Dos Equis Amber: 5.5 – So I’m not a terribly huge fan of the Dos Equis (which that even had a on-draft boost). While I don’t care for the lager, the amber has enough taste and easy drink-ability to earn itself a solid score, and be the first to break 5.0 in the challenge.
Price $2 for single
Website: http://www.dosequis.com/
Count: 13/71
Charles Henri Amber Ale: 5.0 – While it is not a run-of-the-mill amber the beer has it’s fair share of pros and cons in taste that ultimately make it not worth my time or yours.
Google Shop Average: Charles Henri Amber Ale $6
Hoosac Tunnel Amber Ale: 6.0 – It’s certainly a unique tasting amber ale, and as usual with Berkshire the price is right. It just feels like a weak amber ale that lacks a gravitas to make the taste more desirable.
Google Shop Average: Hoosac Tunnel Amber Ale $5
Tree House Ma: 6.5 – Very bold and upfront, event the smell is intoxicatingly powerful. Not a huge fan of at first actually, but it grows on you.
Google Shop Average: Tree House Ma $8 Draft
Website: http://treehousebrew.com/
Gordon Biersch Amber Ale: 6.5 – It’s got a good hoppiness to it, and there’s certainly a bit more spice there than a custom amber, but it’s overall balanced enough that those are merely additions to the Amber ale, and not overpowering
[Sadly no image because I had this on-site and Google is not helping – it was not the Marzen though]
Google Shop Average: Gordon Biersch Amber Ale $5 for a pint
Website: http://www.gordonbiersch.com/
Amber Apparation Amber Ale: 4.3 – Great art and that’s mostly it. The beer is passable, but for something that looks this nice you’d expect it to be something really fancy, or powerful/strong, or even just really weird tasting. Hell any sort of flavor or distinctiveness would have made this worth buying, but nope.
Google Shop Average: Amber Apparation Amber Ale $10
Website: http://hennikerbrewing.com/
603 Brewery Winni Ale Amber Ale: 3.5 – As far as Amber Ales go I was not a huge fan of this, categorically it wasn’t bad, nor was it something where it was just distinctive, it just felt so underwhelming. Amber ale’s are usually the bread and butter of brewing companies where it’s often very high-middle of the road, and they go out from there.
Google Shop Average: 603 Brewery Winni Ale Amber Ale $9
Website: http://603brewery.com/
Wachusett Quinn Amber Ale: 5/10 – More like an Irish red ale instead of an amber. It blends that pit of spice with it’s beer, and overall it’s not bad, but it’s not a great beer.
Google Shop Average: Wachusett Quinn Amber Ale $7 (Draft)
Website: http://www.wachusettbrew.com
Who else but the Germans have a clue what they’re doing when it comes to beer? The Czech’s, because despite being Czech I refuse to spell it out fully. We all really liked this beer, and though the German was better in our minds this is a great beer to have.
