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Saint Arnold Amber Ale
This week finds me in the bustling metropolis of Houston, TX. As such, I deemed it prudent to pick up a sixer of a native Texas brew. Now, I know there are probably other more adventurous Texas beers out there. However, seeing as I’m stuck downtown without a car, I gotta take whatever the local bodega carries, and so that leaves me with the Saint Arnold Amber.
This beer pours a rather light amber color, super clear with a dense off-white head that sticks around only briefly, settling into a slim ring around the edge of the glass pretty quickly. In the nose, there are some medium malty sweet aromas and a bit of caramel. It isn’t overwhelming, but is mostly bready and sweet. In the mouth, the predominant presence here is malt. On the tip of the tongue, there is a blast of tasty sweetbread. This travels through the mouth becoming a bit deeper in flavor and introducing some richer caramel cream flavors. There is just a hint of hop here that presents a tad bit of metallic bitterness, but it doesn’t stick around long. Down the throat, this metallic bitterness actually rears it’s head again, leaving me with an aftertaste that is fairly bitter, considering how this beer performed through the mouth. All in all, it’s a medium amber that is flavorful but very drinkable. This could definitely be a session beer, but it’s pretty nice as a one-off, too!
