2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Brown-red in color. Not a whole lot coming out in the nose, some carmelized malts. Flavor is light roasted, mostly toasted caramel malts with mild hop background. Meh.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at 21st Amendment Brewery, San Francisco, 28th Feb 2011. Reddish amber. Resiny hop nose. Really good hop-led taste and finish. A nice red ale with a very American feel to it.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
on tap-pours an off white head with trailing lace and amber color. Aroma is medium malt-caramel/peat, some resin. Taste is medium malt-caramel/peat, some resin/herbal hops. Soft carbonation.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
On tap at Rose & Crown. Reddish and clear in appearance with a one-finger off-white head. The aroma shows sweet malts, caramel and biscuit, with some nutty notes. The flavor falls somewhere between an Irish red and an American amber, with caramel and biscuit, and not much hoppiness to it, just a slight earthy note. Medium-bodied with average carbonation. Not very exciting but not bad.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Red with a thin head. Nicely malty with a sweet caramel biscuit presence. Medium fruity hops round this one out. Pretty decent, I thought. (Draught at brewpub)
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a medium ruddy red color, taste is good, not too sweet, but a nice malt backbone with a slightly higher bitterness than normal. quite nice.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap @ the brewpub. Pours a nice mostly clear reddish amber with a small off white head. Nose was mostly grain and light caramel malts, very little hop presence.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at the brewpub. Pours with an amber body and a small tan head. Aroma of caramel, molasses, grainy, fruit, honey and baked biscuit. Taste is malty, bready, molasses, grainy and lightly bitter. Lively bubbles.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Clear red-brown color with a small tan head and nice lace. Aroma is a bit faint, but has a good hop character. Flavor is moderately bitter and dry, and brings out more of the hop character. Nice grassy/piney hops. A decent red overall.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Clear copper red with a fizzy white head. Simple malty aroma and taste with little else going on. Perhaps some citrus notes to the finish.
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