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Duckabush Amber
North by Northwest Restaurant & Brewery
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- From:
- North by Northwest Restaurant & Brewery
- Texas, United States
- Style:
- American Amber / Red Ale
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- 80
- Avg:
- 3.38 | pDev: 8.88%
- Reviews:
- 10
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 13, 2020
- Added:
- Jun 04, 2003
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Colorado
2.75/5 rDev -18.6%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.75/5 rDev -18.6%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
"Duckabush Amber."
22 fl oz brown glass bottle with a generic label design and an unbranded grey pry-off cap purchased at NXNW and served cold into a pilsner glass at low altitude in Austin, TX. Reviewed live.
Bottled 02/4/15. Batch 1645, 46. Bottle #14.
Expectations are average on account of the brewery.
APPEARANCE: No bubble show as it's poured.
Head fills ~40% of the glass; it's 3-4 inches wide and white in colour with nice creaminess and frothiness. Full and thick. Leaves no lacing as the head recedes.
Body colour is a clear copper, NOT an amber. Clean, with no visible yeast sediment.
Overall, it's a subpar appearance for an amber. Mainly because it isn't even amber.
AROMA: The pale caravienne malts weren't a great choice here, and it lacks an amber malt aroma. Not toasty at all. Cream, grains, some graham cracker, floral hop notes...it's generally appealing, just poor for the style.
Aromatic intensity is below average. A fairly reticent aroma overall.
TASTE & TEXTURE: It's a pleasant overall flavour profile comprised of caramunich malts, caravienne malts, pale malts, floral hop notes, cream, and faint graham cracker, but it's quite poorly executed in terms of an amber ale; there's no amber malts in the backbone and it doesn't come off toasty at all, nor does it have the hop profile that would suit an amber.
Simple but balanced, with a shallow reticent flavour profile and only loose cohesion. Not a gestalt beer. Lacks complexity, subtlety, and artful layering of flavours. One might call it plain.
Texture is smooth and wet, with slight overcarbonation lending it a fairly crisp presence on the palate. Medium-bodied, with mild heft and weight on the palate as well as moderate thickness. This texture suits the taste fine, but there's no harmony between the two. Middling execution at best.
Not oily, gushed, hot, boozy, astringent, harsh, or scratchy. It's slightly rough and dry on the palate in the late second act, which lends it a bit of a dragging feel.
OVERALL: A failure of an amber, but outside style conventions it's a drinkable albeit unremarkable beer. I'm not sure what they were after with this, but I wouldn't buy it again or recommend it to friends. Mediocre fare from NXNW.
High C- (2.75)
Apr 08, 201522 fl oz brown glass bottle with a generic label design and an unbranded grey pry-off cap purchased at NXNW and served cold into a pilsner glass at low altitude in Austin, TX. Reviewed live.
Bottled 02/4/15. Batch 1645, 46. Bottle #14.
Expectations are average on account of the brewery.
APPEARANCE: No bubble show as it's poured.
Head fills ~40% of the glass; it's 3-4 inches wide and white in colour with nice creaminess and frothiness. Full and thick. Leaves no lacing as the head recedes.
Body colour is a clear copper, NOT an amber. Clean, with no visible yeast sediment.
Overall, it's a subpar appearance for an amber. Mainly because it isn't even amber.
AROMA: The pale caravienne malts weren't a great choice here, and it lacks an amber malt aroma. Not toasty at all. Cream, grains, some graham cracker, floral hop notes...it's generally appealing, just poor for the style.
Aromatic intensity is below average. A fairly reticent aroma overall.
TASTE & TEXTURE: It's a pleasant overall flavour profile comprised of caramunich malts, caravienne malts, pale malts, floral hop notes, cream, and faint graham cracker, but it's quite poorly executed in terms of an amber ale; there's no amber malts in the backbone and it doesn't come off toasty at all, nor does it have the hop profile that would suit an amber.
Simple but balanced, with a shallow reticent flavour profile and only loose cohesion. Not a gestalt beer. Lacks complexity, subtlety, and artful layering of flavours. One might call it plain.
Texture is smooth and wet, with slight overcarbonation lending it a fairly crisp presence on the palate. Medium-bodied, with mild heft and weight on the palate as well as moderate thickness. This texture suits the taste fine, but there's no harmony between the two. Middling execution at best.
Not oily, gushed, hot, boozy, astringent, harsh, or scratchy. It's slightly rough and dry on the palate in the late second act, which lends it a bit of a dragging feel.
OVERALL: A failure of an amber, but outside style conventions it's a drinkable albeit unremarkable beer. I'm not sure what they were after with this, but I wouldn't buy it again or recommend it to friends. Mediocre fare from NXNW.
High C- (2.75)
Duckabush Amber from North by Northwest Restaurant & Brewery
Beer rating:
80 out of
100 with
29 ratings
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