Monday Beer Review Of The Week: Roscoe’s Hop House Amber Ale

Roscoe’s Hope House Craft Ale series has been a favorite subject of mine lately, a couple of weeks ago I reviewed Roscoe’s Pale Ale, which was a very full-bodied, yet smooth ale. This week, I am reviewing their Amber Ale, which has a very dark red color that almost peeks into a brown. The flavor is a deep malty richness followed by caramel undertones with a just subtle hint of hops; this crafted beer is very much a throwback to the classic styles of ales. I really like this beer because it very well balanced between the flavors to build a nice, yet complex flavor profile. This would be a great beer to have with a nice porterhouse steak, some greens a piece of crusty bread.

Rating:
• Drinkability – 4 out of 5
• Flavor -4 out of 5
• Refreshness – 5 out of 5
• Overall – 13 out of 15

Monday Beer Review Of The Week: Fat Tire Amber Ale

There are some beers that I have tried that I know right away that I either love or hate, there are beers that I have tried that I am on the fence about… all of this is just the world of beer tasting. However, every now and then you run across a beer that has such an interesting and unique flavor profile that it changes while you are drinking it. Fat Tire is one of those beers, it first starts out with a pungent spiced taste that is almost like a stout, but with the slight spice of a lambic. As your drink it over the next minutes the flavor changes to a more classic white belgium ale. Most of the flavor of this beer comes from a very rich hopps body, with the background flavors giving the beer its distinct and unique characteristics. Fat Tire is also a very refreshing beer with a medium foamy head that gives a very nice aroma from the spiced flavor. This is now one of the beers that I am keeping in my refrigerator, hands down it is one of the most unique beers this reviewer has tried in a very long time.

Rating:
• Drinkability - 4 out of 5
• Flavor - 4 out of 5
• Refreshness - 4 out of 5
• Overall – 12 out of 15