Hawthorn Brewing Co. Amber Ale - Hawthorn Brewing Company

CrazyDavros

Australia

3.3/5  rDev -7.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours dark amber, almost ruby, with a good white head.
Wow, this is a really weird aroma. There’s some caramel and faint nutty notes, but there’s also a massive tangy hit with notes of vegemite and cherries... funky. Also some honey and toffee. That tangy aroma brings to mind lambics...
Flavours are mostly comprised of toffee and caramel but the cardboard and cooked vegetable note also comes through. Not overpowering but definitely there.
Nice smooth body, carbonation a bit high.

Serving type: bottle

11-08-2011 23:20:59 | More by CrazyDavros

heygeebee

Australia

3.53/5  rDev -1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

No BB.

Ok - I'm confused, i thought this would be an amber ale, mayebe American Amber, then I see 'British' on the bottle then i see it as a bitter on here, but it is 4.7%.... anyway, here goes...

Look - a massive head on pour, fills half the glass. Cream head over an amber/brown body. Good clumpy lace.

Smell - malt driven, caramle, treacle. certainly no hop-bomb....

Taste - smooth - even at lower temp for 'bitter' style it goes down well. Sweetish malts on mid palate. Hint of honey and maybe apricot. Earthy hops come through as it warms.

Mouthfeel reasonably well carbonated. Light weight.

A surprise. Best Hawthorn beer I have had by a long way. Really not what I was exepcting tho. Will have the next one at cellar temp, not fridge temp.

Serving type: bottle

12-02-2012 07:34:10 | More by heygeebee

Macca

Australia

3.73/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Described on the label as an English amber ale.

This pours a dark amber with ruby highlights with a generous fluffy slightly off white head.

Strong earthy hop aromas on the nose. A bit spicy. A bit of malt at the back. Nice.

Hop flavour dominate the palate. Toffee and caramel maltiness.

Medium bodied.

Quite a drinkable amber.

Serving type: bottle

09-26-2011 10:54:54 | More by Macca

SmashPants

Australia

3.53/5  rDev -1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Bottle: standard 330mL brown bottle, reasonably stylish label for what is effectively a macro.

Appearance: pours mid-dark golden amber with a decent two-finger head that drops to a thin film after a time.

Aroma: very malt-driven on the nose - caramels, treacle and biscuit.

Taste: malt and earthy flavours are quite strong with little in the way of hops.

Aftertaste: leaves a slightly unpleasant bittering aftertaste.

Mouth feel: light in body and with reasonable - but not overdone - carbonation. Nicely done.

Overall: not a bad beer, but neither is it great. And certainly not worth the asking price of AU$72 a case.

Serving type: bottle

12-16-2012 05:06:42 | More by SmashPants