Faxe Amber

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

This amber swill pours a medium-light copper-orange colour, with a nice big off-white creamy head, and very surprising lacing. The retention as well, is much longer than expected, and the tiny bubble carbonation is consistent, unlike the big bubbles all-over... I thought it would be (that most cheap swills have). Has a little rusty (hop and metal... no, not the music) scent to it. Mildly smooth-creamy, and also crisp palate. Then, you can taste the corn (which is a listed ingredient on the can), but the hop comes in to save it. Actually, pretty well-balance for an entry level brew of this caliber. I never seem to mind Faxe beers, especially after rocking out with the band.

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 3

I saw this at the liquor store, and afterwards, I wished I had left it on the shelf. It's not as vile as some other European swill, but it's close. It is clear, rusty red in colour, and has no head to speak of. The aroma is grainy, and the flavour is the same. I would expect more from a dunkel.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 3 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 5

500ml can
5.0% ABV
Milton LCBO Outlet #1 (Milton, Ontario, Canada)
July 25, 2007
It poured a beautiful translucent coppery-red colour into the glass with a generous head that left absolutely no lacing. The aroma is that of burnt malt. The mouthfeel is slimy with some mild carbonation. The taste is malty with a strong bitterness towards the end

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Copper color nice head but disappear quickly,light hop-malt aroma,a bit sweet,refreshing when very cold...Caramel flavor reminds me the honey brown from Sleeman...This beer is O.K especially after 4 hours of tennis,i really appreciate it...

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

1/2 liter Euro-can. Poured a crystal clear very light amber-gold beer into my stem glass.2 finger chunky cap that reduces quickly to nothing...,NO lacing of the glass...assertive carbonation ( This is the tip off of a malt/dextrose extract syrup high gravity beer) Aroma: light grains with a very light caramel sweetness soft, stale grassyness. Weak malt spine, watery mouth feel. Light liquid body and semi-harsh character. Starts with caramel sweetness with no detectable hop balance very watery...midway some stale hop additive is detected...fast finish.. sweet, some harshness in after taste... ..probably the least objectionable of the FAXE dextrose extract lagers but this type of high gravity extract-brewed beer always tastes lifeless, stale and too sweet to me. This is the type of crap Steelback makes on this side of the ocean...I see no need to import more from Denmark.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

500 ml can, best before date stamped on the bottom. Pours out a light brown / amber color. Nice white head right after the pour, then settled down to a thin cap covering that lasted the whole glass. Not alot of smell, some aroma of grass or grain and tiny bit of hops. Flavour has some sweetness in the middle and a very mild hoppy finish. Taste is OK, but if if you are expecting a full flavor, it will seem a touch watered down. Not alot of carbonation giving a smooth mouthfeel rather than a crisp tingle. An average amber ale, drinkable but nothing special. For the higher import price I will probably pass next time.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

This one, poured from a can with no tinniness, lived up to the name with a nice amber colour and a generous foamy, off-white head. Aroma was nicely malty as was the taste.