Iron Range Amber Lager - James Page Brewing Company

dnichols

Washington

3.35/5  rDev +0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

I poured a 12 ounce bottle into a pint glass.

A: It poured a clear amber body with a moderate one finger off-white white head that receded fast.

S: It had a smooth and refreshing odor of lightly toasted malts with hints of nuts, smoke and apples.

T: It had a sweet and smoky front with hints of nuts and apples and pears. It hid the alcohol well.

M: It was light bodied with plenty of carbonation and a clean finish.

D: It is a good session beer with a low ABV, light body and balanced and non-obtrusive flavors.

Serving type: bottle

11-12-2008 15:53:30 | More by dnichols

capuchinpilates

Minnesota

3/5  rDev -9.9%

05-02-2013 02:31:39 | More by capuchinpilates

matjack85

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev +12.6%

01-27-2013 04:47:20 | More by matjack85

LXIXME

New Mexico

3.58/5  rDev +7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

A small off white to light tan head settles into a nice lacing above a clear amber copper colored beer.

A lightly roasted caramel malt aroma with hints of toffee.

Sweet lightly roasted caramel malt taste with a tad bit of hops coming through.

A light slight dry aftertaste with hints of sweet caramel malts hanging around on this light to medium light bodied beer.

A decent light tasting amber.

Serving type: bottle

11-13-2012 22:02:02 | More by LXIXME

dmilewsk

Iowa

3.75/5  rDev +12.6%

06-20-2012 14:03:43 | More by dmilewsk

NodakEric

Minnesota

2.75/5  rDev -17.4%

06-15-2012 02:36:52 | More by NodakEric

fuzzcherry

Minnesota

3.25/5  rDev -2.4%

04-09-2012 06:14:01 | More by fuzzcherry

doucmehu

Wisconsin

3.65/5  rDev +9.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

A: Poured into 16oz. pint glass. Golden straw color, lot of light pass through, about 1 finger off white head that sticks around. decent lacing.

S: Decent lager with a touch of malt. Not to sound technical, but it "smells like beer."

T: Crisp malt and light hops, a touch of Pilsner to it. Even a touch of sourness in the finish, which i enjoy.

M: A bit of tartness, good carbonation and fairly solid brew. A bit thin, but this is to be expected from the style.

O: I enjoy this brew as a laid back session beer. Low ABV, solid flavor, doesn't really get old. This is a go to for a classic American beer. Drink it while listening to a little Dylan on a warm summer night, and you might just appreciate it.

Serving type: bottle

03-17-2011 02:38:46 | More by doucmehu

zeff80

Missouri

3.65/5  rDev +9.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

A - Poured out a clear, reddish amber color with a very bubbly appearance. It had a small, short-lived head of white foam that left no lace.

S - Aroma is malty sweet with some grassy hops. Not a lot going on here.

T - It tasted very good. Bready, biscuity malt with nice caramel undertones. There was just a touch of grassy bitter hops to mellow out the sweet.

M - It was crisp, sharp and snappy. A light bodied lager with a dry finish.

D - As far as Vienna Lagers go, this one is pretty tasty. Appearance and aroma were not impressive but this is a good sessionable lager at a good price.

Serving type: bottle

04-27-2010 00:45:54 | More by zeff80

bsp77

Minnesota

2.5/5  rDev -24.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Serving glass: Poured from bottle into a tall glass.

Appearance: Clear amber with thin off-white head; no lacing.

Smell: Sweet caramel and bready malts. That's it.

Taste: Where is the taste? Light bready malts with the slightest touch of noble hops.

Feel: Moderately high carbonation, very thin, watery body.

Drinkability: I have a hard time believing this is a Vienna. Nothing offensive here, but certainly nothing worth returning to either.

Serving type: bottle

02-19-2010 22:30:12 | More by bsp77

bort11

Missouri

3.63/5  rDev +9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

12 oz bottle poured into pilsener glass. A little more than an inch of head goes up to the rim of the glass, daring to go over the edge. Color is a clear copper/amber. Tons of carbonation bubbles cling to the inside wall of the glass. Speckles of lacing here and there.

Smell has a dry grain husk base with a hint of hops. Taste is cracker crisp with a mild malty sweetness. Very grain forward.

Mouthfeel is light and crisp. Finishes clean. This would be easy to session and an ideal alternative to a standard American lager.

Serving type: bottle

01-07-2010 05:27:36 | More by bort11

Tone

Missouri

3.45/5  rDev +3.6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours a clear, golden/amber color. 1/6 inch head of a white color. Decent retention and poor lacing. Smells of yeast, pale malt, and slight hops. Fits the style of a Vienna Lager. Mouth feel is smooth and crisp with an average carbonation level. Tastes of yeast, pale hops, sweet malt, and slight citrus. Overall, nothing special, but a rather decent vienna.

Serving type: bottle

12-31-2009 20:27:02 | More by Tone

gatornation

Minnesota

3.28/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

pours a clear amber color with some lacing..it has a bready malty smell with some spice..the taste is thin with some hop/spice and malt a little grassy taste but not memorable. the mouth feel is thin and light .this is not one ill buy but one to try i guess

Serving type: bottle

11-14-2009 20:36:43 | More by gatornation

ThickestHead

Wisconsin

3.48/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Poured into a chilled pint glass.
It's a clear, medium amber with a frothy head that has decent retention and lacing.
Expected more on the nose from a lager.
Smell and taste are mild, mild, mild....sweet malts, a touch grainy, with minimal hops.
Lighter body and not overly bitting, underwhelming but passable.
A boring brew for me but I know alot of people that would enjoy the hell out of this style.

Serving type: bottle

08-05-2009 03:44:12 | More by ThickestHead

CHSLBrew

Minnesota

3.43/5  rDev +3%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 4

Poured into a pint glass.

A-Pristine dark amber beer. Light tan head, medium off the pour, retains OK.

S-Toasty malts, hints of nuttiness with a spicy dark bread aroma.

T-Toasty malt with cracker flavors, followed by an easy spiciness, perhaps somewhat herbal. Hop bitterness helps provide a smooth balance. Sweet malt, toffee with a hint of butterscotchiness, all emerging near the end.

M-High carbonation, detracting from the flavor, but also making this beer quite refreshing on the palate. Medium-light body.

D-A pleasant, easy-drinking brew. A lighter body than one may expect, considering the rather hearty aroma. Very sessionable.

Serving type: bottle

07-17-2009 18:26:45 | More by CHSLBrew

scottyshades

Florida

3.98/5  rDev +19.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Thanks to stonequarrywest for the bottle.

A: Pours a nice rich mahogany/amber color that produces a tiny 1/2 finger head that dissipates quickly.

S: The nose is a light bready malt-backbone flavor that has hints of artificial cherry and a few other fruits.

T: The flavor profile is malty, sweet, and slightly dark-fruity. Very refreshing (especially in 94 degree, 100% humidity days in FL). A metallic note lingers thru the finish.

MF/D: Nice carbonation, med-light in body for a Vienna, and exceptionally drinkable for its style.

Serving type: bottle

06-28-2009 00:47:17 | More by scottyshades

Strand

North Dakota

3.73/5  rDev +12%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

I had James Page on tap at a hotel in St. Paul, MN. That's the only place I've ever seen it (I'm in ND) or even heard about it. But I tell you what, it's an excellent beer. It's a darker lager, with a bit of a sweet taste. I like dark beers, and I really like James Page Amber Lager. If you get a chance to try it out, do it.

Serving type: on-tap

03-11-2009 18:18:52 | More by Strand

morimech

Minnesota

3.68/5  rDev +10.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a clear amber color with a large white head that had decent retention. Moderate amount of lacing is left on the glass. Mild hop aroma but it is evident with earthy and spice hints. I detect a hint of diactyl. Nice malt base is the strong point in the flavor. The hops I was expecting from the aroma kind of fall away in the taste. Just hints of noble hops in the finish. Again I detect a little diactyl. Light body and moderately carbonated. Nice texture to this lighter bodied beer. Probably the best James Page beer and is very sessionable. One of the better Vienna Lagers I have sampled.

Serving type: bottle

12-27-2008 19:59:41 | More by morimech

colts9016

Idaho

3.33/5  rDev 0%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Appearance: Amber red hue thin white head and some carbonation.
Nose Caramelized burnt malt smell wheat and a hint of yeast
Taste: Flat hints of bread wheat yeast and malty with hints of citrus and esters.
Overall not to bad but not great. The mouth feel is kinda mouth coating but slightly powdery.

Serving type: bottle

12-12-2008 20:25:49 | More by colts9016

Chugmonkey

Wisconsin

3.05/5  rDev -8.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5

I've had this in cans, bottles, and on tap. Nice orange color, light off white head. Always seems a fuzz low on the carbonation. It has a slight sweetness where the maltiness should be. Could use more hop bitterness to balance the malt and whatever that sweetness is. I like ambers to be more hoppy in flavor also. Drinkable, you can knock back quite a few, a little filling from that sweetness.
Overall just an average Amber.

Serving type: can

06-26-2008 15:31:31 | More by Chugmonkey

happygnome

Minnesota

3/5  rDev -9.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

a: pours a nice copper orage color with about a qaurter inch of head that dissapears fast leaving a slight hint of lacing around the edge of the glass
s: caramely malts, biscuity with nice piny floral hops
t: biscuity caramely flavor nice piny hop bitterness
m: medium to light bodied beer with a little carbonation

overall, i dont know if ill buy this again but its not too bad

Serving type: on-tap

03-24-2008 20:43:29 | More by happygnome

Dogbrick

Ohio

2/5  rDev -39.9%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Bottle from Park Lane Liquor in Lancaster, CA, bottle states it is from Minneapolis, MN. The beer pours a glowing orange-amber color with a minimal off-white head that bubbles away to nothing immediately. Lacing is virtually non-existent. Tart fruit and light malt aroma. Medium-bodied with a tart fruit and pungent malt flavor that makes me wonder if this beer predates the Stevens Point ownership. Very little hops are present. The finish is fruity cough medicine. Pass.

Serving type: bottle

03-14-2008 20:46:10 | More by Dogbrick

elmore

Ohio

3.18/5  rDev -4.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Bought this as a single at Market Place in Hayward, WI on recent trip. Poured a hazy amber into a snifter. Nice 1.5 finger white head with decent retention. Almost no lacing.

Smells primarily of sweet malts. Taste the same. Mostly light malts with maybe a trace of hops in the aftertaste. No detectable alcohol. ABV not listed, but would be surprised if it was greater than 5.0%.

Thick chewy mouthfeel. Moderate carbonation. Unbalanced maltiness doesn't make me want to drink more.

Kind of a boring one dimensional beer. Nothing that would make me want to try it again.

Serving type: bottle

01-22-2008 03:29:39 | More by elmore

johanvond

Wisconsin

3.45/5  rDev +3.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 3.5

Presentation was in a 12oz bottle and produced a large head with an amber almost ruby in color. There was a huge sweet malty aroma that staied there through the inital taste with a strong yeasty bready flavor. there wasnt too much hop flavor. For my oppinion there was way too much carbonation for the style. it has the amout of carbonation you would see in a secondary fermention, the was no indication of that, or in a beer like a belgan blonde. The over high carbnation distracted from the over all flavor.

Serving type: bottle

01-05-2008 22:12:02 | More by johanvond

RblWthACoz

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -9.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Served out of a can on a Northwest Airlines flight. Pours a brownish/orange with a big head and good lacing. Muted nose with an almost metallic hint to it. Taste is sweet and smooth with just barely a slight bitter end. Flavor doesn’t stay too long, but it doesn’t drop off immediately either. Towards the end you seem to notice some flaws in it’s degree of smoothness which brings down the drinkability.

Serving type: can

12-30-2007 15:07:44 | More by RblWthACoz