Red Brick Ale

Brewed by Atlanta Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
Atlanta, Georgia USA

Aroma is fairly strong, malty and yeasty with a hint of molasses. It pours a clear cola brown with a thick, fine-bubbled, pale yellow-tan head that sticks around. Flavor is mainly malty and has a bit of a yeasty tang to it, hints of molasses and caramel. Texture is smooth and just a little on the watery side, but it is still fairly drinkable.

Not terrrible, but nothing great either. A thin looking brown body with a nice bone or beige head that had some lacing. Aroma was of mild nutty notes, flavor was subtle sweet, some mild cocoa notes, but mainly a nutty note and a little hoppy. Finish was smooth yet watered down.

12 oz bottle. A nice brown. Nothing spectacular. Good for the style. I liked it for sure.

I’d say this is just about average maybe a bit higher right down the line. Good looking pour, brown with no head. Aroma and flavor of malt with a bit of hop finish. Not bad but nothing special.

Deep brown color...extremely fluffy head. Pretty subtle malt aroma. Powerful front, with a few notes of caramel and pecans...mouthfeel has just a hint of crispness. Strong hop bitterness swoops into the back, leaving a bold bitter finish. A very upfront beer for the style...a tad unusual, though pretty good.

BoTMC selection (October 2008): Pour produced a medium brown body, with a medium off-white head. Moderate lacing. Aroma is of roasted malt and caramel. Loud flavor upon first taste, strongly bitter, then sweet, a cacophony of flavor which overshadows the palate, which is of sweet caramel and malts, ending with a bitter hops aftertaste, which was short-lived. Overall, this ale wasn’t bad, per se, though its assertiveness may put some drinkers off.

Really interesting flavor profile in this one. It seems like a lot of different flavors are fighting to get to the front, and it clouds up the results instead of making it more enjoyable. A definite hop presence in the finish, but it ends up getting stale. Seems like I said all negative in there. It’s pretty enjoyable in the long-run actually.

On draught and from 12 oz. bottle all over ATL. Beer pours a deep reddish copper with moderate off-white crown that leaves minimal lacing on glass. Aroma is full of caramel and slightly roasted malt. Flavour screams roasted malt with a moderate hop presence to balance the rather strong malt backbone. Relatively smooth finish with low carbonation and stronger EtOH burn as the beer warms. It is rather strong on EtOH content for a beer of this style but rather drinkable when chilled. Medium-bodied with a slight creaminess on the mouthfeel. Usually well-balanced, I have had my share of Red Bricks that bricked themselves with some off-tastes. Usually better on draught than in the bottle. Most of my pints have been enjoyed at the brewery. itself, during brewery tours. Decent beer but slightly uncharacteristic.