Cable Car Small Batch Amber Ale
World Brews

Cable Car Small Batch Amber AleCable Car Small Batch Amber Ale
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From:
World Brews
 
California, United States
Style:
American Amber / Red Ale
ABV:
4.5%
Score:
67
Avg:
2.74 | pDev: 24.09%
Reviews:
42
Ratings:
63
Status:
Active
Rated:
Apr 21, 2016
Added:
Sep 11, 2007
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  3
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

2.72/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
Amber ale is amber colored, they got that one right. Has a impressive amount of clarity and color pop/brightness going for it. Aroma was giving off sweet caramel vibes.

Taste revealed a thin malt bill, they got the SRM color in there, but not the 2 row heft. Hop flavors are mute. Balanced, tinny, thin.

I've had worse from this brewery, but other than looking pretty and not smelling bad, everything else was definitely below average.
Apr 21, 2016
 
Rated: 2.5 by bighandsjohn from California

Jun 02, 2014
 
Rated: 2 by Georgiabeer from Georgia

May 19, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by BGCoon from Connecticut

Nov 23, 2013
 
Rated: 2 by cgarcer from Georgia

Jun 20, 2013
 
Rated: 2.75 by Beermazter310 from Nevada

May 10, 2013
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

3.17/5  rDev +15.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
12oz bottle. Ono more in a relative cavalcade of style over substance brews brought to we unlucky souls in Alberta by the collectively, and respectively not so good folks at Liquor Depot, Prestige Importers, and eventually, Genesee Brewing.

This beer pours a clear, medium golden amber colour, with two fingers of foamy, mildly bubbly dirty white head, which leaves a few thin streaks of bridge-like lace around the glass as it quickly bleeds into the ether.

It smells of musty caramel malt, semi-sweet orchard fruit, a bit of overripe black berries, and some mildly funky earthy, leafy hops. The taste is grainy caramel malt, a touch of sour breadiness, bland earthy fruitiness - peaches and apples, mostly - and dead-eyed (anthropomorphized, apparently) leafy hops.

The carbonation is quite neutered, and barely noticeable, the body a so-so medium weight, and too pithy and cloying to be deemed all that smooth. It finishes on the sweet side, the grainy caramel malt still buoyed by a stale fruitiness, as the hops seem to be truly absent by this point, replaced by a small, finally evolved plastic twinge.

I'm not really getting that unpleasant from the get-go impression that its colleagues seem to engender, so colour me surprised, a little, I suppose, but its overall essence still gives me an increasingly case of the willies. 'Worthy', if truly only there's really nothing else on offer to make me change my mind.
Feb 13, 2013
 
Rated: 2 by kp29 from Arizona

Feb 02, 2013
 
Rated: 4.5 by CyBEERooster from Florida

Jan 23, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by kevinthedriven from Illinois

Dec 05, 2012
 
Rated: 2.5 by t0rin0 from California

Nov 15, 2012
 
Rated: 4 by TFMyriad from Arizona

Aug 26, 2012
 
 
Rated: 2.5 by bluerabbit from Massachusetts

May 31, 2012
 
Rated: 2.75 by zkoehn from Wisconsin

Apr 06, 2012
 
Rated: 3.5 by creez from California

Mar 16, 2012
 
Rated: 2.5 by sd123 from Georgia

Feb 06, 2012
 
Rated: 1.5 by bootsdomino from Wisconsin

Feb 04, 2012
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Reviewed by DM1293 from California

1.56/5  rDev -43.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5
Bottle into a small glass.

Appearance - dark gold. Definitely nice to look at...

Smell - Smells light. Reminds me of cheaper beers I buy, like Corona or Bud Light.

Taste - ...A bit of malt. Thats about it. Dissipates FAST. Leaves a with a slightly bitter taste.

Mouthfeel - A little thick.

Overall - ...I have no idea how you screw up a beer, but if I was to direct anyone to a really flavorless brew, this would be the textbook example. If the only positive I can give is "It looks pretty", one really should reevaluate their drink.
Jan 27, 2012
Cable Car Small Batch Amber Ale from World Brews
Beer rating: 67 out of 100 with 63 ratings