Ashland Amber - Caldera Brewing Company

bobhits

Kentucky

1.85/5  rDev -50.8%
look: 3 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

Very clear and crisp medium dark amber color. Some carbonation but not much. Half finger head. Lacing isn't great but pretty solid. Below the style but this style does well in this.

Smells of a strong amber/hopped aroma. A bit metallic in aroma a bit perhaps off or the hops are a touch off what I like.

Wow and blah. Opens oddly enough with hops a touch hoppy but not over powering. Somewhat herbal hops that quickly are squelched by a huge body of malt. OK, huge by the style, not huge by any other style. The amber malt flavor is there, but this is far more powerful than many are.

It's too sweet and thick in body for most beers. The carbonation is lacking which also hurts.

It's a nice drinkable beer in certain places, but when that is is beyond me. That's the problem though...when is a mostly malty beer without a sipper level of flavor the right beer for the time? Add in it is a far more thick bodied beer and I'm at a loss.

I paid 16 for a 6 pack. I'm sorry but that's going into the score. Cans were made to make it cheaper to distribute and better for drinking here and there. Way to expensive way too...below average.

Serving type: can

10-02-2010 16:01:59 | More by bobhits

aztraz

Sweden

3.75/5  rDev -0.3%

04-27-2013 22:30:32 | More by aztraz

leedorham

Washington

3.75/5  rDev -0.3%

04-11-2013 16:43:16 | More by leedorham

slay

Delaware

3.75/5  rDev -0.3%

03-24-2013 23:35:09 | More by slay

johnson3000

California

4/5  rDev +6.4%

03-15-2013 23:08:20 | More by johnson3000

chugamugofsud

Oregon

3.5/5  rDev -6.9%

02-20-2013 21:35:33 | More by chugamugofsud

ademotte89

Oregon

4/5  rDev +6.4%

01-28-2013 22:37:57 | More by ademotte89

QuamLaetus

Oklahoma

4/5  rDev +6.4%

12-31-2012 22:11:42 | More by QuamLaetus

fishguyac

Washington

4.25/5  rDev +13%

11-25-2012 05:06:40 | More by fishguyac

beerthulhu

New Jersey

3.08/5  rDev -18.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

A: Dark ferric oxide coloring, dense in clarity, with a spongy light tan head that didn't hold on long. Slow methodical rise of micro-effervesce with a weak splashy lacing.

S: Nose of sweet buttered caramel with a fresh grassy and herbal scent.

T: Really sweet with a buttery caramel flavor and honey bread. Munich with syrup sweetness. Hints of fresh floral hops, and sweet lemon-rose scents come on the close.

M: Syrupy mouthful, malty fullness with a good deal of carbonation. Powdery reisidual coating.

O: Overall not bad, but a bit overly sweet for my liking. Limited multiples due to sweetness.

Serving type: can

11-20-2012 02:05:35 | More by beerthulhu

FrankShirley

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -0.3%

11-18-2012 19:34:54 | More by FrankShirley

ScottHeidrich119

Maine

3.25/5  rDev -13.6%

11-11-2012 21:38:15 | More by ScottHeidrich119

FunkyAbsinthe

Oregon

3.75/5  rDev -0.3%

09-09-2012 06:05:56 | More by FunkyAbsinthe

sansho

Tennessee

3.75/5  rDev -0.3%

09-01-2012 23:08:36 | More by sansho

JottaGibboo

Georgia

4.5/5  rDev +19.7%

08-16-2012 20:27:08 | More by JottaGibboo

sj660

California

4.95/5  rDev +31.6%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

You need to drink this on tap, in Oregon. Never even seen it in a can. Forget that.

Copper-orange color with a medium-low head. Amazing fresh taste (tap in Ashland, Oregon). Some typical citrus/pine hope aroma, but that isn't the entire point of this one, unlike most of its regional colleagues.

A good complex of nuts and bread.

Serving type: on-tap

07-30-2012 01:54:14 | More by sj660

JoEBoBpr

Missouri

3.63/5  rDev -3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured into a pint glass form a 12oz can.

Pours a nice slightly dark amber color with some nice copper orange edges. a big 1 inch head forms that is nice and dense with some intermingled medium sized bubbles. Its a bit off-shite and as it recedes slowly leaves some nice lacing on the edges of the glass.

Aroma of bready grain. NIce toasty malt notes with some slight sweetness to it. Earthy and yummy. There are some grassy hop notes on the back end that gives it a nice refreshing profile.

Taste starts off with toasty bread notes. Grain, grain and more grain followed by some nice caramel sweetness. A mild grassy hop note accentuates the back but the refreshing and light yet flavorful malt dominate. Body is light and crisp and slight resinous ned to it is perceived.

Overall this brew is good flavorful but nothing special. Their IPA and APA are a bit more special.

Serving type: can

07-27-2012 22:45:32 | More by JoEBoBpr

UCLABrewN84

California

3.58/5  rDev -4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Pours a clear copper color with a 1 inch foamy orange-white head that settles to a film on top of the beer. Foamy swaths of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of toasted malt, herbal hops, and some alcohol aromas. Taste is of toasted malt and herbal hop flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of hop bitterness on the palate after each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp and medium bodied mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty good beer that is easy to drink but nothing all that exciting in my opinion.

Serving type: can

07-27-2012 01:24:49 | More by UCLABrewN84

rab53

Massachusetts

2.75/5  rDev -26.9%

07-09-2012 03:03:22 | More by rab53

rogerthegill

Oregon

3.75/5  rDev -0.3%

07-05-2012 04:10:12 | More by rogerthegill

KajII

North Carolina

3.15/5  rDev -16.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 3

[Best served in a Shaker glass]

The pour was a cloudy medium orange with a slight pink hue and an average sized (1-2 finger) off white frothy head that receded slowly, down to a thin cap with a large collar creating some good streaky lacing.

The aroma was moderately heavy of a biscuit malt, floral and cascade hops and an earthy yeast with notes of caramel, citrus (grapefruit) and a mild fruity ester (apple).

The taste was lightly malty sweet with a hint of caramel from the onset, becoming a light bitter sweet with a nice touch of hops and citrus towards the end. The flavor was somewhat short in duration with a light sweet grapefruit flavor left behind.

Mouthfeel was light in body and watery in texture with a light to medium carbonation.

Overall a tasty Amber Ale that was lightly fruity sweet with a nice hoppy feel and a great drinkability...

Serving type: bottle

06-01-2012 16:47:14 | More by KajII

slassy

Ohio

4/5  rDev +6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4

A: Pours a dark caramel/bronze color. Finger sized head, very white and frothy top. I am new to canned craft and micro brews, so this can is unlike anything I've ever seen or drank from before. Trippy.

S: Straight hops with some pine and floral notes.

T: Much maltier than it smells or than what I was expecting, and definitely not as hoppy as I would have predicted. The pine I smelled earlier and some caramel flavors lingers around the most afterwards. Lot going on here.

M: Extremely smooth, and light carbonation you can feel on your tongue and back of the throat. Not thin, but not heavy...just right. Creamy almost.

O: Never been big on reds, but this is far and away the most enjoyable one I've had in my limited sampling. Definitely not a session beer, but absolutely something I would have one or two of to start out a night. Really makes me want to try more crafts and micros from the Pacific Northwest.

Serving type: can into a chalice (it's all I had!)

Serving type: can

05-24-2012 00:52:37 | More by slassy

bluckbeyes

Oregon

4/5  rDev +6.4%

05-19-2012 06:32:30 | More by bluckbeyes

avaldivia

California

3.75/5  rDev -0.3%

05-05-2012 18:27:07 | More by avaldivia

TongoRad

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +6.4%

05-03-2012 11:25:38 | More by TongoRad