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Tonight we flew into Chicago and are staying by the airport. As usual, I check the GPS or iPhone for nearby brew pubs. Fortunately, it turned out that The Ram Restaurant and Brewery was right around the corner from our hotel in Rosemont, IL. We went in and had dinner and drinks at the bar.
Prior to our meal, I ordered the Buttface Amber Ale. It was described as a “medal-winning American-style Amber ale features malty caramel flavors and a smooth, slightly sweet finish.”
It arrived with a nice creamy head and was an amber color (shocking for an amber ale, huh?). What surprised me was how crystal clear it was. It had a bit of a sweet malty smell.
The body was a bit thicker than I expected, especially for the clarity of the beer. It was creamy and had a good sweet caramelly maltiness and leaned much more toward the malty side than the hoppy side. The hops were barely noticeable and it finished with malt sweetness.
While I didn’t have any food with this beer, I’m sure it would go very well with BBQ with a sweet BBQ sauce. Although I was hoping it would have more American Amber hop bitterness, I should have read the menu, as the beer tasted exactly as it was described. Overall, it was a pretty good beer.
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