Wasatch Evolution Amber

If there is one thing that hoppy and malty beer drinkers can almost always agree upon, it's that Amber Ales are an acceptable alternative. When I think of a perfectly balanced beer, it's Ambers that I think of.  And when someone isn't sure exactly what to drink, Ambers are what I advise.

This beer uses Tennanger hops.  It has a reddish brass color and maintains a slight head.  The flavor comes across as lightly toasty, slightly spicy, and has some estery/fruity and floral notes in the background.

My overall conclusion: its a lawn mower beer -> light bodied, thirst quenching, and sessionable.

The main fault of this beer comes back to the Utah Beer 4.0% ABV requirement to be sold on draft or in grocery stores. It's tough to make a beer malty at 4.0% ABV. It ends up a little hollow or watery on the mouthfeel.



I would love to try a 4.5% - 5.5% version of this beer -> similar to what Uinta Brewing has done with it's Cutthroat and Anglers Pale Ales. Uinta made a 4.0% ABV beer for the Utah market (you know, because of Utah's beer laws). However, they could not sell it out of state because of a trademark infraction associated with the Cutthroat name. So they developed a 5.8% ABV version of the same beer for sale out of State -> Anglers.

In a side-by-side comparison, Anglers tastes soooo much better than Cutthroat.

A 4.5% - 5.5% version of Evolution Amber would do down so much better.