A deep garnet, Iron Spike Amber pours a dense frothy beige cap with good lacing and retention. To the nose, toasted notes of dark bread and caramel malts as well as deeply rooted dark fruits give way to a perfume of bubblegum, banana, and yeasty esters. The flavour profile is initially sweet with dark fruit and caramel. This leads to toasted and spicy flavours with a hint of smoke and fall fruits while the hops come through to balance the sweetness. This full bodied amber ale is an ideal balance of creamy grainy fruitiness, and sharp hops bitterness.