Avery Redpoint Ale

12 oz bottle in pint glass. Pours a dark red with a fleeting, light-tan head. No lacing. Aroma is a bit metallic, with an odd hint of body sweat. Flavor is fairly well balanced, with a distinct piney hop presence and a touch of sweet malt. Palate starts with some of fizz, is light-medium bodied, and finishes drier than you’d expect from an Amber Ale. Overall an okay beer, but I just can’t get past the aroma.

First sliff after the pour was sweet hops, then after the head settled, the sweetness dominates a little more, brown sugar, molasses, coffee, bitter chocalate and rum and then some hops. Pours a nice head and settles down with a ring of lacing. Seems single dimensional molassess like bittersweet with a hop spice finish. Nice all around brew.

Slight aroma of caramel, with an edge hops. Pours a clear reddish-amber, with a thin white head. Starts on the sweeter side, hints of roast and caramel, finishes with just a touch of bitterness. Very drinkable, and a well balanced beer.

Pours a dark orange/brown with a small head. really one of the nicer looking ales I have seen. A nice sweet malty back round. Very smooth on the palate with a slight sweetness. I am not a huge Ale fan unless they are really good and this one is right up there. Avery does not disappoint.

I’m not always an amber fan, mostly because it’s one of those "styles" that can mean whatever some wants it to mean. That said, this is a really drinkable beer (regardless of whatever style it fits). Sweet aroma, big malty body, good hop follow through. Avery hits it again.