONEY ALE
On tap at Ambulance, dry-bodied amber ale celebrates Providence horror novelist HP Lovecraft by utilizing bittersweet mead-like honey adjunct in an IPA-like fruited setting. Herbal honeyed pale malt...
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DU CLAW / CIGAR CITY IMPEY BARBICANE MOONGUN SESSION HOPPY AMBER ALE
On tap at Poor Henry’s, sessionable hybridized amber ale utilizes herbal-honeyed lemon souring to add a sophisticated edge to humble beer styling. Oats-flaked torrified wheat plainness and distant...
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TIN ROOF PERFECT TIN AMBER ALE
Uneven tin-canned amber ale never fully forms. Sharp citric-spiced herbal hop pungency and cocoa-leafed Bakers chocolate bittering refuse to take the lead. Needless acridity ruins the grapefruit-soured...
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ROSCOE TROUT TOWN AMERICAN AMBER ALE
Pleasurable mainstream moderation blends laid-back apple-orange-tangerine tang into spicy hop respite, light caramel malting and dry leafy earthiness. …
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FULL SAIL ORIGINAL AMBER ALE
Fine IPA-fruited medium body updates ‘original’ recipe circa 2014. Bright citrus hop bittering prickles the tongue over biscuit-y pale malting as brisk yellow grapefruit-peeled orange rind bite gains...
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DU CLAW / CIGAR CITY IMPEY BARBICANE’S MOONGUN SESSION AMBER ALE
Abstruse collaboration may be sessionable, yet its stylistically rich and adventurous for a mere amber ale and therefore hard to pin down. Herbaceous orange-oiled lemon musk picks up dewy sweetness to...
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CONEY ISLAND 1609 AMBER ALE
Muddled off-dry medium body blurs lemony orange-grapefruit spicing, leafy hop resin and dewy malt graining by never fully integrating with nutty caramel smidge, funky vegetal nudge and metallic tinge,...
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JACKIE O’S FIREFLY AMBER ALE
‘Gateway ale’ is brewers’ lightest offering despite sharply citric Cascade hop bittering and latent alcohol burn. Lemony orange-grapefruit tang rides above mild floral herbage and toasted caramel...
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STONY CREEK CRUM APPLE CINNAMON OATMEAL AMBER ALE
Curious hybridized amber ale takes time to develop flavor-wise as sharp cinnamon-spiced apple cider mingles with brown-sugared oatmeal sweetness – picking up mild crumb cake likeness. Musky hop...
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(GRADO PLATO) STRADA S. FELICE AMBER ALE WITH CHESTNUTS
Well-designed alcoholic amber ale (8% ABV) with subtle chestnut adjunct receives toffee-spiced caramel malting and caraway-seeded rye molasses dab (and quick sugar cake rush). Honey-roasted chestnut...
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HARPOON EHOP COLLABORATION
Well-designed 2015 limited edition collaboration with Oregon’s Deschutes utilizes locally sourced sage and thyme as well as employee-grown hops to spice up toasted caramel malts, fig-sugared dried...
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AGAINST THE GRAIN KENTUCKY RYED CHIQUEN
On tap at Poor Henry’s, tranquil whiskey barrel-aged amber ale lets piney India Pale Ale-like citric fruiting softly affect spicy caramel malt sweetness and dry fig-plum conflux to its leathery...
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902 ONE
Marking its one year anniversary, leisurely limited edition 2016 amber ale takes easygoing approach as subtly phenol-hopped grapefruit, pineapple, orange and passionfruit tang rises above caramelized...
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O’FALLON HEMP HOP RYE AMBER ALE
On tap at River Of Beer, ambitious amber ale utilizes nutty hemp seed toasting to affect caramelized rye malting and mildly musky citric hop thrust. Easygoing lemony tangerine and orange tang plus...
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BISSELL BROTHERS BUCOLIA AMBER ALE
One step beyond amber-grained pale ales, murkily hazed burnt sienna-hued medium body (in a can) subtly defies simple stylistic profile. Soft-toned yellow grapefruit, orange and peach tones bring IPA...
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